Abortion

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Summary

An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It uses medicine or surgery to remove the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterus. The procedure is done by a licensed health care professional.

The decision to end a pregnancy is very personal. If you are thinking of having an abortion, most health care providers advise counseling.

Learn More

• Abortion - medical (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Abortion - surgical (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• D and C (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Dilation and curettage (D&C) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Elective Abortion: Does It Affect Subsequent Pregnancies? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Ending a Pregnancy (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Ending pregnancy with medications (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Medical Abortion (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Mifeprex (Mifepristone) Questions and Answers (Food and Drug Administration)
• What to Do When Your Pregnancy Is Unexpected (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Revisiting the Role of Health Care Proxies in Reproductive Choice.
• Article: Management for a patient of moyamoya disease presenting with ischemic stroke...
• Article: Protecting Access To Abortion During The COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Abortion -- see more articles

Patient Handouts

• Abortion - surgical - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish