Medical And Legal Information About Abortion Pills

By Alan Bradd


Even though Mifepristone or being precise the abortion pills are now considered as the safest way of getting rid of pregnancy. There are still a lot of women that you may find consuming mifepristone and misoprostol that are found to undergo several adverse reactions too. These reactions might include cramps or abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, diarrhoea, nausea and so on.

This is a very commonly used alternative to surgical method of abortion and is considered as non-surgical abortion. However, irrespective of the benefits, there are a lot of thing that you need to know about it before you plan to go through the abortion process using the drugs.

It becomes very important to understand that there is no guarantee provided that you shall get successful results with the abortion pills. So, it becomes essential for the woman that is willing to take the medical abortion to be prepared for surgical abortion, in case the pills do not work and fail to give the results. In the medical abortion technique, there are two drugs given to the patient.

The Mifepristone is the first drug that weakens the foetus attached to the womb, by separating the lining of the embryo and the second drug, misoprostol is taken to cause contractions or cramps, that leads to bleeding, which expels the unborn foetus out of the body. There is a time schedule followed in between the consumption of these two drugs, one should take the second drug within 24-72 hours of consuming the first one. Remember in case it doesn't lead to abortion it can cause birth defects thus, it is advised to take surgical abortion in you find no results. It is also advised to women to have a follow up visit to check if the abortion has occurred or not within 2 weeks of taking the pills.

It found that a majority of the women that you come across prefer to go with this method of abortion as because it allows them to be in the privacy of their house, as and when the process of miscarriage occurs. Moreover, along with this when women is under this process there is nothing much that a women can do and thus they simply need to wait for the miscarriage to occur and a lot of the women find it a feasible option.

Now, as there are a lot of things to consider including medical concerns, it is found that most clinics have made it viable that every individual under the drug shall be under observation of their medical staff. Moreover, according to studies, it is also found that 95% of the women that consume the abortion drugs have got successful results without severe complications, but ensuring that they have taken these pills within 9 weeks of gestations. Moreover, there are treatments and solution given for even the slight complications that occur after the consumption of RU-486. As this is possible it likely becomes more secured for the woman to consume these drugs and get good results.

Once you have all the essential information about the abortion pills, it shall become a lot easier for you to learn and understand the right way of consuming this drug and it also becomes easier for the physicians to explain important things for the abortion pills.

The abortion drugs have undergone a lot of studies and have been approved by medical professionals. But, it becomes important for the women to understand the risks involved and have complete information about the consumption of the drugs. Although being extremely safe, it still has slight complication in a very small section of women, where they might require a surgery for complete abortion.




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