What is a chemical abortion?

chemical abortions, sometimes called medical abortions or non -surgical abortions, is the end of pregnancy using an abortion substance, which means a chemical that induces abortion. The drugs used to carry out abortions caused by chemically cause the womb to withdraw and eliminate the embryo, similar to what is happening during abortion. Chemical abortion can only be carried out in the first nine weeks of pregnancy, and although there is no need for a hospital, several medical meetings are needed. Chemical abortion is effective in 95-97% of cases and surgical abortion, which means surgery to remove the embryo, is usually performed if chemical abortion does not end pregnancy. The expected symptoms of this procedure include mild to severe convulsions and severe bleeding for several hours, followed by minor bleeding for several weeks. For a woman effectively and safe. The first medicine is usually administered in a medical office and can be mifepristone, also known as RU 486 or abortion, tamoxifen or methotrexate. By a few days of possessionThe woman takes another medicine at home, often misoprostol. The abortion then occurs within six to eight hours, resulting in convulsions and severe bleeding for several hours, because the embryo and lining of the womb are excluded. The doctor's test is required within two weeks after the first drug use to see if the pregnancy has been terminated.

light venting can be expected for one to two weeks after chemical abortion and can continue a month or more, even if it is unusual. The most common cause of complications after this procedure is that some tissue remains inside the uterus that can cause infection, convulsions and bleeding. Occasionally surgery called dilatation and kyrettage (D&C) is necessary to remove this remaining tissue. Symptoms of possible infection and other complications related to abortion include fever, abdominal pain and very severe bleeding. In rare cases, these complications may be fatal or affect the ability to re -conceive.

nOther women decide to end undesirable pregnancy or unplanned pregnancy with drugs rather than surgical abortion, because they think that the procedure is less invasive and more private. Chemical abortions can also be performed earlier in pregnancy than surgical abortion. However, chemical abortions fail more often than the types of surgical abortions and the chemical abortion process also takes longer. If chemical abortion fails, surgical abortion must be performed due to the risk of serious congenital defects.