Medical Abortion, popularly known as non-surgical abortion, is carried out by pill combination of Mifepristone and Misoprostol. Often, there are some misconceptions in people’s minds about this procedure, which is exclusively due to lack of whole information about the procedure and its usage technique. Medical Abortion is a 100% FDA approved procedure and is found to be completely safe and effective when carried out in a proper able manner. It consists of an Abortion Pill kit which uses two different medicines to put an end to early pregnancy i.e. within 7-9 weeks of a pregnancy. Therefore the steps carried out for carrying out this kind of abortion that doesn’t involve any kind of surgery procedure are:
•Step 1 (contains Mifeprex or Mifepristone): This is basically RU-486 which works as anti-progesterone. This pill interferes with the hormone called progesterone, responsible for maintaining the pregnancy. When the supply of this hormone is terminated, the uterine lining begins to detach from the uterine wall, causing the pregnancy to end.
•Step 2 (contains Misoprostol): This process is carried after 2 days (or 48 hours) of step 1. This medication, also known as Cytotec, causes the emptying of the uterus (flushing) by bleeding. This can be taken both orally or vaginally.The process is very effective and evidence has shown that if taken as per the pill guidelines or a professional recommendation, one can accomplish complete abortion with a high success rate without any side-effects. This process of medical abortion has benefits of keeping the process of abortion personal and can be carried out at the comfort zone of one’s own home.