Medical abortion can be done up to about 9 weeks of pregnancy.

It can be used to cause a medical abortion in the first two months of pregnancy.

Those women, however, report that they preferred the medical abortions.

And it is certainly true that all medical abortion involves a woman much more in the whole experience.

A medical abortion usually requires at least two visits to your doctor over several weeks.

The study was the first ever to focus on the outcomes of medical abortion in a family practice setting.

Medical abortion is the use of medicines to end a pregnancy.

A medical abortion does not require surgery but must be done in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy.

Many states now report the use of medical abortions.

Up until recently, medical abortions were rarely permitted in Mexico.

"We have gotten lots of calls over the years about medical abortions.

The development of medical abortion has also reduced maternal mortality.

"There are very few doctors who will accept the controversy that goes with medical abortions."

In the United States, the percentage of early medical abortions is far lower.

They need to have backup surgical services available in case the medical abortion fails.

The promise of medical abortion is quite the opposite.

Since 2003 abortion clinics have been able to administer medical abortions.

So far, he said, his clinic has done 207 medical abortions since the pill became available and about 8,000 surgical procedures.

Linda Prine was the lead author of a 2001-02 study on medical abortion's safety in family practices.

So that makes our context for medical abortion unique."

The laws, which generally contain exceptions for medical abortions, have survived legal challenges.

There are three main types of medical abortion.

A medical abortion with methotrexate and misoprostol is effective over 90% of the time.

Call your doctor or go to the hospital if you have any of these signs of a serious infection after having a medical abortion.

Quite apart from death, women who undergo medical abortions suffer an increase in complications, some doctors say.