Surgical abortion at 12 weeks

What happens during an abortion

There are 2 types of abortion, medical or surgical.

Medical abortion

A medical abortion can be done in a clinic, or sometimes at home if you're less than 10 weeks pregnant.

When you have a medical abortion, a doctor prescribes 2 medicines ("abortion pills"), called mifepristone and misoprostol.

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You then need to:

1. take 1 mifepristone tablet
2. wait 1 to 2 days
3. take misoprostol – misoprostol may be tablets that dissolve in your mouth, or tablets you insert into your vagina

Around 4 to 6 hours after the second medicine, the pregnancy should begin to be passed (come out) through the vagina.

If the pregnancy does not come out completely, you may need more medicine.

Talk to a doctor or nurse about prescribing an extra dose of misoprostol.

Surgical abortion

A surgical abortion is usually done after 10 weeks of pregnancy, but can be done before.

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