Approximately six million women in the US become pregnant every year.  Out of these, almost 1.2 million women opt for an abortion to end a pregnancy.  These women consider abortions because of a variety of reasons.
Contraceptive or birth control failure.  More than half of all the women who have abortions were using a form of [...]

For a teenager, having to face an unplanned pregnancy is very difficult and deciding about what she should do is even more difficult.
Irrespective of what her beliefs may be on the subject, the matter always involves a very personal, intimate decision and one fraught with emotional trauma for most teenagers. The options that are available [...]

People usually associate the question of unplanned pregnancies with young, immature teenagers who suddenly discover that they are pregnant.
Surprisingly, unplanned pregnancies are on the rise for older women too; the number of pregnancies occurring among women over forty is increasing.
From the findings of the Family Planning Association, or FPA, it appears that a large number [...]

The Supreme Court of the US ruled 1979 that abortions may be conducted up until the time that a baby can live outside its mother’s womb, which is estimated to be the twenty eighth week of a pregnancy.
This is the same ruling that gave “Jane Roe” the right to abortion. Since then, different states have [...]

The debate over abortion is one of the most controversial topics in the US today.
What are the issues?
In this debate, the rights of the mother are pitted against the rights of the fetus.  The issue has broadly combined two conflicting stances, the “pro-choice”  and the “pro-life” positions.  These vastly differing viewpoints revolve round legal as [...]

Medical Abortion is the easiest and safest method of terminating an unwanted pregnancy. Due to its ease of use and high percentage of safety it is rapidly becoming the preferred choice. Medical Abortion is achieved by inducing the abortion process with the use of one or a combination of medications. At Legal Abortion by Pill [...]

Unwanted or unplanned pregnancies are a fact of life; they do happen, and for many reasons, it is not possible for many women to have a child or be able to care for the baby once it is born. Abortion pills administered under medical supervision are a safer way to end a pregnancy; but it [...]

From a medical point of view, abortion procedures are generally classified into two types, the medical abortion or the surgical abortion. Before explaining the differences, it is best to acquaint patients with some of the terms commonly used in the abortion process. For example, the periods of pregnancy are referred to as trimesters and there [...]

Women who are eight weeks pregnant (or less) can opt for medical abortion if they don’t wish to continue with the pregnancy.  Medical abortion is a type of early abortion; it is performed by the administration of a combination of medications given to the pregnant woman, under the supervision of experienced physicians.
During the initial visit [...]

If you are in the early stages and wish to end a pregnancy, the next question is to choose the kind of abortion that is right for you and your personal circumstances. This is of course, largely a matter of individual choice. More and more women are beginning to believe that using the abortion pill [...]