Physical complications
Pregnancy is not without physical risk: carrying a pregnancy to term and giving birth can cause complications and subsequent health problems or... Read More
General After-Effects of Abortion
Anti-choice activists have encouraged publicity suggesting abortion harms women. On average one in three women in the UK will have an abortion... Read More
No link to breast cancer
Contrary to assertions by the anti-choice lobby, medical research consistently shows that women who have had an abortion have no greater risk... Read More
Safe & Unsafe Abortion
Unsafe Abortion Unsafe abortion is performed by untrained people using dangerous methods, which often fail, in unsterile conditions. Methods used include: •... Read More
Non-surgical or medical abortion
Non-surgical or medical abortion is used for early abortion up to nine weeks. Mifepristone and prostaglandin are also used for termination of... Read More
Later Abortion
You will see that there is overlap in the different methods that can be used at the different stages of later term... Read More
Early Abortion
Each stage of pregnancy requires a different method of abortion. When performed by trained professionals in sterile conditions early procedures are virtually... Read More
Glossary of Terms
Abortifacient Substance or drug that causes an abortion. Abortion on demand / request When a woman can simply ask for an abortion,... Read More
Legal & Privacy
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Do women have abortions instead of using contraception?
There is no evidence to support the assertion that women are careless about using contraception because abortion is available. Unplanned pregnancy is... Read More