Pages

Medical And Legal Information About Abortion Pills

By Alan Bradd


As far as Abortion pills are considered, it is a medicine or a drug that has to be taken orally by the women during the early stages of pregnancy. Mifeprex is the drug that one refers to when the consumption of abortion pills are concerned. It is a combination of two abortion compounds that includes misoprostol and mifepristone.

Earlier when clinical tests were performed before the abortion pill was approved every women that followed this abortion method was found to deal with the above mentioned side effects. However, with the introduction of the RU-486, it was found that only one among the 14 women that became a part of the tests experienced severe bleeding and was recommended medical attention.

RU-486 is a drug that was developed in France, which is otherwise known as Mifepristone. The purpose of this drug is to keep a check on the progesterone, which is a hormone that helps in maintaining the pregnancy. Once the abortion pills are consumed, it reduces the production of progesterone and it sheds the uterus lining. It is often found in certain women, this process also leads to some bleeding too.

The Mifepristone is the first drug that weakens the foetus attached to the womb, by separating the lining of the embryo and the second drug, misoprostol is taken to cause contractions or cramps, that leads to bleeding, which expels the unborn foetus out of the body. There is a time schedule followed in between the consumption of these two drugs, one should take the second drug within 24-72 hours of consuming the first one. Remember in case it doesn't lead to abortion it can cause birth defects thus, it is advised to take surgical abortion in you find no results. It is also advised to women to have a follow up visit to check if the abortion has occurred or not within 2 weeks of taking the pills.

It found that a majority of the women that you come across prefer to go with this method of abortion as because it allows them to be in the privacy of their house, as and when the process of miscarriage occurs. Moreover, along with this when women is under this process there is nothing much that a women can do and thus they simply need to wait for the miscarriage to occur and a lot of the women find it a feasible option.

Being precise, women who have crossed this stage, it shall become difficult for them to go through the abortion with the help of medical abortion. Thus, going for the surgical method of abortion is a very integral part of this medical abortion technique, as in case if it fails you will have to go through it. You might also need to go back to the clinic for follow up check-ups.

Moreover, you also need to understand that there are certain conditions under women cannot go under medical abortion. If a woman has had an ectopic pregnancy or has gone through pregnancy outside uterus, it makes them ineligible for an abortion using the abortion pills. Moreover, women that have allergies to certain drugs, asthma, cardiovascular problems or blood pressure problems, too are not preferred for medical abortion.

Along with this, it is also found that a majority of the women that are willing to consume this drug have concerns about the complications they might have to deal with after the consumption of the drug, which is an important aspect when compared with the secondary emotional and social political effects.




About the Author:



0 comments:

Post a Comment