Objective This guideline reviews evidence relating to the provision of surgical induced
abortion (IA) and second trimester medical abortion, including pre-and post-procedural care …

Objective This guideline reviews the evidence relating to the provision of first-trimester
medical induced abortion, including patient eligibility, counselling, and consent; evidence …

Background Induced abortions are very commonly practiced interventions worldwide. A
variety of medical abortion methods have been introduced during the last decade in addition …

Medical abortion has been shown to be an effective alternative to surgery for termination of
pregnancy in the late as well as the early first trimester of pregnancy. This review discusses …

Background Determining the optimal method of performing second‐trimester abortions is
important, since they account for a disproportionate amount of abortion‐related morbidity …

OBJECTIVE: To compare efficacy between medical and surgical abortion at 9 weeks of
gestation or less. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study comparing efficacy …

The proportion of US abortions performed in the second trimester has varied little since
1992. Although 30 years of cumulative data corroborate the safety of dilation and evacuation …

Decades after its introduction, dilatation and evacuation (D&E) is still not universally offered
by gynaecologists who provide second trimester abortion. Three lines of evidence point to …

Background Different surgical methods for termination of pregnancy have evolved over the
years: Dilatation and curettage, power operated vacuum aspiration (VA), manual vacuum …

Objective: To provide an updated guideline for the surgical and medical termination of
pregnancy. Options: This guideline discusses and compares the safety and effectiveness of …