Welcome to Pregnancy Guide
Missed Abortion Article
. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
You may also listen to this article by using the following controls.
The Difference Between Medication Abortion and Emergency Contraception
from:Both medication abortions and emergency contraception can involve taking pills. However, the similarity between medication abortions and emergency contraception ends there.
Hormonal emergency contraception is a pill or a few pills that is taken up to five days of unprotected sex. It prevents pregnancy. Emergency contraception stops pregnancy by preventing ovulation and fertilization. IUDs (Intrauterine devices) can also be used to prevent pregnancy, but are not the focus of this article.
Medication abortion is taken to end a pregnancy. It is taken during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. It ends a pregnancy by preventing the body’s release of progesterone, which thins the uterine lining. It also forces the uterus to contract and expel its contents.
Emergency contraception pills include Plan B, a specially formulated pill. You can also take varying dosages of combined hormone (not progestin-only) pills. Ask your medical professional for the exact doses of what to take. Plan B only includes hormones, and will not terminate an existing pregnancy. If you are pregnant, however, do not attempt to use emergency contraception.
Medication abortion is caused by one of two drugs: mifepristone or methotrexate. You will also take a second drug, misoprostal. These drugs terminate pregnancy.
The side effects of emergency contraception are much less serious than those of a medication abortion. The side effects of emergency contraception can include nausea, headaches, dizziness, vomiting, and breast tenderness. The side effects of a medication abortion include heavy bleeding that lasts typically about two weeks. There is often cramping, varying from mild to heavy cramps. You can get pain medication to ease the cramping.
Anyone can get emergency contraception, even if you are under the age of 18. In some states, if you want to have an abortion, even a medication abortion, you need to have parental consent. Emergency contraception can cost between $30-$50, whereas a medication abortion can cost upwards of $250.
Both procedures are most effective when they are performed early on. If you have had unprotected sex, take emergency contraception within 24 hours if possible, though it will still work for up to five days after the act. If you are getting a medication abortion, make your appointment as soon as you have made your decision. This can lessen the cramping and side effects.
The best way to prevent pregnancy is to practice preventative birth control (and we all know that the best preventative birth control is abstinence). Research your birth control options to fit the one that best suits your lifestyle. Remember: emergency contraception is for emergencies, and abortions are for dire emergencies. Plan ahead to save yourself the physical and emotional troubles caused by unsafe sex.
Lilith Mill is an educator on safe birth control options. Check out The Guide to Birth Control, http://www.theguideto-birthcontrol.com, for information on hormonal and barrier birth control methods. Knowledge is power: keep yourself safe with the proper information.
Warning: file(http://www.searchfeed.com/rd/feed/TextFeed.jsp?trackID=Q3835304521&pID=62408&cat=missed+abortion&nl=5&page=1&excID=) [function.file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
in /home/cwatchco/public_html/preparents/abortion/datas/searchfeed.php on line 8
Missed Abortion Specific links
Missed Abortion News
Personhood USA Examines Pro-Abortion Claims and Romney's Record
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 / Christian Newswire / -- Not surprisingly, the country's oldest pro-abortion political organization, NARAL, threw their weight behind the current occupant of the White House last week.
Read more...A growing youth-movement story being missed by the media
After shouting on Parliament Hill last Thursday with a crowd the size of a small city — 19,500 people-strong I’m told — it seems obvious to me that there’s a new normal among Gen Y and the Millennials taking over the scene.
Read more...The Facebook Abortion Debate
It has been announced on Friday that amendments will be made to the Penal Code to allow for abortions in certain specific cases.
Read more...Senate Committee advances abortion bill without objection
The abortion issue reared its head Tuesday down at the State Capitol. A Senate Committee advanced a bill to criminalize the procedure performed by anyone other than a licensed doctor.
Read more...Abortion for sale - Black market thrives on baby-killing pills
Some local health professionals, including a radiographer employed to a public hospital, are illegally selling a powerful ulcer treatment drug to persons wanting to have an abortion.
Read more...McGill passes on bill votes
DeKalb County’s representative in the Senate was absent from the Senate chambers Thursday afternoon and missed voting on several significant bills.
Read more...What's This Heckler Yelling at Kathleen Sebelius?
Here's a "fun" game for your Friday afternoon: What is this anti-abortion heckler yelling at Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the commencement ceremony for Georgetown's Public Policy Institute? It's something about abortion being murder: Georgetown's Vox Populi blog reports he said "you're a murderer," but there's more at the end we couldn't catch. The heckler was upset ...
Read more...