Early Abortion Options

What are my Early Options?

• At Early Options you don’t need surgery!  There are two non-surgical early abortion options: the Aspiration Procedure and the Abortion Pill.  No cutting. No scraping. No operating room. No scarring.  
• Your partner can be with you! You do not have to go through this experience alone. Although it is not required, at Early Options, you are welcome to bring a visitor- your partner, a friend, or a family member- who can stay with you through the entire appointment. If you choose not to, you will have a dedicated staff member to accompany through the process.
• You don’t need to go to a clinic!  With the Aspiration Procedure or the Abortion Pill you can be seen in a private examination room in our private office.  No crowded waiting rooms. No assembly line. 
• Speedy Recovery! Is your schedule too busy to take a whole day off to go to a clinic? The Aspiration Procedure takes minutes to complete! You feel back to normal within minutes. You can get the Aspiration Procedure or the Abortion Pill in a 1-2 hour office visit and resume normal daily activities as soon as you leave the office!  Minimal Cramping. Minimal Bleeding. 

What’s the difference? Surgical Abortion or Non-surgical Abortion?

A termination of pregnancy is best completed between five and ten weeks of pregnancy, before a pregnancy develops. Under ten weeks, the pregnancy consists of a thickened tissue lining of the uterus (similar to the tissue that develops before menstruation) and a fluid-filled gestational sac about the size of a grape. Thus, early abortion methods are said to “bring down your period.” The Abortion Pill blocks the hormones of pregnancy from acting on the uterus, and induces your period. The Aspiration Procedure provides a gentle pressure to release the menstrual lining from the wall of the uterus.

The Aspiration Procedure and the Abortion Pill are the most safe, gentle, and natural early abortion methods. These early abortion methods are simple to complete and can be offered in a private medical office. They are just as effective and have fewer complications than surgical abortion. These early abortion methods are safer than surgical abortion (D&C) because they do not require scraping of the uterus, electric suction, or general anesthesia.

What is the Aspiration Procedure?

The doctor uses a quiet, handheld instrument to remove the pregnancy tissue. The Aspiration Procedure is similar to a Pap test and is completed on a regular medical examination table. It only takes 3-5 minutes! You can resume your normal activities immediately. The Aspiration Procedure used to be called “menstrual extraction” because it was similar to bringing down the menstrual lining of the uterus.

There are many advantages to the Aspiration Procedure. It is safer than a surgical abortion because there is no scraping, no electric suction, and no sedation. It is simpler than the Abortion Pill because there is less cramping, less bleeding, and it is completed in one visit.

What is the Abortion Pill?

A medical abortion is completed in the privacy of your own home. You take one pill in the doctor’s office. You take another set of pills at home, 24-72 hours later. The second set of pills induces your menstrual period. There is typically several hours of cramping. At Early Options, we provide you with strong pain medications to help relieve this cramping. You must have a follow up with the doctor to make sure it’s completed.

A Summary of Early Abortion Methods:

The World Health Organization endorses our non-surgical early abortion methods.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated in its Technical Guidelines on Safe Abortion: Aspiration and medical abortion are preferred methods for abortion in the first trimester. Both these methods are safe, effective, and suitable for the primary level of care and should be available at levels of care with greater capacity and in many private clinical settings.

IPAS, an international organization dedicated to safe abortion care adds: Regrettably, many health facilities still use the sharp curettage or dilation and curettage (D&C) method. The WHO guidelines state that because women’s risk of complications is substantially higher with sharp curettage than with vacuum aspiration or medication abortion, this method should be used only when vacuum aspiration and medication abortion are unavailable. Ipas.org/topics/abortion_technologies.aspx.

 For more information about our early abortion procedures, feel free to contact our offices.