Will you be able to get pregnant and have children after a medical abortion?

A medical abortion does not affect your ability to conceive or bear a child in the future. In fact, if you do not want to become pregnant at this time, it is important to start using contraceptives as soon as you start having sexual relations again.

More scientific info:
The results of one study suggest that if a woman who has never given birth has an early medical abortion using Mifepristone and Misoprostol (or other protaglandine) it will not cause problems during a future wanted pregnancy. 23 67

A publication intended to help doctors understand induced abortion states, “Induced abortion does not harm a woman’s reproductive capacity. Premature birth, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, and adverse pregnancy outcomes are not increased in frequency after abortion". 30

How to get a safe medical abortion?

This online medical abortion service helps women around the world gain access to a safe medical abortion (with the pills mifepristone and misoprostol) in order to reduce the number of deaths due to unsafe abortions.

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A medical abortion works best if the medicines are taken as early as possible in pregnancy and are most effective up to 63 days (9 weeks) of pregnancy.