Aspiration Abortion

Aspiration abortion (also called surgical or suction abortion) is currently the most common method used for abortions during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy - Our Bodies Ourselves

Aspiration Abortion
Aspiration Abortion

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Best-case scenario abortion revolves around two options: manual vacuum aspiration (MVA), and a pharmaceutical cocktail commonly referred to as "medical abortion" or "the abortion pill." A relatively simple procedure, MVA was introduced to the United States in the late 1960s, but it wasn't integrated into the mainstream medical community until the 1990s. What we now know as MVA is the refined version of a technique called "menstrual extraction," which women performed on each other during the " our bodies, ourse​lves" movement in the 70s, t​o remove "a woman's menses to avoid an inconvenient period or, more importantly, to end a pregnancy at an early stage."

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Although the number of women in the United States choosing medication abortion (abortion with pills) is increasing each year, aspiration abortion (also called surgical or suction abortion) is currently the most common method used for abortions during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy.

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