Alternative Healthcare in Botswana
Polokwane, 0700
Botswana
The abortion pill is a medicine that ends an early pregnancy. In general, it can be used up to 12 weeks — after the first day of a woman's last period. Women who need an abortion and are more than 12 weeks pregnant can have an in-clinic abortion.
The name for "the abortion pill" is mifepristone. It was called RU-486 when it was being developed.
How Effective Is the Abortion Pill?
You can feel confident in knowing that medication abortion with the abortion pill is very effective. It works about 97 out of every 100 times. You'll follow up with your health care provider after your abortion so you can be sure that it worked and that you are well.
Some of the medicines used in medication abortion may cause serious birth defects if the pregnancy continues. So, in the unlikely case that it doesn't work, you will need to have an aspiration abortion to end the pregnancy.
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