Different 'Ways' Of Abortion.?

Medical Abortion:

"Medical abortions" are non-surgical abortions that use pharmaceutical drugs, and are only effective in the first trimester of pregnancy. Combined regimens include methotrexate or mifepristone, followed by a prostaglandin (either misoprostol or gemeprost: misoprostol is used in the U.S.; gemeprost is used in the UK and Sweden.) When used within 49 days gestation, approximately 92% of women undergoing medical abortion with a combined regimen completed it without surgical intervention. Misoprostol can be used alone, but has a lower efficacy rate than combined regimens. In cases of failure of medical abortion, vacuum or manual aspiration is used to complete the abortion surgically.

Surgical Abortion:

In the first 12 weeks, suction-aspiration or vacuum abortion is the most common method. Manual Vacuum aspiration (MVA) abortion consists of removing the fetus or embryo, placenta and membranes by suction using a manual syringe, while electric vacuum aspiration (EVA) abortion uses an electric pump. These techniques are comparable, and differ in the mechanism used to apply suction, how early in pregnancy they can be used, and whether cervical dilation is necessary. MVA, also known as "mini-suction" and "menstrual extraction", can be used in very early pregnancy, and does not require cervical dilation. Surgical techniques are sometimes referred to as 'Suction (or surgical) Termination Of Pregnancy' (STOP). From the 15th week until approximately the 26th, dilation and evacuation (DandE) is used. DandE consists of opening the cervix of the uterus and emptying it using surgical instruments and suction.

Dilation and curettage (DandC), the second most common method of abortion, is a standard gynecological procedure performed for a variety of reasons, including examination of the uterine lining for possible malignancy, investigation of abnormal bleeding, and abortion. Curettage refers to cleaning the walls of the uterus with a curette. The World Health Organization recommends this procedure, also called sharp curettage, only when MVA is unavailable. The term D and C, or sometimes suction curette, is used as a euphemism for the first trimester abortion procedure, whichever the method used.

Other techniques must be used to induce abortion in the second trimester. Premature delivery can be induced with prostaglandin; this can be coupled with injecting the amniotic fluid with hypertonic solutions containing saline or urea. After the 16th week of gestation, abortions can be induced by intact dilation and extraction (IDX) (also called intrauterine cranial decompression), which requires surgical decompression of the fetus' head before evacuation. IDX is sometimes called "partial-birth abortion," which has been federally banned in the United States. A hysterotomy abortion is a procedure similar to a caesarean section and is performed under general anesthesia. It requires a smaller incision than a caesarean section and is used during later stages of pregnancy.

From the 20th to 23rd week of gestation, an injection to stop the fetal heart can be used as the first phase of the surgical abortion procedure to ensure that the fetus is not born alive.

Just look up abortion clinics in your area or Planned Parenthood and give them a call. All you're going to get is hate here from the pregnant women. But I understand what you're going through. Good luck.

You need to get information from your local Planned Parenthood or abortion clinic because laws vary from state to state. The sooner you do this the better since there are time limits for every option. You could just call and ask. Be careful to avoid crisis pregnancy centers which are just fronts for anti-abortion activists.

You have your choice of two different methods of abortions: A surgical abortion; or (if she's less than 9 weeks pregnant), a medical abortion (also know as a "pill" abortion). Ask your physician about the particulars of each method, and your girlfriend can decide which is best for her.

How about adoption? Every life is precious, and if your girlfriend is pregnant this baby shares your DNA and her- it is your child. He or she does not deserve to die because it's not a convenient time in your opinion. Let the baby live, family can help, or give a family waiting to adopt what they've been dreaming and hoping for.

“It is scientifically correct to say that an individual human life begins at conception.” — Prof. Micheline Matthews-Roth, Harvard Medical School

Even the abortion industry knows this: “No one, neither the patient receiving an abortion, nor the person doing the abortion, is ever, at anytime, unaware that they are ending a life.” — William Harrison, Abortionist

Abortion

Hypothetically, nobody can know she is pregnant at 2-3 weeks. The period isn't even missed until 4 weeks.

But if she is pregnant and doesn't want to be, her choices would be to go to a clinic or doctor, where the professionals would explain her options to her and she would make the best choice for herself.

Your choice is to seek proper medical advice. There is no "DIY" option, if that is what you are asking. You can't be 2-3 weeks pregnant, as pregnancy is counted from the first day of the last period, so the earliest you can find out is around 4 weeks. That early on, there are pills that will induce abortion. You need medical supervision and advice, though.