It is a surgical or medical procedure, which cuts off the pregnancy. Only licensed physician or surgeon is to perform this kind of operation. The reasons of abortion may be the following ones:
• If a woman does not want to be pregnant. In this case the abortion is elective;
• If being pregnant is dangerous for the health of life of a woman;
• In case of some serious development anomalies of a fetus.

Abortion is considered to be legal only in case if it is advised by your doctor from the medical point of view (see points 2 and 3 of the above mentioned list). Elective abortion is not legal in many areas.

“If abortion is so bad, why do people opt for it?” – You may be asking yourself, while thinking about your future behaviour model. Of course, it is not the best way out, but you do have right to chose this option for yourself, especially if you have a feeling of shame, or if you consider your baby will become a burden for you, if you have not completed your education, and if you realize that there is the whole life in front of you, so young and full of hopes and ambitions; and if you are not independent from the financial point of view. Your health condition or, even you age (when a girl is too young to become a mother) may also be a contraindication of pregnancy carrying. Some women are often pressed into abortion by their parents. In many cases these women find it difficult to choose the live of their child over their partner.

But whatever the reason of your thinking about abortion, it should never be entered into without careful thought over it. Mind that the very procedure can be dangerous, sometimes, or in some cases even life threatening, and it is always emotionally devastating.

Abortion may be performed either surgically or by using some definite kind of medicine, called the Abortion Pill or the Abortion Injection
If your pregnancy term is no more than several days, doctor may use the Abortion Pill. There are two kinds of such pills: Mifeprex and Mifepristone.
Mifeprex is a pill, which is usually taken in your doctor’s office.
Mifepristone is a pill, which used to put the beginning to a medical abortion. This kind of medicine works by blocking the hormones, necessary to sustain the pregnancy duration.

Another way to conduct non-surgical abortion is having an injection of Methotrexate. It is a kind of molecule, that puts the beginning to the medical abortion and it also treats tubal pregnancies (it is when a fertilized cell gets stuck in the tube, which leads to the womb, and not in the uterus). It works like the Folic Acid metabolism antagonist.
In two days after you have taken any of the abovementioned pills or injection you are to come to your doctor again and to take another kind of pill, called Misoprostol. This medicine makes your uterus contracted, and the pregnancy tissue gets is so – to say, “thrown away” from it. After such kind of abortion, you are to visit your doctor for several more time, in order to make sure they worked.

If after all considerations you have chosen to make an abortion, you are to find a medical professional and a pregnancy options counselor. You should find a clinic with the well – trained and qualified staff, who will be able to help you feel yourself comfortable.
In order to make an appointment, you are to have a pen and a sheep of paper with you, when calling the clinic, you may also need to have some of your health insurance information.
In most clinics you can appoint an abortion procedure within a few days after your call. This term is from 24 hours up to a week.

Before making an appointment you are to be sure that the counselor answered all your questions, and these answers satisfy your wishes and wants. If you feel any pressure or you are being rushed to make a decision, you should better choose another clinic to call to.