It's time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia
- Written by Caroline de Costa, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, James Cook University
A medical abortion is induced with medication, while a surgical abortion is performed with instruments in a clinic or hospital operating theatre.JGA/Shutterstock
Over the past thirteen years, many Australian women have used the drug mifepristone (RU486) to bring about a medical abortion.
Rather than undergoing a surgical abortion in a clinic or...
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