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The abortion pill or medical abortion is most effective up to 7 weeks after becoming pregnant. It ends pregnancy and is 95%- 97% effective. Abortion pill is a misnomer because you actually have to take several pills. Several doctor’s appointments are required to ensure that you understand the procedure and a__sociated risks. That is covered in the first appointment before the procedure takes place. The final visit is to ensure the pregnancy has ended. Some women experience light bleeding like spotting towards the end of a menstrual period. Others have heavier bleeding like their regular menstrual period, or like a heavy period. Some women do not experience any bleeding until the second visit when misoprostol is given. Cramping, bleeding, and clotting may begin as soon as 20 minutes after this. Within the next 6 to 8 hours, most women will miscarry. Cramping may come in waves with increasing and decreasing intensity. You can expect bleeding heavier than a menstrual period with large clots. During this time, you will pa__s the embryo although you may not see it since it is very small. Since each woman is different the amount of bleeding and severity of pain will vary form woman to woman. Bleeding and spotting can last for about nine to sixteen days. Heavy bleeding is possible, but extremely rare. In about one of every 100 women the bleeding becomes heavy enough to require a surgical procedure to stop it. In extremely rare cases, the medications do not work and the embryo continues to grow. In these cases, a surgical abortion must be done complete the abortion. Deciding to continue the pregnancy to term is not an option after taking the first medication because the medications can cause birth defects in the pregnancy.

Copy and paste this link into the address bar to learn more about surgical abortions: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ABORTION/surgabort1.html

DB - do you realize that you are asking about killing your son or daughter, an actual human being who is trusting all they have in you and are completely helpless? Abortions are very painfull, both emotionally and physically. Please reconsider killing your child for convience. If you don't want to raise them, give them up for adoption. Give them a chance to live.