- An ectopic pregnancy is a condition where an embryo implants outside of mother’s uterus, such as in her fallopian tube.
- An ectopic pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening condition where an embryo implants outside of a mother’s uterus, often in her fallopian tube. This condition can only be detected through an ultrasound.
Medication Abortion (First Trimester – Up to 7 Weeks LMP)
- “Mifeprex: Prescribing Information,” Danco Laboratories, last modified March 30, 2016, http://www.earlyoptionpill.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MIFEPREX-Labeling-and-MG-FINAL_March2016.pdf. See also “$15 Million Lawsuit Filed In Case Of Local Woman Who Died After Abortion,” The Chattanoogan, Aug. 14, 2002.
- An ectopic pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening condition where an embryo implants outside of a mother’s uterus, often in her fallopian tube. This condition can only be detected through an ultrasound.
First Trimester Aspiration Abortion (5-14 weeks after last menstrual period (LMP)
- “Abortion: Methods of Abortion,” Columbia University, accessed March 6, 2015, http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/pubhealth/modules/reproductiveHealth/abortion.html.
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- Maureen Paul et al., Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care (United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009), 157-77.
- Justin Diedrich and Eleanor Drey, “Induction of fetal demise before abortion, (January 2010), Society of Family Planning, http://www.societyfp.org/_documents/resources/inductionoffetaldemise.pdf, accessed March 6, 2015.
- “Dilation and Cutterage (D&C),” WebMD, http://www.webmd.com/hw-popup/dilation-and-curettage-dc, accessed March 6, 2015.
- Curette: A sharp, loop-shaped medical instrument.
Labor Induction Abortion (Second and Third Trimester)
- Anna K. Sfakianaki, et al., “Potassium Chloride—Induced Fetal Demise: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Efficacy and Safety,” Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine: 337-341, accessed March 5, 2015, doi: 10.8763/332337.
- Rachel Perry, “Options for second-trimester termination,” Contemporary OBGYN, Nov. 1, 2013, http://contemporaryobgyn.modernmedicine.com/contemporary-obgyn/content/tags/abortion/options-second-trimester-termination?page=full.
- Sfakianaki, et al. “Potassium Chloride-Induced Fetal Demise,” 337-341. See also: Beth Daley, “Oversold and misunderstood: Prenatal screening tests prompt abortions,” accessed March 6, 2015, The New England Center for Investigative Reporting, http://features.necir.org/prenatal-testing.
Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy
- http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/symptoms-of-pregnancy/PR00102
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/gettingpregnant/earlypregnancysymptoms.html
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