Induced abortion is the act of ending a pregnancy, either through surgery or by taking medication.
Dealing with an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy is very difficult. Talking with your partner, family, clergy, friends, and health care provider may all be helpful in your decision about what action you should take. Your choices include continuing the pregnancy and you or your family raising the child, finding adoptive parents, or ending the pregnancy by having a legal abortion. The goal of abortion counselling is to provide information that enables you to make the best decision for you, and to offer support in that decision. First you will talk with a specially trained counselor to explore your options, answer your questions, and discuss your decision.