Women who have bleeding disorders or are taking blood-thinners are ineligible. Those who have been on long-term corticosteriod therapy or are allergic to Mifeprex or Cytotec or other prostaglandins . In addition, any patient who might be unable to understand the effects of or comply with the treatment should not use the drug. It takes two to three days to complete the procedure, the last day of which involves a fair amount of cramping and bleeding. Women seeking an abortion may be prescribed RU-486 as soon as they have a confirmed pregnancy.
Surgical abortion requires one office appointment lasting approximately two to three hours.
The actual abortion usually takes five to ten minutes. Post-surgery cramping lasts no more than several minutes afterwards. With RU-486 the patient experiences labor, which may last several hours. We feel most women will find surgical abortion more convenient and less stressful than using RU-486. Because of the required, multiple visits to our Center and high medication cost, this type of abortion is more expensive than the surgical abortions we offer.