Like most medical procedures, abortion can be accompanied by side effects and health risks.
In addition to the expected bleeding and cramping, the abortion pill may be accompanied by nausea, fever, chills, dizziness, diarrhea, weakness, vomiting, and headaches. More severe complications to the abortion pill include infection, sepsis, and hemorrhaging.
Surgical abortion procedures might be accompanied by similar side effects as the abortion pill and can also involve health risks such as perforation of the uterus and other internal organs, infection, sepsis, and hemorrhaging.