Abortion At Home Via Pills Safe Till 12 Weeks Of Pregnancy: Lancet Study

Women in hospital settings are more likely to find abortion "stressful and isolating", compared to those at home.

Managing abortion at home using pills is safe and may ease hospital burden, claimed a study published in The Lancet journal on Friday.

The randomised controlled trial of 435 women by Swedish researchers analysed women who took the first dose of misoprostol (a pill given as part of the procedure for medical abortions) at home or in the hospital.

Those who took the pill at home had a 71 per cent chance of completing their care in hospital within 9 hours with no overnight stay, compared to 46 per cent of women who took the first dose of misoprostol at the hospital.