Many women 'unprepared' for intensity of pain from chemical abortion, study finds
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Many women are often told not to expect pain worse than menstrual cramps when taking abortion pills to end a pregnancy, according to a new study in a medical journal.
About half of respondents said that the pain they experienced was more than they expected. The majority of respondents (92%) rated their pain at least a 4 out of 10 on the pain scale while over 40% of respondents rated their pain as severe (8-10). Kristine Parks is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Read more.
Abortion pills, also known as a chemical or medication abortion, involve a two-drug regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol taken to terminate a pregnancy. These pills are the most common abortion method offered by US providers, accounting for over 60% of all abortions nationally, according to the Guttmacher Institute.