Talk:Medical abortion
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I just noticed a good section on ru 486 later in article...this one said it needed doing so i tried, but do we need two sections? Also what is the risk level of using the drug (i've come across varying numbers...personally i'd use it except you can't get it in Canada if the situation ever arrised but i know protes pages are saying its dangerous
While i was doing research on another aspect of abortions in Canada i came across the statistics for the safety of chemical abortions...i've included them in the page (or stub). Quite safe when compared to childbirth, although complications can occur and it may not be all that comfortable (the article said that many of the effects were similar to a vaccumm abortion with cramps and heavy bleeding etc.--Marcie 17:17, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
oh i do agree old chap rather spiffing.
[edit] Proposed Infobox for individual birth control method articles
Let's all work on reaching a consensus for a new infobox to be placed on each individual birth control method's article. I've created one to start with on the Wikipedia Proposed Infoboxes page, so go check it out and get involved in the process. MamaGeek (Talk/Contrib) 12:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Is there any information regarding whether chemical abortions have inherent risks on feritility at all? If so, this would be very useful information to include in the article.
yo me to dog. i feel ya. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.4.39.2 (talk) 14:25, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Incorrect statement in last part of article...
"Chemical abortions are not otherwise available in Canada and the drug can not be imported for personal use."
This statement is incorrect (I'm Canadian and I've had a chemical abortion)
Chemical abortions in Canada are done with methotrexate and misoprostol (rather than mifepristone as in the states - RU-486).
More info on this page: http://www.montrealmorgentaler.ca/index.php?page=medical&lang=_en
[edit] Move to Medical abortion
At Talk:Mifepristone, in the thread "'chemical abortion' vs. 'medical abortion'", User:69.208.181.213 pointed out that "chemical abortion" is a colloquial term used primarily in ideologically-orientated discourse. The term used in medical literature to refer to drug-induced abortions is "medical abortion." For evidence of the difference in usage, see the thread above for a Google/PubMed search term comparison composed by anon, or the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance article "Non-Surgical, Medically Induced Abortions." I will thus be moving this article from Chemical abortion to Medical abortion. -Severa (!!!) 18:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- re: "chemical abortion" vs. "medical abortion"
- "Chemical abortion" in most emphatically not a "colloquial term" like "the Pill".
- "Chemical abortion" is a POV term used in some pro-life (anti-abortion) propaganda not in "ideologically-orientated discourse".
- "Chemical abortion" has never been used in the medical literature to refer to "medical abortion".
- "Septic chemical abortion" has only been used in three articles (1969, 1975, 1991) in the medical literature in reference to illegal septic chemical abortions that were self-induced with soap, Lysol, or hypertonic sucrose.
- the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance article Non-Surgical, Medically Induced Abortions is not a reliable source. It is a personal essay (one of almost 4,000) by Bruce A. Robinson, a retired electronics/computer engineer and agnostic Unitarian in Ontario on his personal website run with the assistance of four friends (an atheist, a Christian, a Wiccan, and a Zen Buddhist) and supported by banner ads.
- 69.208.165.209 21:35, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
