Study Reveals That Surgical Abortions Nosedive In The U.S.

Surgical abortions in the U.S. have reduced by 25 per cent, according to a recent study. American women are preferring to end unwanted pregnancies through medical abortions. Medical abortion involves taking two pills under medical supervision to induce miscarriage.

The USA Today quotes the report as stating, "Medical abortion, which uses RU-486, known as Mifepristone and sold as Mifeprex to induce abortion, is rising. Medical abortions more than doubled since federal approval of the non-surgical method in 2000, from 6 % of all abortions that year to 13 % in 2005."

The pills were approved in 2000 by the Food and drug Administration for use before within the seventh week of pregnancy. By 2005 they have become the most popular method of abortion with 13 per cent women opting for it.

The study, conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, a New York based non profit organization that deals with reproductive issues, also reveals that where in the 1980s 1 in 3 pregnant women chose abortion, the figure has now come down to 1 in 5.
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