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What is the difference between having a medical abortion & surgical abortion?
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Procedure type: Medical abortion involves use of medication to make uterus contract and empty the content, surgical abortion uses surgical instruments to do it. The medical abortion has a 7 times higher risk of bleeding complications than the surgical one.
Answered 7/6/2012
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