The abortion pill (also called RU 486) is an alternative to abortion through suction curettage. It is not one pill, but several tablets which you can take to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. It’s only effective during the earliest weeks of pregnancy.
In the Netherlands you cannot buy these tablets at the pharmacy and take them in the privacy of your own home. It’s part of the abortion legislation, so you can only get it at an authorized clinic or hospital.
Before the introduction of this pill abortion was only done through suction curettage. Considering the swiftness and carefulness of this procedure, the abortion pill doesn’t seem to have many advantages.
Don’t confuse the abortion pill with the morning-after pill, which you take if you had unsafe sex and still want to prevent pregnancy.

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