i wish people who don't know fuck about abortion procedures would stop making RU486 out to be some miracle pill. medical abortions aren't nearly as effective as surgical ones, & the recovery period is significantly different as there's much more bleeding with a medical abortion than with a suction D&C procedure. the fact that the abortion occurs while the woman is not under the supervision of a doctor or RN scares the crap outta me too. abortion is relatively simple & routine, but it is a medical procedure that results in blood loss.
oh...& also: a lot of medical abortions [at least in the case of methotrexate & misoprostol procedures, which is what is offered in some facilities as a medical abortion] do result in a D&C. so, even while the pregnancy might have passed, sometimes there is retained tissue.
oh, & i believe that manitoba does pay for abortions in facilities other than the hospital. i think that happened shortly after dr. morgentaler sold his winnipeg clinic to another group. i've read that manitoba doesn't cover it in a few articles now & i swear that information is incorrect: in 2004, the province was ordered to cover abortion by its supreme court. quebec doesn't fully cover abortion in clinics & neither does nova scotia. although, i'm pretty sure since the morgentaler clinic closed in halifax, there's no other facility to have an abortion in other than the hospital. it's only new brunswick & PEI that don't fund abortion procedures in clinics. i love people who do their research.
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& that has totally nothing to do with what you're talking about. yipes. but i do love a chance to run my mouth off about abortion. i'm so multi-faceted.
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Date: 2005-06-20 02:20 am (UTC)oh...& also: a lot of medical abortions [at least in the case of methotrexate & misoprostol procedures, which is what is offered in some facilities as a medical abortion] do result in a D&C. so, even while the pregnancy might have passed, sometimes there is retained tissue.
oh, & i believe that manitoba does pay for abortions in facilities other than the hospital. i think that happened shortly after dr. morgentaler sold his winnipeg clinic to another group. i've read that manitoba doesn't cover it in a few articles now & i swear that information is incorrect: in 2004, the province was ordered to cover abortion by its supreme court. quebec doesn't fully cover abortion in clinics & neither does nova scotia. although, i'm pretty sure since the morgentaler clinic closed in halifax, there's no other facility to have an abortion in other than the hospital. it's only new brunswick & PEI that don't fund abortion procedures in clinics. i love people who do their research.
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& that has totally nothing to do with what you're talking about. yipes. but i do love a chance to run my mouth off about abortion. i'm so multi-faceted.