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In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America.

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There are several types of early pregnancy ending, and most workplaces don’t have enough support in place for staff who are affected.

Ending a pregnancy with abortion pills has become more common. Very early medical abortion (VEMA) is effective and safe, even in cases of undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies.

Abortion pills are safe and effective even very early in a pregnancy, a new study finds. Clinics and hospitals tend to defer medication abortions until a woman's pregnancy is confirmed using ...

“Very early medical abortion was just as effective and safe to perform, even in case of an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy,” said Dr. Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, a professor of obstetrics and ...

The VEMA (Very early medical abortion) study included over 1,500 women at 26 clinics in nine countries who requested an abortion before ultrasound was able to confirm intrauterine pregnancy.