Suction aspiration, or "vacuum curettage," is the abortion technique used in most first trimester abortions. A powerful suction tube with a sharp cutting edge is inserted into the womb through the ...

Aspiration abortion is also called "surgical abortion," "vacuum abortion," "suction abortion," or "D&C." A health care provider inserts a small tube through the cervix into the uterus. Then the ...

Wade, abortion advocates are looking to ... A manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) procedure is a common suction method used to dismember and discard first-trimester babies. A fourth participant ...

During a surgical abortion, sometimes called a dilation and curettage (D&C), a surgeon will remove the fetus using suction and a sharp tool called a curet. In many areas, surgical abortions are an ...

Patients report failed abortions, misplaced IUDs and inadequately trained staff. By Katie Benner Planned Parenthood clinics around the country are facing complaints of substandard health care ...

His opening moves on abortion weren’t exactly “shock and awe.” Democrats see an opening. By Jess Bidgood It didn’t all happen on Day 1. But by the end of his first full week in office ...

States reported a sharp decline in abortions after Roe v. Wade was overruled. This is a KFF Health News story. In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023 ...

The number of infants dying after states enact abortion bans is even higher than expected, a new study found. At the same time, more babies are being born in states that implemented a complete or ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People at a election night watch party react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution ...

Abortion-related ballot measures in the U.S.

Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading anti-abortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end ...

In the early days of his second term in office, Donald Trump has been cagey about where his administration will take abortion policy. None of his seemingly endless executive orders has directly ...