‘I was told it would be like a period’: Women shocked at pain of medical abortion
Being told to expect pain similar to period cramps left women unprepared for the experience, a survey shows.
Nearly half of women responding to a survey on the pain of medical abortion reported it was worse than anticipated, with some accusing providers of ‘sugar-coating’ their consults.
UK researchers asked almost 1600 women who had a medical abortion at 10 weeks or less about the pain they had felt.
