Medical Abortion and Future Fertility
You can get pregnant again as soon as 8 days after a medical abortion. If you have sex, you should consider using contraceptives to prevent an unplanned pregnancy.
No, abortion pills do not cause birth defects in future pregnancies.
No, having an abortion with pills will not make it harder to get pregnant in the future.
References:
- Clinical practice handbook for safe abortion. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014 https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/97415/9789241548717_eng.pdf?sequence=1
- FIGO's updated recommendations for misoprostol used alone in gynecology and obstetrics. FIGO; 2017 https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijgo.12181
- Medical management of abortion. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGOhttps://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/278968/9789241550406-eng.pdf?ua=1
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Best practice in comprehensive abortion care. RCOG. 2015. London, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists. Best Practice Paper No. 2. https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/best-practicepapers/best-practice-paper-2.pdf