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Hospital Abortions
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would see your doctor before considering going privately. Your doctor will treat the matter as confidential. He may refer you as a NH patient; financial hardship might be a factor (I don't know)
Your surgery or local hospital or Citizens Advice Bureau will also give you confidential advice on the best clinics for private abortion and, most important, ones that they can recommend. Please don't take advice from anyone who isn't medically qualified or doesn't have your best interests at heart. Please don't take any risks because of cutting costs.
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Abortions are carried out on the NHS but the patient should fulfill a certain criteria, notably less than 12 weeks pregnant. Less than this in most cases because of the time taken to be referred from your GP to a consultant and then the time for him/her to fit you in on the next operating list.
Failing this there used to be an organisation called the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (I'm not sure if they are still in existance but your GP's surgery will know) and they carry out abortions on even more advanced pregnancies than 12 weeks. They are not free operations, but they are not a profit making orgnisation either. Hope this is of use.
An operation is not always necessary but this depends how far gone you are. There is a method which uses drugs but to the best of my knowledge is only available in the very early stages of pregnancy. A tablet is taken orally which detatches the foetus from mum. Then approx 24 hours further medication is given vaginally to open the cervix. Another oral drug is then administered which encourages the expulsion of the foetus. A short stay in hospital is required for the latter stage so nursing staff can monitor what is being passed. This is available on the NHS (depending on the trust) and privately.