Procedural Abortion: Setting, Safety, and Patient Access.

Procedural abortion is the process of aspirating or extracting a pregnancy from a gravid uterus. This procedure is one of the most common procedures people who can become pregnant will have in their lifetime and it has a long track record of safety. Clinicians who perform these procedures should consider choice of setting, anesthesia, and risk of complications such as hemorrhage and other complications. Access to this procedure is increasingly limited due to restrictions on abortion.