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Information about medication abortion (also known as medical abortion or the 'abortion pill') - includes how medication works, appointments, what to expect, side effects, possible risks, self-care.

Abortion is one of the most common and safest types of surgery in Australia.

Some abortion services in Victoria offer reduced fees to students, healthcare card holders and those experiencing financial difficulty.

You can become fertile again very soon after a surgical or medical abortion, so it's important to start using contraception immediately if you wish to prevent any unwanted pregnancies.

In Victoria, you can have two types of abortion: surgical and medication. Both types are safe and reliable. You can have a medication abortion up to nine weeks of pregnancy. You can have a surgical abortion from around six weeks of pregnancy onwards.

In Victoria, where abortion is available in a range of public and private settings, it is a safe, common and legal reproductive health choice.

Information about unplanned pregnancy including pregnancy options (such as medical and surgical abortion, adoption, foster and kinship care), pregnancy counselling and where to get help.

Good sexual and reproductive health is central to women's ability to make choices and decisions about their lives, including when, or whether, to consider having children.

A dilatation and curettage (D&C) is an operation performed on women to lightly scrape away the womb lining.

Pregnancy, contraception and reproductive information and services. From conception through to labour.