If you have a positive pregnancy test and you’re thinking you may want the abortion pill, there’s some pretty important information you need to know before you begin a medical abortion.

So where do you turn for that information? Where can you get accurate and safe information? Your best bet is a place that doesn’t see you as a dollar sign but instead sees you as a real person with real dreams – and real concerns – for your future. After all, when you’re facing an unplanned pregnancy, you’re pursuing a decision that is best for you and your long-term health, not a decision that is monetarily best – and easiest – for an abortion provider.

You may feel like you just want to hurry up and get the abortion and move on. When anxiety is high most of us try to find the quickest way to relieve it. And finding an abortion provider may seem like the fastest way to get that relief. But fast isn’t always medically-wise. Or healthy. Or best for your wallet. 

A telehealth conversation with a medical abortion provider followed up with a few pills in your hand may seem like the best way to resolve your pregnancy. But even if you are 100% certain you want the abortion pill – no hesitation, no questions – an abortion provider still isn’t your best first call.

Well, why not?

Here in Virginia, you can get the abortion pill without any preliminary tests. And while that’s fast and easy for the provider of the medical abortion, it isn’t the safest answer for you. And your health is important.

You want your first call to be to a place that will give you accurate information to see if the abortion pill is even a medically appropriate option for you. Wouldn’t you like to know that before you purchase and take the abortion pill? 

Why risk your health and your money on something that you may not even need? First, you owe yourself definitive answers to all the questions you may not even know you need to ask:

• Am I pregnant with a viable pregnancy? Ten to twenty percent of all known pregnancies end naturally in miscarriage. A pregnancy test may show a positive result even during a miscarriage. 
• Do I need other medical care that an abortion won’t address – like treatment for an ectopic pregnancy or treatment for an STI? It’s important to figure this out before you take the abortion pill. Taking the abortion pill with other medical concerns can be dangerous to your health.