Abortion Pills Cost | What Is the Price Of the Abortion Pill?

Abortion Pills Cost | What Is the Price Of the Abortion Pill?

Abortion Pill Costs can vary from essentially free to a cost of over twenty-thousand dollars. The price of the Abortion Pill Procedure depends on the geographic location where the procedure is being performed and the number of weeks pregnant the patient is.

The cost of the medical abortion procedure in the first trimester of pregnancy (3 to 10 weeks) normally costs $250.00 to $1,500.00.

The abortion pill procedure is highly effective in the second trimester of pregnancy (late term pregnancy which is 14 to 28 weeks gestation and the third trimester of pregnancy (greater than 28 weeks).

Procedures performed after 21 to 22 weeks pregnant are performed for life threatening maternal issues, or fetal indications that are incompatible with life.

The abortion pill procedure is highly efficient, safe and effective. It is generally can be completed in 24 hours or less.

Abortion in the US has not always been such a politically charged topic as it has become now. As a matter of fact, abortion was accepted up until the 1500’s being performed until the mother could feel fetal movement.

It was legal in the US until around 1820 to 1860 in most States. It was at that time, the Anglo-Saxon population stopped increasing and there was a fear that they would become the minority and thus began the process of making abortion illegal in each State.

By the late 1800’s, abortion had become illegal. Millions of illegal abortions were performed which lead to a significant amount of maternal morbidity and mortality.

Women would use toxic chemicals, acids, glass, wooden sticks and coat hangers in an attempt to end their pregnancies. This lead to the death of hundreds of thousands if not millions of women.

This included married women with children. This showed the determination of women who wish not to be pregnant to end their pregnancy at any cost. Even if it meant sacrificing their lives.

This lead to the legalization of abortion in all 50 States with the Supreme Court Decision of Roe vs Wade in the early 70’s. With each passing year, the erosion of legal abortion continues down a slippery slope.

What we must realize s if abortion ever becomes illegal again in a State in the US or country, it will once again lead to significant increase in maternal morbidity and mortality due to the rise once again in illegal abortions.

Let’s hope this history will never repeat itself.

One in 3 adult women in the US by the age of 45 have undergone a abortion procedure. There has been a significant drop in teenage pregnancies and abortions over the past several years.

The reasons for this is multifactorial. Condoms (male and female) are being used at a much higher rate to prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) and women are utilizing birth control measures (implants and IUD’s) that have a higher incidence of preventing pregnancy.

Most people would be surprised to know that over 50% of women who present to medical facilities for abortion have used some form of birth control in the past 60 days and already are mothers.

There are many women in school, working and or are full time mother’s and cannot afford or have the time to care for another child in their life at the time of their pregnancy.

The cost and the time hat is required to take off to have the abortion procedure performed can matter for a lot of women and can become prohibitive.

Arranging for transportation, babysitters and having to pay for a hotel room due to 24 to 72 hour waiting periods can be mind boggling. Abortion is not illegal in any State in the US as yet but these additional costs are just wrong and unnecessary.

How Is the Abortion Pill Procedure Performed?

A medical abortion actually consists of going into Family Planning facility and undergoing lab testing, a sonogram (ultrasound) to determine the number of weeks pregnant, a physical exam, giving two separate pills RU 486 (Mifepristone, Mifeprex) and Misoprostol (Cytotec).

Both may be taken immediately or hours to days apart and a follow-up appointment where a pregnancy test and/or Ultrasound is performed to assure that the abortion process is completed.

The process takes anywhere from a few hours to a few days, depending on how far apart the pills are taken, the number of weeks pregnant the patient is and how long the body takes to abort after the second pill.

Pregnancy tissue can expel as early as four hours after taking the second pill. The majority of abortions are complete in the 12 to 24 hour window after taking the second pill.

Patients must agree to have a surgical abortion when medical abortions fail. The chance of failure is less than 1 to 2 percent.,

Does Insurance or Medicaid Cover the Abortion Pill?

In some States Insurance or Medicaid may cover the medical abortion procedure. In the majority of States they will not and one must pay out of pocket.

Can You Get Other Funding For the Abortion Pill?

There are private donors and nonprofits that raise money and donate money to patients for their abortion procedure. There is a list of funding organizations across the country that has been compiled by Fund Abortion Now.

In summary; the cost of the abortion pill is determined by many factors. Geography and the number of weeks pregnant and the procedure performed in a clinic, Physicians office or Hospital are all essential factors in determining price of the medical abortion.

Do not hesitate to inquire regarding abortion pill procedures being performed in the second trimester of pregnancy and late term abortions due to maternal or fetal indications.


The Fort Lauderdale Women’s Center is Offering The One Hour Abortion Pill Procedure – 3 to 14 Weeks. Patients who qualify may receive a significant discount in the price of the procedure if they meet certain criteria.

Call Us Now For Same Day Appointment.


Dr James S Pendergraft | Orlando Women’s Center | Abortion Clinic Orlando

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