ABOUT ABORTION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU WHO HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST DRUG OF MEDICAL ABORTION, MIFEPRISTONE, AND WANT TO INTERRUPT THE PROCESS!
Medical abortion is performed with two drugs: mifepristone and prostaglandin. The first drug, mifepristone, works by inhibiting the normal action of progesterone on the endometrium and uterine muscle and by softening the uterine lining. So if you have just taken mifepristone but are feeling anxious and regretful, you can contact the Teratology Information Service on tel. 09 471 765 00, Mon-Fri 9.00-13.00. In any case, once you have taken your first medicine, you can stop the process and your baby will still have a chance to survive!
Having an abortion
Currently, it is legal in Finland to abort a child up to the 12th week of pregnancy, 10 weeks after fertilization. However, in the case of an abnormality (developmental disability), for example, abortion is legal up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
A new human being is created at conception, when a sperm cell fuses with an egg cell, and the chromosomes from the male and female are combined. From this moment on, it is a living human individual with its own unique genetic code, or DNA. All characteristics, such as sex and hereditary factors affecting eye colour and temperament, are determined at conception.
After only five days of conception, a tiny human being is already made up of over 100 cells and the process of cell differentiation has begun!
Medical abortion is performed with two drugs: mifepristone and prostaglandin. The first drug, mifepristone, works by blocking the normal action of progesterone on the endometrium and uterine lining and by softening the uterine lining. The drug causes the death of the baby in about 54-92% of cases, but if the baby survives, the drug does not cause foetal damage. If you have been taking mifepristone, you can skip the abortion and not take another medicine. The prostaglandin taken two days later will trigger a contraction of the uterus and cause it to empty so that the baby comes out and dies.
So if you have just taken mifepristone but you are feeling anxious and regretful, you can contact the Teratology Information Service on tel. 09 471 765 00, Mon-Fri 9.00-13.00. In any case, once you have taken your first medicine, you can stop the process and your baby will still have a chance to survive!
The consequences of abortion for a woman
Abortion is always the loss of a human life that has already begun by depriving an unborn baby of its right to life. This reality of abortion is hidden and distorted. Abortion is therefore a major and traumatic event with many consequences for the woman.
Psychologically, abortion leads to depression, substance abuse and self-destruction, as well as increased anxiety for years after the procedure. The risk of suicide after abortion is up to three times higher than in the general population. According to one meta-analysis, women who have had an abortion have an 81% higher risk of mental health problems, and up to almost 10% of all mental health problems are associated with abortion.