Frequently Asked Questions
What are my pregnancy options?
Learn about your options so that you can choose what is best for you to lead a happy and healthy life.
Parenting:
Choosing to become a parent, giving birth and raising the child.
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Adoption:
Choosing to give someone else the permanent legal responsibility to raise the child you birthed.
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Abortion:
Choosing to end the pregnancy, with medicine or through an in-clinic procedure.
How does medication abortion work?
Mifepristone is taken first. It is a medication that blocks the hormone called progesterone, which is needed for a pregnancy to grow.
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Misoprostol is taken next. It is a medication that causes cramping, bleeding, and uterine contractions to push pregnancy tissue out. It is kind of like having a really heavy, crampy, period.
What is a virtual clinic?
A virtual clinic is a medical care clinic that exists solely online in which doctors and clinicians can provide care by telehealth.
Virtual clinics may also send patients medications by mail through a pharmacy or directly. Patients will typically need a phone or a device with internet access to receive care.
What does telehealth mean?
Telehealth, sometimes called telemedicine, is the use of telecommunication technologies to provide medical care or services when a patient and a doctor are not in the same place at the same time.
Telehealth can consist of:
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Synchronous, or “live,” communication through phone or video chat
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Sending and receiving messages from the medical care provider through secure chat messaging, e-mail, and/or file exchange
What are the benefits of a virtual clinic?
Although virtual clinics may not be as common as traditional brick-and-mortar clinics and seeing a clinician in-person, there are many benefits show why this type of care is desired:
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Virtual clinics can address health issues wherever patients are, even from the comfort of their own home
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Making an appointment with a virtual clinic can eliminate travel time and distance, commuting, taking time off from work, need for child care
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Virtual clinics can also shorten waiting times and expand access to specialists who live further away