New Evidence Available
Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2018, Medical management of abortion
View latest version (2018)Bibliographic Info
GuidelineSafe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems
Year of Publication2012
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
Where mifepristone is not available. For pregnancies of gestational age over 12 weeks (84 days) The recommended method of medical abortion is 400 μg of misoprostol administered vaginally or sublingually, repeated every 3 hours for up to five doses