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
Moderate
For pregnancies of gestational age up to 9 weeks (63 days) The recommended method for medical abortion is mifepristone followed 1 to 2 days later by misoprostol