Suction aspiration, or "vacuum curettage," is the abortion technique used in most first trimester abortions. A powerful suction tube with a sharp cutting edge is inserted into the womb through the ...

Aspiration abortion is also called "surgical abortion," "vacuum abortion," "suction abortion," or "D&C." A health care provider inserts a small tube through the cervix into the uterus. Then the ...

In-clinic abortion is a procedure that ends a pregnancy through the use of gentle suction (also called vacuum aspiration) and other medical tools (i.e., Dilation and Evacuation) used by licensed ...

There are two types of surgical abortions: dilatation and curettage (D&C), an operation to scrape tissue from the inside of the womb (uterus); and vacuum aspiration, which uses gentle suction to ...