IPPF Reports on Most Efficient Abortion Methods

By Contributor | January 12, 2011

IPPF recently highlighted a study conducted by a group of American and African doctors that assesed the most cost-effective abortion procedures. The authors found that Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) was the safest and most cost-effective abortion procedure for Nigeria, while the chemical abortifacient Misoprostol was the most efficient method for clinics in Ghana. Both findings were based on abortions completed within the first trimester of pregnancy.

The report came up with the cost benefits of the aforementioned abortion procedures by comparing them to the older method of Dilation and Curettage (“D&C”), claiming that switching from D&C to MVA would result in a savings of about 2.5 million dollars over the course of 100,000 abortions. Additionally, the MVA procedure takes a quick 5 to 15 minutes to complete and is less invasive than traditional methods.

Presumably, this blood-chillingly efficient method of abortion, which is less likely to result in complications and is much less expensive than older methods, will be pushed in developing nations and countries with high numbers of “unsafe” abortions. Nigeria, a country with an estimated 760,000 abortions annually, will most likely be among them.

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