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 ...

California’s efforts to expand access to abortion care ... how to perform aspiration abortions — a procedure also known as dilation and curettage that uses gentle suction to end a pregnancy ...

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 ...