Up to 9 weeks the abortion pill is reliable, and the planned parenthood I was in contact with actually presented this as a first option, and the in clinic as a second. If the pill didn’t work, the surgical abortion would be covered under the same cost. ($425 here, plus an extra $60 for a shot you need if you have a negative blood type.)
The pill is not the fastest solution obviously, but besides about 4 hours of heavy cramps the night of taking it, it doesn’t seem like it’s much worse than a rougher period. You may throw up a little bit, but at least your not dialated with rods.
This is all speaking from an observer’s point of view, since I’m a guy, but we chose pill and honestly that seemed to be the best route in our case.
At planned parenthood they were exceedingly supportive and we’ll have to return for the follow-up visit next week. Hope that info helps!
Edit: she mentioned I should explain the procedure. If you take the pill, you’ll be given on pill with water at the time of the appointment that inhibits progesterin which starts the abortion. Then, the next day you would take 4 pills after dinner that you keep on the sides of your cheeks in your mouth for 30 minutes, and swallow what’s left. Then in our case she was prescribed vicadin to curb some of pain which was like $10 without health insurance. About 2 hours after taking those pills there’s some tough cramping and blood. They said it was “medically advised” to your back rubbed so I did that for her and it seemed to help a little. Then right about 4 hours after out came a small black sac (sorry if that’s too descriptive) and the pain began to subside in the next hour. The entire week she was also instructed to take an antibiotic after breakfast and dinner to prevent any kind of infection.