Gynecology

Abortion - Surgical Second Trimester

Overview
Pre-Operative Appointment
Surgical Appointment

Overview

During the second trimester of pregnancy, 14 to 22 weeks since your last menstrual period, abortions are performed as two-day outpatient procedures, known as dilation and evacuation (D&E). On the first day, which is always a Wednesday, you will meet with a health educator and a doctor in our office. This visit will take around two hours. On the next day, Thursday, you will meet the doctor in the hospital operating room. This visit will take approximately four to five hours.

For more information or to make an appointment, please call:
Women's Options Center (415) 353-7003

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated February 28, 2008