Abortion and termination : treatment in the UK

Termination of a pregnancy, or as it is more commonly known, "abortion", is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus, effectively ending the pregnancy.

As the law stands in the UK it is legal for a woman to have an induced abortion up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy though many hospitals or clinics will not consider a termination beyond 18 to 20 weeks. 

There are three methods for termination of pregnancy:

• abortion pill
• surgical termination 
• medical termination