Clinics and hospitals currently defer medication abortion until ultrasound confirms a pregnancy inside the uterus. However, a large international study led by researchers from Karolinska Institutet now indicates that treatment can be equally effective and safe even before the sixth week of pregnancy.

Abortion pills are safe and effective even very early in a pregnancy, a new study finds. Clinics and hospitals tend to defer medication abortions until a woman's pregnancy is confirmed using ultrasound, researchers said.

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms that abortion pills are safe and effective even before six weeks of pregnancy. Researchers found early use reduces complications,