Why Does an Ultrasound Matter if I’m Considering Abortion?
If you’re facing an unplanned pregnancy, you may be exploring every option, including abortion. One of the most valuable steps you can take right now is to have an ultrasound to verify critical information that helps you make a decision.
Schedule a no-cost, confidential appointment today at Life’s Choices Women’s Clinic. As a licensed medical facility, we’ll explain your options and provide a limited ultrasound to help you get the clarity you need.
Keep reading to learn why this scan is essential to understanding your next steps.
Understand What’s Really Happening
A positive result on a home pregnancy test can be the first indication of pregnancy, but it doesn’t confirm everything you need to know. A limited ultrasound provides critical information such as:
- How far along you are
- Where the pregnancy is located
- Whether the pregnancy is progressing and there is a heartbeat
This information is crucial to safeguarding your health. For example, if you’re considering a medical abortion, the FDA only approves it through 10 weeks gestation. Without an ultrasound, you might not know if you’re within that timeframe, leading to additional risks.
Prioritize Your Health
Ultrasounds can also detect certain conditions that may require medical attention. For example, about one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, and in some cases, follow-up care is needed. It’s important to know whether your pregnancy is progressing before making any decisions.
Additionally, a limited ultrasound can check for signs of an ectopic pregnancy, where the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, often in a fallopian tube. This is a serious medical condition that requires immediate care, and it is not treated with an elective abortion.
Getting medical information through an ultrasound can help you make informed choices that protect your well-being and future.
Your Next Step Matters
Whatever option you’re considering—abortion, adoption, or parenting—you deserve to make a decision with the facts in mind. Life’s Choices Women’s Clinic offers a compassionate, pressure-free environment where you can ask questions, talk with a nurse, and confirm vital details with a limited ultrasound.
Schedule your no-cost, confidential appointment today.
Life’s Choices Women’s Clinic does not provide or refer for abortions.
All abortion information sourced in this blog is based on accurate information at the time of writing.
Pregnancy Tests
If you have had unprotected sex or missed your period, you might wonder if you are pregnant. The first thing you should do is take a pregnancy test. We offer lab-quality pregnancy testing at no cost.
Ultrasounds
If you are pregnant, an ultrasound will help determine how far along you are, if the pregnancy is viable (growing), and if it’s located in the correct place. We offer limited obstetric ultrasounds at no cost.
STD Testing
When a person engages in sex or sex-like activity, there’s a chance of contracting an STD. Most people with an STD don’t have immediate symptoms. Regular testing helps prevent later physical risks. We offer no-cost and confidential STD testing to women and men.
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Our fatherhood program, Men MENtoring Men, begins during the first medical appointment. Men MENtoring Men is the opportunity for you to meet with a male advocate to discuss your feelings about becoming a dad.
Pregnancy Tests
If you have had unprotected sex or missed your period, you might wonder if you are pregnant. The first thing you should do is take a pregnancy test. We offer lab-quality pregnancy testing at no cost.
Ultrasounds
If you are pregnant, an ultrasound will help determine how far along you are, if the pregnancy is viable (growing), and if it’s located in the correct place. We offer limited obstetric ultrasounds at no cost.
STD Testing
When a person engages in sex or sex-like activity, there’s a chance of contracting an STD. Most people with an STD don’t have immediate symptoms. Regular testing helps prevent later physical risks. We offer no-cost and confidential STD testing to women and men.
Men MENtoring Men
Our fatherhood program, Men MENtoring Men, begins during the first medical appointment. Men MENtoring Men is the opportunity for you to meet with a male advocate to discuss your feelings about becoming a dad.
