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At-Home Abortion Information

Get the answers you need on self-managed at home abortions. 

At-Home Abortion & Your Options

While skipping the abortion clinic and ordering online may look like an easy, stress-free, safe
option, we’re here to help you understand the risks involved, what not to do, the information you
need to know ahead of time, what to expect, and what to do if things go wrong at home.


Your best first step is an ultrasound to confirm a viable intrauterine pregnancy and rule out an
ectopic pregnancy, which can be life-threatening. An ultrasound can also tell you how far along
you are. This information can determine how many pills are needed to terminate the pregnancy.


Book a cost-free consultation and ultrasound appointment. No insurance is needed and
same-day appointments are often available.

At Home Abortion Side Effects

After both doses of medication have been taken you can expect bleeding and cramping to start
between one and four hours after taking the second pill.


Other side effects and risks of a medical abortion include but are not limited to:

 

  • Heavy bleeding (you fill more than a pad an hour)

  • Abdominal pain

  • Infection

  • Fever or chills

  • Feeling dizzy or lightheaded

  • Nausea, diarrhea and vomiting

  • Allergic reactions to medications

  • Incomplete abortion


Before an abortion, it’s important to talk to a medical professional about your health history and
what to do in the event of an allergic reactions to the medication which can be fatal. In states
that have been measuring the side-effects, reported complications from the abortion pill have
increased in the past several years.


If you have only taken the first dose of the abortion pill and change your mind, it is still your
choice. Contact us immediately or if it’s after hours, learn more about how to continue your
pregnancy.

Abortion Pills By Mail

The abortion pill comes with a black box label, which is the highest level of caution assigned by
the FDA. Taking the abortion pill without seeing a doctor or having an ultrasound is never
recommended. The side effects range from unpleasant (cramping, bleeding, nausea, headache,
fever) to life-threatening (sepsis, rupturing of the uterus, undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy, and
more). Due to lack of regulations and unsafe medications, the FDA also issued a warning not to
order pills by mail.


We put you and your safety first and we'd never recommend an unsafe option.


However, if you’ve already ordered pills, we can still provide you with an ultrasound to confirm
how far along you are. This information can determine how many pills that are required to
complete an abortion.

While we do not refer for or provide abortion services, we can give you the answers you need to
make an informed choice. Call us today to get started.

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Options on Main

910 South Main Street

Jonesboro, AR 72401

870-932-6644

Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm

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Paragould, AR 72450

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Options on Main is committed to providing you with everything you need to make an informed pregnancy decision. We believe women and men have a right to get information from a resource that will not profit from the choices and pregnancy decisions they make. All our services are free and confidential. 

 

Options on Main Pregnancy Resource Centers is a 501c3 non-profit in the state of Arkansas. While we do not provide or refer for abortion services, we can answer your questions about side effects, what to expect, and more. The information on this site is for educational purposes only and should not be substituted for medical or legal advice.​ We are committed to protecting your health information. Please be aware that communicating via unencrypted text messaging or messaging services has some level of risk of being read by a 3rd party. Contact us to learn more. We provide free services to Paragould, Jonesboro, Gilkerson, Bono, Bay, and Brookland, AR. 

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