The latest installment of Oh Joy, Sex Toy offers an accessible, informative, and non-judgmental overview of medical abortion, one of several choices available to newly pregnant persons.
The comic is well worth reading in its entirety. It links to a number of resources and medical studies, and deals with everything from basic anatomy to abortion statistics in the United States (e.g. 30% of people with uteruses will have had an abortion by the time they’re 45 years old). The section that discusses what to expect following a medical abortion, which is reproduced here by permission, should be read by anyone considering undergoing the procedure, and also by their loved ones:
