TY - JOUR T1 - First Trimester Procedural Abortion in Family Medicine JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO - J Am Board Fam Med SP - 169 LP - 174 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.070204 VL - 22 IS - 2 AU - Richard John Lyus AU - Paul Gianutsos AU - Marji Gold Y1 - 2009/03/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/22/2/169.abstract N2 - Unintended pregnancy is common, and in the United States almost half of all women will have at least one abortion during their lifetime. The majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester. Although advances have been made in the provision of medical abortion in the family medicine setting, procedural methods remain the cornerstone of abortion care. We present a step-wise review of first trimester procedural abortion using the manual vacuum aspirator to demonstrate the feasibility of incorporating this service into a primary care setting. ER -