Costs are higher for a medical abortion than a first-trimester surgical abortion.

Dr. Silverman's clinics charge $300 to $500 for a first-trimester abortion, the newspaper said.

Business is good - he does about 3,000 abortions a year, charging $300 for a first-trimester abortion.

Some doctors in Alaska continue to perform first-trimester abortions, however.

But for now, this study shows that women need not shun a first-trimester abortion for fear of developing breast cancer.

But it is more often used with other medicines, such as mifepristone or methotrexate, in first-trimester abortions.

The Supreme Court had just declared laws against first-trimester abortions unconstitutional.

The free-standing clinics charge about $200 for a first-trimester abortion.

Vacuum aspiration is the procedure used for almost all first-trimester abortions in many countries.

Take, for instance, the new form of first-trimester abortion that uses the drug methotrexate.