2. The cost and inconvenience of seeing a healthcare professional and paying for a prescription will deter adolescents from obtaining the pill. The consequences of pregnancy and child-rearing are a much bigger problem to have to deal with.

3. This was a political move by the Obama administration to appeal to conservative families in swing states in order to win the upcoming election. Politics should have no influence on this decision, especially when science determined by the FDA just suggested otherwise.

Prescription supporters
1. The pill could have adverse effects if used incorrectly. We can’t allow girls as young as 10 or 11 years old to be making these decision and be able to purchase the pill along with a pack of gum at a local CVS.
 
2. Allowing the pill to be obtained easily will send the wrong message to young adolescents that they can engage in unprotected sex and not have to worry about any serious consequences of pregnancy.

3. More research must be done, both about the ability of young adolescents to safely and properly use the pill by themselves and also about the safety and health of the drug before we can allow such easy access to people of all ages.

This debate will surely continue to rage on during the election year. The good news is that for now, young adolescents can obtain the morning after pill at an affordable price with or without insurance at thousands of health clinics across the country from Brooklyn to L.A.

For more information visit our site at: http://www.thewomenschoice.com/abortion_pill.html

2.  Does the clinic provide a comfortable environment? The importance of this cannot be underestimated. Look for a calm, peaceful setting where you are given personal attention and not shoved out the door as soon as possible. Some places, such as The Women’s Choice Clinic in Brooklyn, even offer complimentary car service home. Of course, not everyone has time to go abortion clinic shopping, so the best way to find this out is to read reviews online and check out the clinic’s website.

3.  Do they accept your insurance? Whether it’s your personal insurance policy, Medicaid or Family Health Plus, you’ll want to make sure you are covered before or as soon as you walk into the clinic. If you don’t have insurance, try to find out if the clinic has ways for you to cut down costs through involvement with private or government funded programs.

4.  Are they accredited? Make sure you are receiving the highest level of professional care by looking into a clinic’s accreditation from a non-profit or government organization. A trusted seal of approval to look for is the one from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
 
Keep these 4 tips in mind, and it should really help to make this difficult decision a little easier.

For more information on our facility please visit: http://www.thewomenschoice.com/our_facility.html

As an Office-Based Surgery Facility Accredited by The joint Commission, we are a part of a specialized group of medical care providers that are governed by a stringent set of federal and state health care regulations. At BWMC, women can be assured that they will receive the highest quality healthcare possible.

At BWMC, our physicians are dedicated to helping all patients, including those who have special needs or require second trimester abortion care. Best Women’s Medical care, P.C. has earned a reputation for exceptional service, where safety is vital, and this is illustrated by the number of healthcare providers that refer patients to BWMC each day. Our dedicated staff will help each patient determine the safest possible course of treatment, and will discuss all options available. For many women, accessing abortion care can be difficult. We understand this, and we will use every resource available to help.

We are located in the heart of downtown Brooklyn accessible to public transportation and minutes away from the city.

Our waiting area is inviting, warm and soothing. We maintain an atmosphere that will enhance safety and relaxation.

Our exam rooms are equipped with the latest technology to meet the highest standards for surgical equipment, emergency preparedness, and cleanliness. Best Women’s Medical Care, P.C. was developed with the patients’ needs in mind: to provide a warm, secure, comfortable environment in which patients can feel at ease.

Our individual counseling rooms are comfortable and tastefully decorated.
Patients may request to have a friend or family member present during the counseling session.

Our recovery room was designed for your comfort and privacy. We offer for your convenience, a choice of private cubicles in where you will be able to recover from the procedure in a private and confidential environment.

It is often recommended to take a pregnancy test first to ensure that a pregnancy did not occur. It is not the abortion pill and will not work if a woman is already pregnant. This is very important for women to understand. RU 486, also known as the abortion pill, is a non surgical approach for ending an early pregnancy up to 8 weeks in comfort and privacy. The abortion pill works by blocking a hormone needed for pregnancy to continue. This means that the pregnancy is essentially terminated. However, a second medication is needed as well in order to finish the procedure.

Office visits are conducted to ensure that the procedure went according to plan and that the pregnancy has been terminated. Once the pill has been started, the process must be completed. There is no backing out of the process so women must be absolutely sure of their decision to terminate their pregnancy. Before and after the procedure, a counseling session is offered to help women cope with their decision and lets them know what options are available to them.

With any first trimester method of abortion, a small risk exists of failure to terminate pregnancy, necessitating another procedure: D&C. Dilatation and Curettage refers to widening the cervix and scraping part of the lining of the uterus to assist in removing the fetus of an aborted pregnancy. This is also done with a spontaneous abortion when the body does not fully rid itself of the remains of the dead fetus.

To perform a D&C, a heavy amount of sedation needs to be used and more complications exist. This has led to the decrease in use of D&C in first trimester abortions. It has also become less common due to the innovation of medical and non-invasive forms of abortion.

Contact us now if you have more questions or visit our Abortion Pill page for more information:

For this reason, more and more Americans are going for their GARDASIL vaccinations. GARDASIL helps protect against 4 types of HPV that are responsible for 75% of cervical cancer cases, 90% of genital warts, 70% of vaginal cancer cases and 50% of vulvar cancer cases.

In order to get the vaccination, you should consult your doctor or health care professional, but here are a few answers to some important questions you may have about GARDASIL:

Is GARDASIL just for females?
No. Both men and women can get HPV. In fact, it is estimated that 75-80% of men and women will have HPV in their lifetimes. HPV can also cause genital warts, and so the FDA has approved GARDASIL for both males and females ages 9-26.

Do I need to come back once I get the vaccination?
Yes. The GARDASIL vaccination is a series of three injections taken within 6 months. The second one should be taken 2 months after the first dose. And the third one should be taken 6 months after the first dose. If you miss a dose, speak to your doctor or healthcare professional.

Will GARDASIL help if I’m already sexually active?
Yes. Even if you have already been exposed to HPV, GARDASIL helps protect against other types of the virus you may not have been exposed to.

How much does it cost?
GARDASIL is covered under many health insurance plans. If you do not have an insurance plan that covers it, the cost is $120 per dose, plus any doctor visit fees. For those who need help paying for GARDASIL, there is a Merck Vaccine Patient Assistance Program and a Vaccine for Children Program, which offer free vaccines to uninsured adults and children.

What if my doctor doesn’t offer the GARDASIL vaccine?
Many doctors offices do not have the vaccine. You can have them write you a prescription, pick it up at a pharmacy, and then bring it back to them to administer the vaccine. Or just stop in at a health clinic such as The Women’s Choice Clinic in Brooklyn, NY where they will administer the vaccination right there.

GARDASIL only protects against 4 types of HPV. Is that effective?
Yes. Those 4 types of HPV are responsible for 75% of cervical cancer cases, 90% of genital warts, 70% of vaginal cancer cases and 50% of vulvar cancer cases. Women should still make sure to go for their Pap tests or cervical cancer screenings, even if they have been vaccinated.

Are there any safety concerns to keep in mind?
Pregnant women and anyone who is allergic to yeast or any other ingredient in GARDASIL should not receive the vaccination. Some side effects include pain, itching, redness, headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting and fainting. So you may choose to lie down for 15 minutes after getting vaccinated. Consult with your doctor or healthcare professional before taking GARDASIL.

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Performed by an Essure-certified doctor at Best Women’s Medical Care in Brooklyn, NY, this gentle, pain-free procedure works with the body to form a natural barrier to conception. Your doctor inserts soft, flexible micro inserts into the fallopian tubes. Over the course of several months, a natural barrier forms around the inserts preventing any sperm from reaching an egg in the fallopian tubes. It also prevents any eggs from traveling down the tubes into the uterus making implantation of a fertilized egg all but impossible.

Because the insertion is performed through the body’s natural pathways – the vagina and the cervix – there is no incision. The procedure takes less than ten minutes. Most patients can go about their regular activities that same day.

The Essure Confirmation Test
A test is performed by a radiologist after three months to confirm the procedure was a success. A special dye that is visible on X-rays is injected into the uterus allowing the doctor to confirm that the fallopian tubes are completely blocked and pregnancy is not possible.

Safety and Track Record
The Essure procedure has been used effectively for more than five years with hundreds of thousands of satisfied patients. The micro inserts are made of materials that have been used safely in medical devices for years.

While no method of birth control should be considered 100% effective, the Essure procedure has been proven 99.74% effective. A number than makes it the most effective method of permanent birth control.

The procedure is covered by most insurance plans and as a result, if it is performed in a doctor’s office, may cost as little as a single co-payment.

Side effects from the procedure itself are usually mild, but may include mild to moderate cramping, nausea/vomiting, dizziness or light-headedness and bleeding or spotting. Not all women achieve successful placement of both inserts.

To learn more about the Essure procedure, ask your doctor at Best Women’s Medical Care or visit our website.

For the patient and parent, the new 3D Ultrasound imaging lends the rewarding feel of reality to the visual representation of the fetus growing into a child inside the mother. For the doctor at Best Women’s Medical Care in Brooklyn, New York, it lends yet another layer of detailed input to the call he has to make on the health of the child and mother.

What is 3D Ultrasound?
Two-dimensional ultrasound imaging has been around for decades. It gives a trained eye a look into the proper measurements of the fetus and a glimpse over several scans and several weeks into the growth patterns of the child. It enables the OB-GYN to understand if the child is healthy or if there are any potential problems looming that might require more invasive tests like amniocentesis.

Three-dimensional imaging dates back to 1987 and lends an entirely different and more realistic picture to the examination. To the trained and untrained eye alike, the image, of the fetus is no longer a Rorschach test of black and white shading, it is the picture of a child’s face, hands, feet and body. Described by many mothers as far more rewarding, the experience to them is real. The parents can count fingers, toes, yawns and often can say with authority that their child looks like daddy, mommy or grandpa.

Medical benefit
For the doctor and the ultrasound technician, 3D imaging provides an more nuanced view into the fetus’ shape and measurements.

Most of the baby’s features are seen in great detail right down to smiles, eyes opening and shutting and sucking thumbs. The medical practitioner can see or rule out most physical birth defects including the very important left ventricle volume as well as examine the internal anatomy the mother in great detail.

How does 3D work?
Ultrasonic waves are sent through a wand into the mother’s womb from different angles and are reflected back to the monitor from the shapes inside. These echoes are processed and rendered into a picture enabling the doctor to see the baby’s physicality and the anatomical structure of the mother inside.

Traditional 2D imaging only provides what are described as slices of this image. It takes a trained eye to assemble a full picture from 2D renderings.

Risks to the baby and the mother are considered minimal. Exposure to the sonic waves of 3D imaging are no more intense than those of 2D imaging. Two-dimensional imaging has been common practice over the past three or four decades.

Best Women’s Medical Care provides both pictures on a CD and a DVD of the full 3D ultrasound experience to it’s patients.

Learn more on the Best Women’s Medical Care Website.

Uterine fibroids are one of the most common conditions in women affecting about 25% of female patients. It is also a condition that often requires a surgical solution called myomectomy.

These usually benign smooth muscle tumors can sometimes cause:
• Pelvic pain
• Pain during menstruation
• Unusual bleeding
• Delayed fertility
• Complications during pregnancy or childbirth

In the past, a myomectomy procedure required open abdominal surgery involving a large incision resulting in a 2-3 day hospital stay and up to 6 weeks post-operative recovery time. Cutting edge technology is offering another option, however.

How is the procedure different?
With Gynecological Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery performed at places like Best Women’s Medical Care in Brooklyn, NY, the result is:
• Smaller incisions
• Less pain
• Less bleeding
• Shorter hospital stays
• Quicker recovery time

This robotic laparoscopic procedure involves making about three, very small 5-8 mm incisions surrounding the surgical site on the patient’s abdomen. A microscopic camera is inserted into the central incision near the umbilicus, or belly button and laparoscopic instruments are inserted through the other two incision sites.

What’s the robotic part?
Of course, the surgery itself is not actually performed by a robot. The robotic system connects the movement of the microscopic instruments to a set of controls operated by the surgeon. The robotic instruments precisely mimic the motions of the surgeon’s hands in miniature, allowing the doctor to make exceptionally small movements, precise measurements and complete microsurgical procedures in a minimally invasive way.

This style of surgery not only reduces pain, bleeding and recovery time compared to traditional open surgery, but also minimizes the already small chance of complication involved in routine surgeries.

The technology behind Gynocological Robotic Laporoscopic surgery allows the doctors at Best Women’s Medical Care to address not only uterine fibroids, but hysterectomy and a wide variety of surgical treatments in the safest, least invasive and most effective way possible.

Ask your doctor about Gynocological Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery. You can also learn more here.