Drawing on data from the Women’s Experiences of Later Abortion study, this article takes a theory-informed approach to embodied experiences of medical abortion. It aims to make the experience of the second trimester medical abortion visible, and to further understanding of the ‘in-betweenness’, or liminality, which women in this situation may experience. To do so, it looks at women’s accounts of relatively later discovery of a pregnancy; being pregnant where the pregnancy ended in a second trimester abortion; the ‘labour’ involved in second trimester medical abortion; and the bodily transition which follows.
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