Rezumat: Medical abortion is the termination of pregnancy with use of medications alone rather than surgery. Mifepristone is a progesterone receptor antagonist and it is used along with misoprostol for medication termination of pregnancies of 49 days or less. The choice is based upon availability, gestational age, and patient preference. This method has a few limits such as : a pregnancy older than 9 weeks, gestational sac bigger than 4 mm or a CRL bigger than 15 mm. Pregnancy should be confirmed by urinary or serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) measurement or vaginal ultrasonography identifying an empty uterus. Medical abortion offers the possibility of an intervention with no risks, such as cervical laceration, uterine injury due to instrumentation, secondary infertility and with minimum infectious risks. Cuvinte cheie: medical abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol.