The difference between artificial abortion and medical abortion mainly lies in the different pregnancy weeks, different success rates and different degrees of damage to the body. 1. Different pregnancy weeks: Artificial abortion is suitable for patients with pregnancy weeks within ten weeks, while medication abortion is mainly suitable for patients with pregnancy weeks within seven weeks. 2. The success rate is different: artificial abortion is directly to the uterine cavity of the embryonic tissue after the destruction of attracted out, the drug abortion is through oral mifepristone and other drugs, affecting the normal growth and development of the gestational sacs, automatically discharged out of the uterus, you may need to carry out the purging operation again. 3. The degree of damage to the body is different: abortion will cause some damage to the lining of the uterus, and may even cause adhesions in the uterine cavity, etc., the drug abortion on the human body is less damage, but if you do the purging and abortion is similar. If a pregnant woman needs an abortion, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, after a clear examination, under the judgment of the doctor to choose the appropriate abortion.