{"id":4309,"date":"2021-09-08T07:58:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T07:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abortioncare.nl\/?page_id=4309"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:35:34","slug":"referrals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abortioncare.nl\/en\/referrals\/","title":{"rendered":"Referrals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7a7a4eb8\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"referrals\">Referrals<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When to refer?<\/strong> <br>You\u2019ve had a consultation with a patient regarding an unwanted pregnancy. You have discussed abortion options. Your patient can make an appointment directly in our clinic. A referral is no longer mandatory. If you do want to write your patient a referral, you can give it to her or <a href=\"https:\/\/abortioncare.nl\/en\/contact\/\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\">mail <\/a> it directly to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-607865ad gb-button-text Button-Hover-Visited\" href=\"https:\/\/abortioncare.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/NL_ENG-Verwijsbrief-arts-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the referral letter<\/a>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mandatory-consideration-period-in-the-netherlands\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Which treatment?<\/strong><br>At our clinics, women with pregnancies up to 9 weeks, can choose the abortion pill (medical abortion) or suction curettage\/vacuum aspiration . For pregnancies between 9 and 12 weeks, the abortion always consists of suction curettage. Pregnancies between 13 and 22 weeks are terminated through surgical abortion. Abortion between 18 and 22 weeks is only performed at the clinic in Haarlem. On this website your patient can find more information about all the treatments.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"Referrals\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/abortioncare.nl\/en\/referrals\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Referrals\">Lees meer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7211,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4309","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Referring a patient to our abortion clinic?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Please download the referral letter and hand it to your patient. 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