[Priming with intracervically administered prostaglandin F2 alpha before abortion]

75 Patients were treated with Prostaglandin-F2 alpha-gel intracervical to ripe the cervix prior to first trimester abortion. In all patients we get the wanted effect with Prostaglandin-gel. Priming of the cervix seemed to be especially needed with PG-gel in young patients with first pregnancy.