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Electric vacuum aspiration, also called machine vacuum aspiration, or EVA, is a form of Suction-aspiration abortion using an electric pump that creates suction.

EVA is typically used for pregnancies between 6 and 12 weeks, and is the most common abortion procedure performed during the first trimester. It is an outpatient procedure that generally takes 10 minutes. The procedure involves passing a thin hollow tube attached to an electric pump through the cervix in order to remove from the uterus the products of conception, including the embryo or fetus as well as the decidua, chorionic villi, amniotic fluid, amniotic membrane and other tissue.