First realize the term Ivy League refers to a very specific set of 8 schools: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Brown. These are all private schools, with the exception of Cornell which has both private and public components.
As you can see, after an abortion the hCG levels remain up for as long as 60 days. Following an abortion a positive pregnancy test may occur for as long as 60 days post abortion when the termination procedure was successful. The following two paragraphs come from the 19the edition of Contraceptive Technology.
However, since hCG levels are near their peak at about 10 to 12 weeks LMP, hCG levels may still be high enough 2 weeks following an abortion that pregnancy testsâboth blood-based and urineâwill still be positive. Sensitive pregnancy tests, including commonly-used office or home use urine test kits are likely to be positive between 16 to 60 days.