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Acceptability of misoprostol-only medication abortion dispensed by mail-order or retail pharmacy: a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews in the United States [PDF]

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
The WHO recommends two medication abortion regimens, either misoprostol used with mifepristone or misoprostol-only. Both regimens are recognised as safe and effective, but in the United States (US) most abortions are completed using mifepristone and ...
Dana M. Johnson, Sruthi Ramaswamy, Rebecca Gomperts   +2 more
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Innovation through telemedicine to improve medication abortion access in primary health centers: findings from a pilot study in Musanze District, Rwanda [PDF]

BMC Public Health
In 2012 Rwanda expanded legal grounds for abortion to include cases of rape, incest, forced marriage, the health of a pregnant person or fetus at risk, and for minors on request in 2018.
Ndola Prata, Karen Weidert, Evangeline Dushimeyesu, Eugène Kanyamanza, Dushimiyimana Blaise, Sharon Umutesi, Eugène Ngoga, Felix Sayinzoga   +7 more
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Barriers and enablers to nurse practitioner implementation of medication abortion in Canada: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE, 2023
In this study we explored nurse practitioner-provided medication abortion in Canada and identified barriers and enablers to uptake and implementation. Between 2020–2021, we conducted 43 semi-structured interviews with 20 healthcare stakeholders and 23 ...
Andrea Carson, Emma Stirling-Cameron, Martha Paynter, Sarah Munro, Wendy V. Norman, Kelley Kilpatrick, Stephanie Begun, Ruth Martin-Misener   +7 more
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Addressing Structural Inequities, a Necessary Step Toward Ensuring Equitable Access to Telehealth for Medication Abortion Care During and Post COVID-19

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022
Telehealth, one of the newest health innovations, has been promoted as a tool to enhance access to health care services in ways that center patient needs. However, integrating telehealth within an inequitable health system undermines its potential.
Terri-Ann Thompson, Dana Northcraft, Fabiola Carrión   +2 more
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Medical abortion. [PDF]

BMJ, 1992
K J, Thong, D T, Baird
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Effectiveness of self-managed medication abortion with accompaniment support in Argentina and Nigeria (SAFE): a prospective, observational cohort study and non-inferiority analysis with historical controls

The Lancet Global Health, 2022
Summary: Background: Clinical trials have established the high effectiveness and safety of medication abortion in clinical settings. However, barriers to clinical abortion care have shifted most medication abortion use to out-of-clinic settings ...
Heidi Moseson, PhD, Ruvani Jayaweera, PhD, Ijeoma Egwuatu, BS, Belén Grosso, BA, Ika Ayu Kristianingrum, MA, Sybil Nmezi, MA, Ruth Zurbriggen, MEd, Relebohile Motana, PDM, Chiara Bercu, MPA, Sofía Carbone, MPH, Caitlin Gerdts, PhD   +10 more
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A qualitative analysis of pharmacists’ attitudes towards provision of medication abortion

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background 90% of United States’ counties do not have a single clinic offering abortion care, and barriers to care disproportionately affect low-income families.
Selina Sandoval, Grace Chen, Sally Rafie, Borsika Rabin, Sheila Mody, Sarah Averbach   +5 more
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Differential treatment in the provision of medication abortion at pharmacies in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaAJOG Global Reports at a Glance

AJOG Global Reports, 2021
BACKGROUND: Almost 3 quarters of India's roughly 16 million annual abortions are done through medication abortion purchased from pharmacists outside of healthcare facilities. The quality of information provided by pharmacists about medication abortion is
Joanna Percher, MPH, Malvika Saxena, MPH, Aradhana Srivastava, PhD, Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD   +3 more
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Medical Abortion-An Alternative to Surgical Abortion [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2006
Termination of early pregnancy has traditionally been done surgically, but agents are now available which can terminate pregnancy if taken orally, vaginally or parenterally. We have used a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol for termination of early pregnancy.Fifty patients having amenorrhoea of upto 56 days with confirmed intrauterine ...
K, Kapur, G S, Joneja, M, Biswas
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Medication Abortion Care [PDF]

, 2022
For over 20 years, medication abortion care has been a safe and effective U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved option for ending an early pregnancy.

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