Self-Managed Abortion in Africa: The Decriminalization Imperative in Regional Human Rights Standards [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2023 Self-managed abortion holds particular promise for revolutionizing people’s access to quality reproductive care in Africa, where the burden of abortion-related mortality is the highest globally and where abortion remains criminalized, in violation of ...
Lucía Berro Pizzarossa +2 more
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Increasing access to self-managed abortion through pharmacies: programmatic results and lessons from a pilot program in Oromia, Ethiopia [PDF]
Frontiers in Reproductive HealthDespite increased availability of safe abortion following legal reform in Ethiopia, one-half of public sector abortion services are treatment of postabortion complications, indicating challenges meeting women's needs.
Bekalu Mossie Chekol +7 more
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Self-managed abortion: a constellation of actors, a cacophony of laws? [PDF]
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2021 Lucía Berro Pizzarossa +1 more
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The association between intimate partner violence and recent self-managed abortion in IndiaAJOG Global Reports at a Glance [PDF]
AJOG Global Reports, 2021 BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that women who experience intimate partner violence have higher rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion—but whether there are differences between the types of abortion care accessed is unknown. Understanding the
Sophie L. Goemans, BS +5 more
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Effectiveness of self-managed abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a pooled analysis of two prospective, observational cohort studies in Nigeria [PDF]
PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 Globally, restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic altered access to clinical abortion care, as well as people’s ability to access abortion medications on their own.
Ijeoma Egwuatu +9 more
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The association between intimate partner violence and self-managed abortion: a cross-sectional study among women in urban Bangladesh [PDF]
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022 In Bangladesh, abortion is illegal, except to save a woman's life. However, menstrual regulation (MR) to induce menstruation up to 12 weeks from the last menstrual period is permitted.
Bonnie Crouthamel +7 more
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Self-managed abortion via the internet: Analysis of one year of service delivery data from Women Help Women [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Gates Open Research, 2023 Background: To better comprehend the demand for online medication abortion and to inform service delivery practice, we conducted an analysis of Women Help Women (WHW) service delivery statistics.
Tara Shochet +6 more
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A cross-sectional study examining consideration of self-managed abortion among people seeking facility-based care in the United States [PDF]
Reproductive Health, 2022 Introduction With increasing restrictions on abortion across the United States, we sought to understand whether people seeking abortion would consider ending their pregnancy on their own if unable to access a facility-based abortion. Methods From January
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022 Globally, people self-manage their medication abortions without clinical assistance. Feminist activist collectives (accompaniment groups) support people through self-managed abortion with evidence-based guidance.
Chiara Bercu +13 more
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Reducing underreporting of stigmatized pregnancy outcomes: results from a mixed-methods study of self-managed abortion in Texas using the list-experiment method [PDF]
BMC Women's Health, 2019 Background Accurately measuring stigmatized experiences is a challenge across reproductive health research. In this study, we tested a novel method – the list experiment – that aims to reduce underreporting of sensitive events by asking participants to ...
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