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U.S. Abortion Care Providers' Perspectives on Self-Managed Abortion. [PDF]

Qual Health Res, 2022
State-level restrictions on abortion access may prompt greater numbers of people to self-manage their abortion. The few studies exploring perspectives of providers towards self-managed abortion are focused on physicians and advanced practice clinicians ...
Baldwin A, Johnson DM, Broussard K, Tello-Pérez LA, Madera M, Ze-Noah C, Padron E, Aiken ARA.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

The Association Between Self-Managed versus Clinician-Managed Abortion and Self-Reported Abortion Complications: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in India [PDF]

International Journal of Women's Health, 2023
Sophie Goemans,1 Abhishek Singh,2,3 Ajit Kumar Yadav,4 Lotus McDougal,5 Anita Raj,5 Sarah H Averbach1,5 1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 2Department of Public Health &
Goemans S, Singh A, Yadav AK, McDougal L, Raj A, Averbach SH   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Potential of Self-Managed Abortion to Expand Abortion Access in Humanitarian Contexts [PDF]

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2021
Refugees and displaced people face uniquely challenging barriers to abortion access, including the collapse of health systems, statelessness, and a lack of prioritization of sexual and reproductive health services by humanitarian agencies.
Ruvani Jayaweera, Bill Powell, Caitlin Gerdts, Jessica Kakesa, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Uwezo Ramazani, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Erin Wheeler, Tamara Fetters   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Texas women’s decisions and experiences regarding self-managed abortion [PDF]

BMC Women's Health, 2020
Background Prior research has shown that a small proportion of U.S. women attempt to self-manage their abortion. The objective of this study is to describe Texas women’s motivations for and experiences with attempts to self-manage an abortion.
Liza Fuentes, Sarah Baum, Brianna Keefe-Oates, Kari White, Kristine Hopkins, Joseph Potter, Daniel Grossman   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Safety and effectiveness of self-managed medication abortion provided using online telemedicine in the United States: A population based study

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2022
Summary: Background: As access to clinical abortion care becomes increasingly restricted in the United States, the need for self-managed abortions (i.e. abortions taking place outside of the formal healthcare setting) may increase. We examine the safety,
Abigail R.A. Aiken, Evdokia P. Romanova, Julia R. Morber, Rebecca Gomperts   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Health care provider reporting practices related to self-managed abortion [PDF]

BMC Women's Health, 2023
Background Health care providers reporting patients to government authorities is a main way people attempting self-managed abortion (SMA) become exposed to legal risks.
Sarah C. M. Roberts, Claudia Zaugg, Daniel Grossman   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Supporting self-managed abortion care in “practice not premise”: a qualitative study of provider perspectives, roles, and information pathways to care in India* [PDF]

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
This qualitative study explored provider perspectives on self-managed abortion (SMA) in India, their roles, and how they share information about pathways to both clinician- and self-managed abortion care. We conducted 33 semi-structured interviews with a
Laura E. Jacobson, Caila Brander, Balasubramanian Palanisamy, Sruthi Chandrasekaran, Blair G. Darney, Julia M. Goodman, Ruvani Jayaweera, Caitlin Gerdts   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Ensuring an enabling environment for abortion self-care: individuals’ experiences with self-managed abortion in India [PDF]

BMJ Global Health
Introduction India was one of the first countries to codify the right to abortion care under specific conditions. Yet an estimated three-quarters of all abortions in India are self-managed medication abortion (SMA).
Ruvani T Jayaweera, Anoop Jain, Sruthi Chandrasekaran, Katherine Key, Laura Jacobson, Caila Brander, Caitlin McKenna, Balasubramanian Palanisamy, Amita Dhanu, Usha Radhakrishnan   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Understanding the support needs and preferences of people who self-managed abortion with accompaniment group support in Argentina, Nigeria, and Southeast Asia: a prospective, observational cohort study [PDF]

Reproductive Health
Background Increasingly, people use medication abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own, without clinical supervision–a practice known as self-managed abortion (SMA).
Marissa Velarde, Ruvani Jayaweera, Ijeoma Egwuatu, Sybil Nmezi, Ruth Zurbriggen, Belén Grosso, Ika Ayu Kristianingrum, Chiara Bercu, Heidi Moseson   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Self-managed abortion as a humanitarian revolution: accounts of a telehealth pilot in the Middle East [PDF]

Conflict and Health
Background Access to safe abortion care (SAC) should be improved in fragile and humanitarian settings, and the implementation of interventions in that regard are currently limited.
Laureline Lasserre, Nelly Staderini, Maysa’a Hasan, Vanessa Rossi   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources