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Self‐managed abortions in Ghana: A health policy framework analysis

Public Health Challenges, 2023
Background Self‐managed abortions (SMAs) remain a public health challenge; and are worst in deprived settings. In this policy review, we sought to analyze the legal and policy frameworks within which SMA occurs and look at how these may help improve ...
Emmanuel Komla Senanu Morhe, Fred Yao Gbagbo, Renee Aku Sitsofe Morhe   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Self-managed abortion: Toxic legislation, non-toxic medication. [PDF]

Am J Emerg Med, 2023
Fay KE, Alemu H, Perritt J.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Self-management of medical abortion: a qualitative evidence synthesis [PDF]

Reproductive Health Matters, 2016
Medical abortion is a method of pregnancy termination that by its nature enables more active involvement of women in the process of managing, and sometimes even administering the medications for, their abortions. This qualitative evidence synthesis reviewed the global evidence on experiences with, preferences for, and concerns about greater self ...
Wainwright, M., Colvin, C.J., Swartz, A., Leon, N.   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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

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  

Self-managed medication abortion outcomes: results from a prospective pilot study

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background To evaluate the feasibility of conducting a prospective study to measure self-managed medication abortion outcomes, and to collect preliminary data on safety and effectiveness of self-managed medication abortion, we recruited callers to ...
Heidi Moseson, Ruvani Jayaweera, Sarah Raifman, Brianna Keefe-Oates, Sofia Filippa, Relebohile Motana, Ijeoma Egwuatu, Belen Grosso, Ika Kristianingrum, Sybil Nmezi, Ruth Zurbriggen, Caitlin Gerdts   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors influencing abortion decisions, delays, and experiences with abortion accompaniment in Mexico among women living outside Mexico City: results from a cross-sectional study

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
Access to abortion throughout much of Mexico has been restricted. Fondo Maria is an abortion accompaniment fund that provides informational, logistical, financial, and emotional support to people seeking abortion care in Mexico.
Camille Garnsey, Alexandra Wollum, Sofía Garduño Huerta, Oriana López Uribe, Brianna Keefe-Oates, Sarah E. Baum   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

“No one should be alone in living this process”: trajectories, experiences and user’s perceptions about quality of abortion care in a telehealth service in Chile

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
Self-managed abortion is a common self-care practice that enables pregnant people to exercise their rights to health, bodily autonomy and to benefit from the advances of science even when living in contexts that do not guarantee these rights.
Sara Larrea, Camila Hidalgo, Constanza Jacques-Aviñó, Carme Borrell, Laia Palència   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward Human Rights and Evidence-Based Legal Frameworks for (Self-Managed) Abortion: A Review of the Last Decade of Legal Reform [PDF]

Health and Human Rights, 2020
Since the late 1980s, people have safely self-managed their abortions with medication, changing the landscape of abortion. This practice continues to evolve and expand and has been identified as a cause of decline in severe abortion-related morbidity and
Lucía Berro Pizzarossa, Patty Skuster
doaj  

Policy surveillance for a global analysis of national abortion laws

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
Policy surveillance offers a novel and important method for comparing law across jurisdictions. We used policy surveillance to examine abortion laws across the globe.
Patty Skuster, Jamie Menzel, Adrienne R. Ghorashi, Megan Perkins   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alone on an Island

Voices in Bioethics, 2022
Malta is a small predominantly Catholic island-nation in the Mediterranean ocean and there is a complete ban on abortion in the country –  there are no exemptions for rape, incest, fetal anomalies, or to save a pregnant woman’s life.
Erin Kwolek
doaj   +1 more source