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The transformative terrain: An in-depth analysis of trends in self-managed abortion in India using NFHS-5 national data

Global Public Health
In 2022, the World Health Organization endorsed self-managed abortion (SMA) with medical abortion pills as a safe abortion method. This study utilises India's National Family Health Survey Round 5 (2019-2021) data from 724,115 women to estimate state ...
Sushanta K. Banerjee, Sumit Gulati, Erin Pearson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overcoming challenges in research on self-managed medication abortion: lessons from a collaborative activist–researcher partnership

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
Ika Ayu Kristianingrum, Sybil Nmezi, Ruth Zurbriggen, Caitlin Gerdts, Ruvani Jayaweera, Heidi Moseson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Precarity and pills in a pandemic: online abortion care-seeking in Poland during COVID-19

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
COVID-19 and subsequent policy measures (e.g., lockdowns) impacted abortion care-seeking and provision, including availability and accessibility of care services.
R. Nandagiri, E. Coast, J. Strong, K. Footman, L. Berro Pizzarossa, C. Wenham, K. Jelinska   +6 more
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Balancing autonomy and collaboration: Acompañantes’ perspectives on health system partnerships for medication abortion care in three Mexican states

SSM - Health Systems
Introduction: Acompañantes are feminist activists who accompany pregnant individuals through medication abortions outside of clinical settings. This model is safe, holistic, and destigmatizing.
Laura E. Jacobson, Blair G. Darney, Maribel Campos Muñuzuri, Suzanne Veldhuis   +3 more
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Misoprostol in the era of COVID-19: a love letter to the original medical abortion pill

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020
Ruvani T. Jayaweera, Heidi Moseson, Caitlin Gerdts   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Motivations for using misoprostol for abortion outside the formal healthcare system in Colombia: a qualitative study of women seeking postabortion care in Bogotá and the Coffee Axis

Reproductive Health
Background In 2006, a Constitutional Court ruling partially decriminalized abortion in Colombia, allowing the procedure in cases of rape, risk to the health or life of the woman, and fetal malformations incompatible with life.
Juliette Ortiz, Nakeisha Blades, Elena Prada   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Telehealth abortion services via Women on Web in Kenya (2013–2019): a descriptive analysis of the characteristics and motivations of the care seekers

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
In Kenya, access to abortion is legally restricted and allowed under a limited set of conditions. Teleabortion service providers, such as Women on Web (WoW), provide safe and effective abortion care outside the formal health sector.
Mary Achieng Ouma, Anita Alaze, Kenneth Juma, Hazal Atay, Rebecca Gomperts, Céline Miani   +5 more
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Lessons learned from developing and implementing digital health tools for self-managed abortion and sexual and reproductive healthcare in Canada, the United States, and Venezuela. [PDF]

Sex Reprod Health Matters, 2023
Luigi-Bravo G, Maria Ramirez A, Gerdts C, Gill R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Abortion Beyond the Law: Building a Global Feminist Movement for Self-Managed Abortion

, 2023
Drawing on years of research with activists around the world, sociologist Naomi Braine describes the strategies, politics, and tactics of direct action feminists bringing abortion pills, information, and support to people seeking to end unwanted pregnancies.
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Abortion beyond 13 weeks in Argentina: healthcare seeking experiences during self-managed abortion accompanied by the Socorristas en Red. [PDF]

Reprod Health, 2022
Keefe-Oates B, Tejada CG, Zurbriggen R, Grosso B, Gerdts C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source