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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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Abortion as Insurance [PDF]

This paper views abortion access as an insurance policy that protects women from unwanted pregnancies. Within this framework, we present a theoretical model where greater access provides value in the form of insurance against unwanted births and also ...
Phillip B. Levine, Douglas Staiger
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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
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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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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
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Self-managed abortion: Toxic legislation, non-toxic medication. [PDF]

Am J Emerg Med, 2023
Fay KE, Alemu H, Perritt J.
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Abortion surveillance annual summary 1977

Over the past 25 years, the term "surveillance" has broadened to include the collection, analysis, and dissemination of epidemiologic information related not only to infectious disease but also to such diverse public health concerns as air pollution ...

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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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Comparing quality of care in self-managed versus facility-managed medication abortion in a global context

Equitable access to high-quality abortion care varies based on legal restrictions, social determinants of health, and stigma. This dissertation investigated individuals’ experiences of abortion quality of care, follow-up care seeking, and provider ...
Jacobson, Laura E.
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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

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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