Background We undertook a scoping review of recent studies on self-managed medical
abortion (MA) or abortion where some or all of the process is led independently by the …

Background Clinical trials have established the high effectiveness and safety of medication
abortion in clinical settings. However, barriers to clinical abortion care have shifted most …

People have always and will always find ways to try to end their pregnancies when
necessary. Many do so safely without the involvement or direct supervision of healthcare …

Self-managed abortion, when a person performs their own abortion without clinical
supervision, is a model of abortion care used across a range of settings. To provide a …

Objective Data on the practice of self-managed medication abortion are limited, in part
because this practice takes place purposefully outside of established healthcare systems …

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 …

In December 2016, following the “Africa Regional Conference on Abortion: From Research
to Policy,” a group of 20 global abortion researchers, representing nine different …

In this commentary, we distill key messages from a new framework for self-managed
medication abortion developed by Global Doctors for Choice. Since Global Doctors for …

Self-managed abortion (SMA) is ending a pregnancy without medical supervision, either by
obtaining medications (known as self-managed medication abortion) or through other …

Objectives Time is a crucial factor in abortion-seeking because options for care change with
pregnancy duration, and most people prefer to access abortion care early in pregnancy. We …