Mid-level clinicians are integral to provision of pregnancy-related care in many settings. Yet
midwives and other non-physician clinicians are excluded from training and from providing …

Objective To understand the current availability and practice of first-trimester medical
abortion (MA) in Canada. Design Using public sources and professional networks, abortion …

Despite the legalisation of abortion in many countries worldwide, access to abortion is often
restricted in many ways. Lack of availability of trained and willing physicians, inadequate …

Based on articles found on the PubMed and Popline databases on the provision of first-
trimester abortion by mid-level providers, this article describes policies on type of abortion …

Purpose: To compare outcomes of early medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol
in a family medicine setting and specialized reproductive health clinics. Methods: This study …

In Armenia, abortion is the main means of fertility regulation; however, before research
activities were initiated only surgical methods were available and the quality of services was …

Background: We wanted to determine the outcomes of medical abortions in four family
practice centers. Methods: This study was a retrospective case series of consecutive medical …

BACKGROUND: The objective of this analysis was to assess the second-trimester surgical
abortion practices of National Abortion Federation (NAF) members in North America and …

Unsafe abortion accounts for approximately 13% of maternal deaths worldwide—roughly
47000 deaths per year. Most deaths from unsafe abortion occur in low-resource countries …

BACKGROUND: Designated providers in specialized clinics perform the majority of
approximately 1.1 million first-trimester abortions carried out in the United States each year …