Background Despite the availability of medical abortifacients, and their potential use in
primary care, only a small proportion of primary healthcare professionals provide medical …

Background: There is a global shortage of health providers in abortion care. Public
discourse presents abortion providers as dangerous and greedy and links 'conscience'with …

Introduction This study aimed to explore patient experiences obtaining a medical abortion
using an at-home telemedicine service operated by Marie Stopes Australia. Methods From …

Abstract 'Abortion stigma'has become a critical concept in abortion scholarship, activism,
policy and broader discourse. The concept of abortion stigma is, however, poorly defined …

PURPOSE Access to family planning health services in Canada has been historically
inadequate and inequitable. A potential solution appeared when Health Canada approved …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Regardless of geographical location, safe and legal abortion
is an essential reproductive health service. Accessing an abortion is problematic for women …

Abstract Background In Victoria, Australia, the law regulating abortion was reformed in 2008,
and a clause ('Section 8') was introduced requiring doctors with a conscientious objection to …

In this study we explored nurse practitioner-provided medication abortion in Canada and
identified barriers and enablers to uptake and implementation. Between 2020–2021, we …

Background Virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) have been used to support innovation
and quality in clinical care. The drug mifepristone was introduced in Canada in 2017 for …

Background: Medical abortion (using mifepristone followed by misoprostol to end an early
pregnancy) is a more accessible and less invasive option than surgical termination and can …