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 …

Background With increasing global availability of medication abortion drugs, a safer option
exists for many women to terminate a pregnancy even in legally restrictive settings …

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 …

Self-managed abortion (SMA) is not a new phenomenon but occurs across histories 1 and
social and legal contexts, 2 utilising a range of methods. 1 SMA is broadly understood as …

Background Transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive (TGE) people face barriers to
abortion care and may consider abortion without clinical supervision. Methods In 2019, we …

This paper proposes the concept of autonomous health movements, drawing on an analysis
of harm reduction in the United States and self-managed abortion globally. Harm reduction …

Objectives This study aimed to assess the safety and effectiveness of self-managed
misoprostol abortions obtained outside of the formal health system in Lagos State, Nigeria …

This qualitative study aimed to examine how abortion clients in Nigeria perceive abortion
and explore the role their beliefs and fears play in their care-seeking experiences and …

Objectives Acompañantes are activists who accompany women who have medication
abortions outside of clinical settings. We describe models of accompaniment across 3 states …

Since the late 1980s, people have safely self-managed their abortions with medication,
changing the landscape of abortion. This practice continues to evolve and expand and has …