Presented by Bhavik Kumar, MD, MPH (he/him)
Supplemental Video Content
Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care
EXPLAINED: Abortion Safety in the United States Lecture
Additional Resources
Access, Delivered: A Toolkit for Providers Offering Medication Abortion
Misoprostol-Only Medication Abortion Sample Protocol
IPAS Medical Abortion and Self-Managed Abortion Human Rights
American Bar Association’s resolution opposes criminalization of abortion or miscarriage
Citations
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- Donovan Self-Managed Medication Abortion: Expanding the Available Options for U.S. Abortion Care. Guttmacher 2018; 21.
- Jones R, Donovan M. Self-managed abortion may be on the rise, but probably not a significant driver of the overall decline in abortion. Guttmacher 2019. https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2019/11/self-managed-abortion-may-be-rise-probably-not-significant-driver-overall-decline
- Self-Managed Abortion- What Healthcare Workers Need to Know. Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health.
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- Worldwide, an Estimated 25 Million Unsafe Abortions Occur Each Year. Guttmacher and WHO News Release, 2017. https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2017/worldwide-estimated-25-million-unsafe-abortions-occur-each-year
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