Explained: Abortion Safety Quiz

1. Around the world, mostly in settings where abortion is legally restricted and there are few trained providers, about how many women die each year due to difficulty accessing a safe abortion?

2. True/False: Abortion is as safe or safer than most other medical procedures performed outside of a hospital.

3. What percentage of abortions in the US are performed during the first-trimester?

4. The World Health Organization determined that medication abortion provision in the first-trimester can be conducted by the following:

5. True/False: Across most of the US, midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are unable to administer medication for medical abortions, despite the fact that they can do so safely.

6. By far, what is the most predominant emotion women feel after their abortions both immediately and years later?

7. After an abortion, how do women’s emotions change over time?

8. True/False: There is no evidence that abortion leads to mental health harm.

9. In the US, medication abortion uses the following pills:

10. True/False: The ability to reverse an abortion has been successfully tested and standardized and proven to be safe and effective