Abortion in a Global Context

Abortion is a common experience for women around the world; yet it is often excluded from the curricula of health professionals. Our aim is to fill in the gaps left by the exclusion of abortion from mainstream curricula.

This section contains all video lectures and companion materials relating to abortion in a global context.

Learning Objectives

After watching these video lectures, learners will:

Recognize global disparities in access to family planning
Understand the costs of unintended pregnancy
List barriers to accessing timely and safe abortion services
Describe post-abortion complications and basics of management of these complications
Identify interventions to reduce death from unsafe abortion
Review global public health issues related to safe abortion

Assessments

Abortion in a Global Context Questions

Abortion in a Global Context Answers

Video Lectures and Companion Materials

Global Abortion Overview

Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD

University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish. Translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.

Global Abortion Overview Slide Set

Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD

University of California, San Francisco

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Global Abortion Overview Slide Set

Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Global Abortion Overview (pdf)

Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care

IERH acknowledges the importance of inclusive language as a component of patient-centered care and we are working to improve our content. Read more here.

Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH

University of California, San Francisco

Additional Resource

WHO Guidelines on Safe Abortion

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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.

Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care Slide Set

Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH

Fundacion Orientame and ESAR

Click to download Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care (pdf)

Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care Slide Set

Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH

Fundacion Orientame and ESAR

Click to download Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care (pdf)

Abortion in the International Context

Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH

University of California, San Francisco
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_{Raymond EG, Grimes DA. The comparative safety of legal induced abortion and childbirth in the United States. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Feb;119(2 Pt 1):215-9.}

_{Sedgh G, Henshaw SK, Singh S, Bankole A, Drescher J. Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2007 Dec;39(4):216-25.}

_{www.unpopulation.org. World Abortion Polices 2007. 2007}

_{www.unpopulation.org. World Contraceptive Use 2009. May 2009.}

_{Guttmacher 2008}

_{Center for Reproductive Rights 2013}

_{CDC 1995}

_{Boland 2010}

Abortion in the International Context Slide Set

Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH

Senior Technical Advisor Fundacion Orientame and ESAR

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Abortion in the International Context Slide Set

Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH

Senior Technical Advisor Fundacion Orientame and ESAR

Click to download Abortion in the International Context

Global Obstacles to Abortion

IERH acknowledges the importance of inclusive language as a component of patient-centered care and we are working to improve our content. Read more here.

Video Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Additional Resources

The Center for Reproductive Health, Worldwide Abortion Laws.

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Citations:

_{Center for Reproductive Rights, 2014}

_{Wulf D, Singh S. An Overview of Clandestine Abortion in Latin America. Guttmacher Institute; 1996.}

_{Mondragon y Kalb M, Ahued Ortega A, Morales Velazquez J, Diaz Olavarrieta C, Valencia Rodriguez J, Becker D, et al. Patient characteristics and service trends following abortion legalization in Mexico City, 2007-10. Stud Fam Plann 2011 Sep;42(3):159-66.}

_{Gynuity Health Projects Â» Research and Technical Assistance Organization. 2015 [cited; Available from: http://gynuity.org/}