EXPLAINED: Who Can Safely Provide Abortion? Lecture
Dr. Monica McLemore, of the University of California San Francisco, explains the most up-to-date research on who can safely provide abortions.
Download the EXPLAINED: Who Can Safely Provide Abortion? Facilitator Guide with Quiz.
Don’t have time for the full lecture? Watch the short series version and view the infographic.
The following links provided the research used in this video:
Aztlan-James EA, McLemore M, Taylor D. Multiple Unintended Pregnancies in U.S. Women: A Systematic Review. Womens Health Issues.
Freedman L, Battistelli MF, Gerdts C, McLemore M. Radical or routine? Nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, and physician assistants as abortion providers. Reprod Health Matters. 2015;23(45):90-92.
Health worker roles in providing safe abortion care and post-abortion contraception. World Health Organization (WHO); 2015.
McLemore M, Levi A. Nurses and care of women seeking abortions, 1971 to 2011. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2011;40(6):672-677.
McLemore MR, Desai S, Freedman L, James EA, Taylor D. Women know best–findings from a thematic analysis of 5,214 surveys of abortion care experience. Womens Health Issues. 2014;24(6):594-599.
McLemore MR, Kools S, Levi AJ. Calculus formation: nurses’ decision-making in abortion-related care. Res Nurs Health. 2015;38(3):222-231.
McLemore MR, Levi A, James EA. Recruitment and retention strategies for expert nurses in abortion care provision. 2015;91(6):474-479.
Shattell M. Nurses Oppose Political Interference in Reproductive Health Care. March 2, 2016.
Taylor D, Postlethwaite D, Desai S, et al. Multiple determinants of the abortion care experience: from the patient’s perspective. Am J Med Qual. 2013;28(6):510-518.
Upadhyay UD, Desai S, Zlidar V, et al. Incidence of emergency department visits and complications after abortion. Obstet Gynecol. 2015;125(1):175-183.
Weitz T, Anderson P, Taylor D. Advancing scope of practice for advanced practice clinicians: more than a matter of access. 2009;80(2):105-107.
Weitz TA, Taylor D, Desai S, et al. Safety of aspiration abortion performed by nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants under a California legal waiver. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(3):454-461.
Weitz TA, Taylor D, Upadhyay UD, Desai S, Battistelli M. Research informs abortion care policy change in California. Am J Public Health. 2014;104(10):e3-4.