OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine whether early initiation of combined hormonal contraception under direct clinical observation following successful medical abortion increases continuation rates with the method compared to traditional "Sunday start." STUDY DESIGN Women enrolled in a multicenter medical abortion trial with mifepristone and misoprostol who requested combined hormo...

BACKGROUND Medical abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) has the potential to contribute to reduced maternal mortality but little is known about the provision or quality of advice for medical abortion through the private retail sector. We examined the availability of medical abortion and the practices of pharmacists in India, where abortion has been legal since 1972. METHODS We interviewed ...

Internists care for many women who have had abortions and many who will seek abortions in the future. Each year, about 2% of all women of reproductive age have an abortion. Women having abortions tend to be young, white, unmarried, and early in pregnancy. Most abortions are done by suction curettage under local anesthesia in a freestanding clinic. However, medical abortion is growing in popular...

Women’s need for abortion is no less in countries where abortion is legally restricted. Globally, a quarter of all pregnancies end in abortion, with higher rates in countries with severe legal restrictions than in countries offering safe legal abortion. In 1969 the United Nations affirmed the rights of parents to determine the number and spacing of their children. Half a century later a key com...

This comparative article explores anti-abortion activism in Poland and Ireland from the period of 1970s to early 1990s. Drawing on a range archival printed sources, it sheds light Polish Irish movements as part transnational efforts underscores importance studying such phenomena transnationally, perspective. We argue that despite political, social, legislative differences characterised both cou...

The reasons why women choose medical abortion vary in different countries. In most countries, the most common reasons for choosing medical abortion are as follows: (a) avoidance of surgery or general anesthesia; (b) perception that it is safer; and (c) perception that it is more natural than a surgical procedure. In most studies, over 80% of women who chose medical abortion found it acceptable ...