To provide optimal information to women choosing between early medical and surgical abortion, rigorous comparisons of the two methods are warranted. We compared the outcome of 1135 consecutive women with gestational age (GA) < or = 63 days receiving either a medical (600 mg mifepristone and 1 mg gemeprost) or a surgical abortion (vacuum aspiration in general anesthesia). One hundred eleven of t...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Medical abortion though legalized in India, is still not very popular. A disadvantage of medical abortion is the longer duration of bleeding compared with surgical abortion which may reduce acceptability. Due consideration needs to be given to the issues related to medical abortion for improving the reproductive health status of women suffering from consequences of unsafe...

Media attention concerning the recent update to the mifepristone labeling by the US Food and Drug Administration and Danco Laboratories has led to misconceptions about the safety of medical abortion [1]. Three women in the United States have died related to medical abortion with mifepristone (one from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and two from infection). Approximately 360,000 women have used th...

legal abortion services of one per 157,354 individuals, access to safe abortion in Rajasthan is limited (Johnston 2002). Most of the estimated 352,000 induced abortions every year in the state are performed illegally by uncertified medical or non-medical practitioners (Chhabra and Nuna 1994). Thus, by implication, Rajasthan is among the states in India where increased access to safe abortion se...

CONTEXT A woman's ability to obtain an abortion is affected both by the availability of a provider and by access-related factors such as cost, convenience, gestational limits and the provision of early medical abortion services. METHODS In 2001-2002, The Alan Guttmacher Institute surveyed all known abortion providers in the United States, collecting information on their delivery of abortion s...

background this study compared the health outcomes of abortion by vaginal misoprostol tablets and suction curettage in the first trimester of pregnancy. material and methods in this study, 220 pregnant women (under 14 week’s gestational age) who candidate for termination of pregnancy (due to fetal or maternal reasons) were divided into the treatment and surgery groups. in the medical abortion g...

BACKGROUND Unsafe abortion remains a significant contributor of maternal morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia and other developing countries. Involvement of community based health workers, health extension workers (HEWs) in Ethiopia, is a vital step in increasing access and utilization of medical abortion and related services. In order to engage HEWs, it is important to understand the attitude o...

Nigeria has restrictive abortion laws; unsafe abortion and its complications are major public health challenges. Access to reproductive health services in Nigeria, including medical abortion, is poor. We determined the socio-demographic characteristics, patterns of abortion practices, and experiences of medical abortions among abortion seekers in southeastern Nigeria. We carried out a descripti...

This study examined beliefs about the delivery of medical abortion services and current roles of 76 providers of methotrexate-induced abortion. The sample included physicians, midlevel professionals, administrators, and counselors/other medical staff. Over 75% of participants believed that, given proper training and emergency backup, physicians and midlevel clinicians alike could provide medica...