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Reproductive Health Matters
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Volume 13, 2005 - Issue 26: The abortion pill
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Medical Abortion in Rural Tamil Nadu, South India: A Quiet Transformation

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Pages 54-64 | Published online: 12 Nov 2005

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Ann M. Moore, Melissa Stillman, Chander Shekhar, Shveta Kalyanwala, Rajib Acharya, Susheela Singh, Manas R. Pradhan & Manoj Alagarajan. (2019) Provision of medical methods of abortion in facilities in India in 2015: A six state comparison. Global Public Health 14:12, pages 1757-1769.
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Subha Sri B & T.K. Sundari Ravindran. (2014) Safe, accessible medical abortion in a rural Tamil Nadu clinic, India, but what about sexual and reproductive rights?. Reproductive Health Matters 22:sup44, pages 134-143.
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Ashley Gresh & Pranitha Maharaj. (2011) A qualitative assessment of the acceptability and potential demand for medical abortion among university students in Durban, South Africa. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 16:2, pages 67-75.
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SushantaK. Banerjee, Kathryn Andersen, Jaydeep Tank, Mandakini Parihar, Milind Shah & Uday Thanwala. (2011) Evaluation of a network of medical abortion providers in two districts of Maharashtra, India. Global Public Health 6:3, pages 283-292.
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Iqbal Shah & Elisabeth Ahman. (2010) Unsafe abortion in 2008: global and regional levels and trends. Reproductive Health Matters 18:36, pages 90-101.
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Lisa Patel, Trude A Bennett, Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Heidi Bart Johnston & Chirayath M Suchindran. (2009) Support for provision of early medical abortion by mid-level providers in Bihar and Jharkhand, India. Reproductive Health Matters 17:33, pages 70-79.
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Rishita Nandagiri & Lucía Berro Pizzarossa. (2023) Transgressing biomedical and legal boundaries: The “enticing and hazardous” challenges and promises of a Self-Managed Abortion multiverse. Women's Studies International Forum 100, pages 102799.
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Eva Lukšaitė. (2022) “I Do Not Have to Hurt My Body Anymore”: Reproductive Chronicity and Sterilization as Ambivalent Care in Rural North India. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 36:3, pages 312-328.
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Ian Ferguson & Heather Scott. (2020) Systematic Review of the Effectiveness, Safety, and Acceptability of Mifepristone and Misoprostol for Medical Abortion in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 42:12, pages 1532-1542.e2.
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Bushra Alam, Amy Kaler & Zubia Mumtaz. (2020) Women’s voices and medical abortions: A review of the literature. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 249, pages 21-31.
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Andreea A. Creanga, Kaushalendra K. Singh, Qingfeng Li, Timothee Fruhauf & Amy O. Tsui. (2018) Changes in abortion service provision in Bihar and Jharkhand states, India between 2004 and 2013. PLOS ONE 13:6, pages e0197300.
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Kate Reiss, Katharine Footman, Vitalis Akora, Wilson Liambila & Thoai D Ngo. (2016) Pharmacy workers’ knowledge and provision of medication for termination of pregnancy in Kenya. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 42:3, pages 208-212.
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Aida Encinas Romero, Oihane Lapuente Ocamica, Amanda Lopez Picado, Maria Cuadra Cestafe, Lorea Ugarte Rubio & Leire Martinicorena Satrustegi. (2015) La influencia del tiempo de revaluación en el éxito del tratamiento del aborto diferido con misoprostol. Progresos de Obstetricia y Ginecología.
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Timothy Powell-Jackson, Rajib Acharya, Veronique Filippi & Carine Ronsmans. (2015) Delivering Medical Abortion at Scale: A Study of the Retail Market for Medical Abortion in Madhya Pradesh, India. PLOS ONE 10:3, pages e0120637.
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B. Subha Sri & T.K. Sundari Ravindran. (2012) Medical abortion: Understanding perspectives of rural and marginalized women from rural South India. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 118:S1.
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Robyn K Sneeringer, Deborah L Billings, Bela Ganatra & Traci L Baird. (2012) Roles of pharmacists in expanding access to safe and effective medical abortion in developing countries: A review of the literature. Journal of Public Health Policy 33:2, pages 218-229.
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Hillary Bracken. (2009) Home administration of misoprostol for early medical abortion in India. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 108:3, pages 228-232.
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Andreea A. Creanga, Priyadarshini Roy & Amy O. Tsui. (2008) Characteristics of abortion service providers in two northern Indian states. Contraception 78:6, pages 500-506.
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C.C. Harper, K. Blanchard, D. Grossman, J.T. Henderson & P.D. Darney. (2007) Reducing maternal mortality due to elective abortion: Potential impact of misoprostol in low‐resource settings. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 98:1, pages 66-69.
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