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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 13, 2005 - Issue 26: The abortion pill
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Medical Abortion: Issues of Choice and Acceptability

Pages 25-34 | Published online: 12 Nov 2005

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Sara Vodopivec, Eda Vrtacnik Bokal & Bojana Pinter. (2019) Counselling before first trimester abortion and acceptability of the procedure: results from a Slovenian cross-sectional study. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 24:6, pages 487-493.
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Ayodeji Oginni, Sikiratu Kailani Ahmadu, Nkiruka Okwesa, Isaac Adejo & Hauwa Shekerau. (2018) Correlates of individual-level abortion stigma among women seeking elective abortion in Nigeria. International Journal of Women's Health 10, pages 361-366.
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Nino Berdzuli, Ekaterine Pestvenidze, Nino Lomia & Babill Stray-Pedersen. (2017) A maternal death from self-induced medical abortion: a call for action. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 22:5, pages 393-395.
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Thoai D Ngo, Caroline Free, Hoan T Le, Phil Edwards, Kiet HT Pham, Yen BT Nguyen & Thang H Nguyen. (2014) Women’s perspectives on termination service delivery in Vietnam: a cross-sectional survey in three provinces. International Journal of Women's Health 6, pages 927-933.
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Thoai D Ngo, Caroline Free, Hoan T Le, Phil Edwards, Kiet HT Pham, Yen BT Nguyen & Thang H Nguyen. (2014) Attributes and perspectives of public providers related to provision of medical abortion at public health facilities in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study in three provinces. International Journal of Women's Health 6, pages 789-797.
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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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Thoai D Ngo, Min Hae Park & Yuanhong Xiao. (2012) Comparing the World Health Organization-versus China-recommended protocol for first-trimester medical abortion: a retrospective analysis. International Journal of Women's Health 4, pages 123-127.
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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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L.-J. van Bogaert & T. M. Sedibe. (2007) Efficacy of a single misoprostol regimen in the first and second trimester termination of pregnancy. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 27:5, pages 510-512.
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Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ernestina Coast, Samantha R. Lattof, Cheri Poss & Brittany Moore. (2021) The macroeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the costs and outcomes. PLOS ONE 16:5, pages e0250692.
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Katherine Gambir, Camille Garnsey, Kelly Ann Necastro & Thoai D Ngo. (2020) Effectiveness, safety and acceptability of medical abortion at home versus in the clinic: a systematic review and meta-analysis in response to COVID-19. BMJ Global Health 5:12, pages e003934.
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Samantha R. Lattof, Ernestina Coast, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Brittany Moore & Cheri Poss. (2020) The mesoeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the economic effects of abortion on health systems. PLOS ONE 15:11, pages e0237227.
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Daniel Grossman, Sarah Raifman, Tshegofatso Bessenaar, Lan Dung Duong, Anand Tamang & Monica V. Dragoman. (2019) Experiences with pain of early medical abortion: qualitative results from Nepal, South Africa, and Vietnam. BMC Women's Health 19:1.
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Sarah T. Reiger, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Thoai D. Ngo, Gillian Eva, Leonard Gobah, Kelly Blanchard, Sruthi Chandrasekaran & Kate Grindlay. (2020) Abortion knowledge and experiences among young women and men in Accra, Ghana. Gates Open Research 3, pages 1478.
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Sarah T. Reiger, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Thoai D. Ngo, Gillian Eva, Leonard Gobah, Kelly Blanchard & Kate Grindlay. (2019) Abortion knowledge and experiences among young women and men in Accra, Ghana. Gates Open Research 3, pages 1478.
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Michael Mbithi Mutua, Lenore Manderson, Eustasius Musenge & Thomas Noel Ochieng Achia. (2018) Policy, law and post-abortion care services in Kenya. PLOS ONE 13:9, pages e0204240.
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Harneet Chahal & Zubia Mumtaz. (2017) Abortion and fertility control in Pakistan: the role of misoprostol. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 43:4, pages 274-280.
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Asha Gopi Nath & Ajay Kumar. (2017) ON EFFICACY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF EARLY MEDICAL ABORTION BY MIFEPRISTONE WITH ORAL OR VAGINAL MISOPROSTOL. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 6:66, pages 4757-4760.
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Mridula Shankar, Kirsten I. Black, Philip Goldstone, Safeera Hussainy, Danielle Mazza, Kerry Petersen, Jayne Lucke & Angela Taft. (2017) Access, equity and costs of induced abortion services in Australia: a cross‐sectional study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 41:3, pages 309-314.
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Carrie Purcell, Sharon Cameron, Julia Lawton, Anna Glasier & Jeni Harden. (2016) The changing body work of abortion: a qualitative study of the experiences of health professionals. Sociology of Health & Illness 39:1, pages 78-94.
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Mette Løkeland, Tone Bjørge, Ole-Erik Iversen, Rupali Akerkar & Line Bjørge. (2016) Implementing medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol in Norway 1998–2013. International Journal of Epidemiology, pages dyw270.
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L. Attali. (2016) Aspects psychologiques de l’IVG. Journal de Gynécologie Obstétrique et Biologie de la Reproduction 45:10, pages 1552-1567.
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М. І. Кепін. (2016) МОДЕЛЮВАННЯ ПРОЦЕСУ ПЕРЕРОБКИ ПЛОДІВ КІСТОЧКОВИХ КУЛЬТУР У СВІЖОМУ СТАНІ НА ПЕРФОРОВАНІЙ ПОВЕРХНІ В ПОЛІ ВІДЦЕНТРОВАНИХ СИЛ. Food Science and Technology 10:2.
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Kirti Iyengar, Marie Klingberg‐Allvin, Sharad D. Iyengar, Mandira Paul, Birgitta Essén & Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson. (2015) Home use of misoprostol for early medical abortion in a low resource setting: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 95:2, pages 173-181.
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Kirti Iyengar, Marie Klingberg Allvin, Sharad D. Iyengar, Kristina Gemzell Danielsson & Birgitta Essén. (2016) “Who Wants to Go Repeatedly to the Hospital?” Perceptions and Experiences of Simplified Medical Abortion in Rajasthan, India. Global Qualitative Nursing Research 3, pages 233339361668307.
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Kirti Iyengar, Mandira Paul, Sharad D Iyengar, Marie Klingberg-Allvin, Birgitta Essén, Johan Bring, Sunita Soni & Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson. (2015) Self-assessment of the outcome of early medical abortion versus clinic follow-up in India: a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. The Lancet Global Health 3:9, pages e537-e545.
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Phil Harvey. (2015) Medical abortion: the hidden revolution. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 41:3, pages 193-196.
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Deborah Constant, Katherine de Tolly, Jane Harries & Landon Myer. (2014) Mobile phone messages to provide support to women during the home phase of medical abortion in South Africa: a randomised controlled trial. Contraception 90:3, pages 226-233.
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Mulatu A Woldetsadik, Tegbar Y Sendekie, Mary T White & Desalegn T Zegeye. (2011) Client preferences and acceptability for medical abortion and MVA as early pregnancy termination method in Northwest Ethiopia. Reproductive Health 8:1.
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Thoai D NgoMin Hae ParkHaleema ShakurCaroline Free. (2011) Comparative effectiveness, safety and acceptability of medical abortion at home and in a clinic: a systematic review. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 89:5, pages 360-370.
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Ellen M.H. Mitchell, Amata Kwizera, Momade Usta & Hailemichael Gebreselassie. (2010) Choosing early pregnancy termination methods in Urban Mozambique. Social Science & Medicine 71:1, pages 62-70.
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M. Løkeland, O. E. Iversen, G. S. Dahle, M. H. Nappen, L. Ertzeid & L. Bjørge. (2010) Medical Abortion at 63 to 90 Days of Gestation. Obstetrics & Gynecology 115:5, pages 962-968.
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ROSLYN KANE. (2009) Conscientious objection to termination of pregnancy: the competing rights of patients and nurses. Journal of Nursing Management 17:7, pages 907-912.
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Rickard LjungMaria DanielssonAnna Lindam. (2009) MEDICATION ABORTION AS A QUALITY INDICATOR FOR REGIONAL COMPARISONS IN SWEDEN. American Journal of Public Health 99:2, pages 197-198.
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Mabel LS Lie, Stephen C Robson & Carl R May. (2008) Experiences of abortion: A narrative review of qualitative studies. BMC Health Services Research 8:1.
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Joanna N. ErdmanAmy GrenonLeigh Harrison-Wilson. (2008) Medication Abortion in Canada: A Right-to-Health Perspective. American Journal of Public Health 98:10, pages 1764-1769.
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