Editorial

Medical abortion pills have the potential to change everything about abortion

Marge Berer, Lesley Hoggart

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.12.006

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p79–81

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The potential of medical abortion

What if medical abortion becomes the main or only method of first-trimester abortion? A roundtable of views

Kevin Sunde Oppegaard, Margaret Sparrow, Paul Hyland, Francisca García, Cristina Villarreal, Aníbal Faúndes, Laura Miranda, Marge Berer

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.04.004

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p82–85

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Putting abortion pills into women's hands: realizing the full potential of medical abortion

Kinga Jelinska, Susan Yanow

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.05.019

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p86–89

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Efficacy of medical abortion prior to 6 gestational weeks: a systematic review

Nathalie Kapp, Maureen K. Baldwin, Maria Isabel Rodriguez

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.09.006

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p90–99

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Women’s experiences

Experience of clandestine use of medical abortion among university students in Chile: a qualitative study

Irma Palma Manríquez, Claudia Moreno Standen, Andrea Álvarez Carimoney, Alondra Richards

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.09.008

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p100–107

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Accompaniment of second-trimester abortions: the model of the feminist Socorrista network of Argentina

Ruth Zurbriggen, Brianna Keefe-Oates, Caitlin Gerdts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.07.170

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p108–115

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Complications with use of misoprostol for abortion in Madagascar: between ease of access and lack of information

Dolorès Pourette, Chiarella Mattern, Rila Ratovoson, Patricia Raharimalala

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.12.005

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p116–121

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“It is just like having a period with back pain”: exploring women’s experiences with community-based distribution of misoprostol for early abortion on the Thailand–Burma border

Ellen Tousaw, Sweet Naw Hser Gay Moo, Grady Arnott, Angel M. Foster

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.06.015

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p122–129

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Abortion in two francophone African countries: a study of whether women have begun to use misoprostol in Benin and Burkina Faso

Carine Baxerres, Ines Boko, Adjara Konkobo, Fatoumata Ouattara, Agnès Guillaume

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.10.011

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p130–136

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Pharmacy provision of medical abortion

Medical abortion can be provided safely and effectively by pharmacy workers trained within a harm reduction framework: Nepal

Anand Tamang, Mahesh Puri, Sazina Masud, Deepak Kumar Karki, Diksha Khadka, Minal Singh, Poonam Sharma, Subash Gajurel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.09.004

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p137–143

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Provision of menstrual regulation with medication among pharmacies in three municipal districts of Bangladesh: a situation analysis

Fauzia Akhter Huda, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, Anadil Alam, Faisal Ahmmed, Farzana Karim, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Nafis Al Haque, Anisuddin Ahmed

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.11.006

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p144–151

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Feasibility of assessing the safety and effectiveness of menstrual regulation medications purchased from pharmacies in Bangladesh: a prospective cohort study

Katharine Footman, Rachel Scott, Fahmida Taleb, Sally Dijkerman, Sadid Nuremowla, Kate Reiss, Kathryn Church

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.08.002

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p152–159

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Role of the health system and healthcare providers

Provision of medical abortion by midlevel healthcare providers in Kyrgyzstan: testing an intervention to expand safe abortion services to underserved rural and periurban areas

Brooke Ronald Johnson Jr, Elmira Maksutova, Aigul Boobekova, Ainura Davletova, Chinara Kazakbaeva, Yelena Kondrateva, Sihem Landoulsi, Gunta Lazdane, Kubanychbek Monolbaev, Armando H. Seuc Jo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.11.002

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p160–166

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Doing more for less: identifying opportunities to expand public sector access to safe abortion in South Africa through budget impact analysis

Naomi Lince-Deroche, Jane Harries, Deborah Constant, Chelsea Morroni, Melanie Pleaner, Tamara Fetters, Daniel Grossman, Kelly Blanchard, Edina Sinanovic

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.07.165

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p167–176

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Barriers to accessing abortion services and perspectives on using mifepristone and misoprostol at home in Great Britain

Abigail R.A. Aiken, Katherine A. Guthrie, Marlies Schellekens, James Trussell, Rebecca Gomperts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.09.003

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p177–183

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A forward-looking research agenda

Developing a forward-looking agenda and methodologies for research of self-use of medical abortion

Nathalie Kapp, Kelly Blanchard, Ernestina Coast, Bela Ganatra, Jane Harries, Katharine Footman, Ann Moore, Onikepe Owolabi, Clementine Rossier, Kristen Shellenberg, Britt Wahlin, Cynthia Woodsong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2017.09.007

Vol. 97, Issue 2, p184–188

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