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In the setting of increasing restrictions to legal abortion in the United States, reports have emerged of self-induced termination of pregnancies with misoprostol, obtained without a prescription or provider. This study seeks to describe the prevalence of women seeking or employing misoprostol for self-induced abortion, and how they access information.    In a cross-sectional study […]

The Kenyan government has lifted a ban preventing the international charity Marie Stopes from providing any abortion services, following warnings the ruling endangered the lives of thousands of women. The Kenyan ministry of health said on Thursday that an audit of Marie Stopes’ clinics had been completed and that the charity could resume post-abortion care […]

After a long time of insufficient attention, respectful maternity care (RMC) is finally a growing field of interest in global maternal health practices, discussions, and publications. Whilst practitioners, researchers and policy makers aim to adapt and implement these guidelines to local contexts, in daily reality many women around the world still lack respectful care. In […]