Ipas’s Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health contain up-to-date, evidence-based clinical recommendations on comprehensive abortion care, with new topics and resources added regularly. The Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health provide concise, easy-to-read information about abortion care, combining the latest evidence with lessons learned from health professionals globally to produce relevant clinical recommendations.
Who should use this resource
First published in 2013, the Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health were designed originally as an up-to-date, evidence-based clinical resource for Ipas staff. Over time, the publication has also been of use to:
- clinicians providing abortion care
- clinical and public health professionals working on patient care protocols in public health systems and the private sector
- safe abortion advocates and policymakers creating laws and policies that fulfill women’s, girls’ and pregnant people’s right to health
What’s new in this revision
In this edition of the Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health, you will find updated, evidence-based recommendations on more than 40 abortion care topics. During the 2026 update, we reviewed newly published literature related to all of the topics contained in this document, andwe updated our recommendations, “In practice” tips, evidence summaries, and clinical tools and resources to reflect the latest clinical data relating to comprehensive abortion care.
The online Clinical Updates (www.ipas.org/clinicalupdates) contains the recommendations included in this manual along with easy-to-use drop-down menus to help readers navigate quickly to the information they need. Both online and print/PDF editions are also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Finally, in recognition that people who identify as transgender, non-binary, gender-fluid, and additional gender identities can experience pregnancy and abortion, we have attempted to incorporate gender inclusive language in this revision of the Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health. Most available evidence about abortion care has been conducted in populations of cisgender women; where specific studies included in the Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health describe study participants as “women,” we also use the term “women” to be consistent with what is reported. In our discussions of abortion generally, and when referring to all the gender diverse individuals requiring abortion care, we use the terms “people,” “individuals,” “abortion seeker,” or other gender inclusive language.