Research and evidence show that people can safely and effectively self-manage medical abortion, also called abortion with pills, when they have accurate information. Abortion self-care (ASC) is abortion with pills without the necessity of a prescription. With ASC, a pregnant person manages as much of the process as they want on their own, with or without the involvement of a health-care provider.
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Perspectivas de Advocacia: Directrizes para os Cuidados de Aborto da OMS de 2022
Deslizamiento hacia el nacionalismo cristiano: La expansión global de CPAC a México
La Conferencia de Acción PolÃtica Conservadora (CPAC), con sede en Estados Unidos, un evento conocido como nexo para el activismo de derecha, realizará su primer foro en México.
Slide to Christian Nationalism: CPAC’s Global Expansion into Mexico
The U.S.-based Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an event well known as a nexus for right-wing activism, is holding its first forum in Mexico. This brief—written for both opposition researchers and anyone interested in the global anti-rights movement—provides an overview of CPAC’s background and international expansion, with a focus on how CPAC is collaborating with far-right actors in Mexico to advance its Christian nationalist agenda.
We’re Talking About Abortion
We need more Americans to speak up about abortion—and to support the advocates, organizations, and decisionmakers working to protect and expand abortion access. That’s why Ipas worked with Eden Stanley, an audience-centered firm, to conduct broad public opinion research. Our findings reveal three priority demographic groups most likely to support organizations and political candidates championing abortion rights. Based on the values and beliefs of these groups, we’ve identified key messaging takeaways. In this brief, we share data and takeaways most relevant for U.S. advocates.
Anti-Rights Groups Take Aim at Transnational Trade Agreement
Anti-rights groups and movements are expanding their work into new and seemingly unlikely spaces to impose regressive, fundamentalist Christian views on human rights, family, gender, and sexuality. This briefing paper outlines the activities of three anti-rights groups based in the Global North leading a transnational attack on an economic agreement between the European Union (EU) and its country partners in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) – known as the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (the Agreement).
Los cimientos del cambio: guÃa de facilitación
Esta guÃa de facilitación complementa a Los cimientos del cambio: guÃa paso a paso sobre el advocacy para ampliar el acceso a los servicios de aborto seguro, publicada por Ipas en 2018.
Utilisation du misoprostol dans le cadre des soins après avortement : Boîte à outils pour la prestation de services
Cette boîte à outils est conçue pour aider les cliniciens, les gestionnaires d’établissements ou les gestionnaires de programmes au niveau du district ou au niveau national à initier l’utilisation du misoprostol comme traitement médical de l’avortement incomplet ou à intégrer le misoprostol dans les services de soins après avortement existants.
Uso de misoprostol en la atención postaborto: un juego de herramientas para la prestación de servicios
Este conjunto de herramientas está diseñado para ayudar a los médicos, administradores de instalaciones o administradores de programas a nivel distrital o nacional a iniciar el uso del misoprostol como tratamiento médico para el aborto incompleto o integrar el misoprostol en los servicios de atención postaborto existentes.
Toward a Standard Measure of Abortion Service Quality – A Stakeholder First Approach
Safe, high quality abortion services are a critical component of reproductive health care. But what constitutes high quality abortion services? This study describes a process used to create a new, more concise measure of abortion care quality, and an approach to defining and selecting a set of indicators that can be applied in pharmacies, facilities, or with hotlines, and for clients of surgical or medical abortion services in all countries. Keywords: abortion, quality of care, measurement, user-centered design, stakeholder acceptance, Abortion Service Quality (ASQ)
The magnitude and severity of abortion-related complications in the Castors Maternity in Bangui, Central African Republic
This eight-page brief outlines selected findings from a research project on the burden of abortion-related complications and their contributing factors in the Maternity of Castors in Bangui, Central African Republic. The study found a greater severity of abortion-related complications in this facility compared to African hospitals in stable settings and reinforces the need to recognize abortion as a serious health issue among fragile or crisis-affected populations.
Perspectiva de incidencia polÃtica (promoción y defensa): Directrices de 2022 de la OMS sobre la atención para el aborto
Este recurso está destinado a apoyar a promotores que trabajan para lograr acceso universal a servicios de atención integral al aborto, centrada en la persona, asà como un entorno propicio para que las personas puedan ejercer su salud y derechos sexuales y reproductivos.
Perspectives sur le plaidoyer : Directive 2022 de l’OMS sur les soins d’avortement
Cette ressource est destinée à soutenir les personnes qui plaident pour la concrétisation de l’accès universel à des soins d’avortement complets et centrés sur la personne, et à la mise en place d’un environnement propice à l’exercice de la santé et des droits sexuels et reproductifs.
Advocacy lens: 2022 WHO Abortion Care Guideline
This resource is intended to support advocates who are working to achieve universal access to comprehensive, person-centered abortion care and an enabling environment for people to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Inclusion du handicap dans les programmes de santé reproductive : Boîte à outils de consignes et de clarification des valeurs
Cette boîte à outils est une ressource pour les organisations qui souhaitent développer une mentalité tenant compte du handicap au sein du personnel et des partenaires qui conçoivent et mettent en oeuvre des programmes d’avortement, et de santé et droits en matière de sexualité et de reproduction (SDSR). Elle a été spécialement conçue pour les animateurs et animatrices d’atelier de clarification des valeurs et transformation des attitudes (CVTA) ayant l’expérience de l’organisation de ce type d’ateliers dans le domaine de l’avortement et de la SDSR.
Connecting the dots: Climate Change adaptation, reproductive justice and resilient health care
Ipas, in collaboration with the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and MSI Reproductive Choices, hosted an event at the margins of the Global Conference on Health and Climate Change.
Abortion Care Videos
A set of abortion care videos designed to better train health care providers to improve their abortion care and help women safely self-manage their abortion using pills. There are 11 videos for health workers and 3 videos for women. These videos were filmed in facilities in Africa and Asia and are consistent with the latest WHO and Ipas clinical guidance.
Trauma-informed care for abortion providers treating sexual violence survivors in humanitarian settings
An orientation and resources for frontline abortion trainers and health workers
Ipas Impact Report 2020-2021
Ipas’s 2021 Impact Report shares our results during our 2021 Fiscal Year: July 2020–June 2021.
Promoting Access to Self-Managed Abortion: Considerations for managing legal risk
This publication, created by Ipas and the Center for Reproductive Rights, is designed to help individuals and groups consider the potential impact of abortion regulations and offer tools to help assess legal risk when supporting access to self-managed abortion.
