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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new, online document to assist health professionals in the provision of evidence-based safe abortion care. The Clinical Practice Handbook for Safe Abortion is a companion to the 2012 edition of WHO’s Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems. “The handbook will be useful to a […]

Most people associate the public health model called harm reduction with the innovative clean needle exchange programs started in the 1980s to curb HIV infection among intravenous drug users. Since then, however, harm reduction has become an evidence-based approach to reducing public health risks—including those from unsafe abortion. “In broad terms, a harm reduction approach […]

When the staff of the Women’s Promotion Center (WPC) in Tanzania’s rural Kigoma Region realized women were suffering and dying unnecessarily from unsafe abortion—and that misoprostol could provide an option for safe abortion if only it was available—they got angry. So they started a pharmacy to bring misoprostol to local communities to save women’s lives. […]

In a ruling that marks a significant step forward for women’s rights in the region, Bolivia’s highest court, the Plurinational Constitutional Court, issued a decision ending the requirement for judicial authorization for women seeking legal abortion in Bolivia. “This court ruling represents an important step for Bolivia,” said Ipas Bolivia Interim Director Malena Morales. “It […]

CHAPEL HILL—On Thursday, January 23, Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central North Carolina will present Ipas Director of Development Katie Early with the Margaret Sanger Award at their annual Champions of Choice breakfast. Named for Planned Parenthood’s founder, the Margaret Sanger Award is the organization’s highest honor, recognizing outstanding contributions to the reproductive health and […]

A set of guides and related resources providing up-to-date clinical information, activities and learning materials for trainers to use in helping health-care workers acquire the appropriate knowledge, attitudes and practical skills they need to provide first-trimester medical abortion. It includes two companion documents—the Medical Abortion Study Guide and Medical Abortion Training Guide. It also includes related multi-media materials: the Medical Abortion PowerPoint Presentation and the Medical Abortion Quiz Show PowerPoint Presentation and Flash Plug-in.

This manual is designed to prepare health-care workers to provide women with high-quality postabortion care services.  It is useful for a broad audience—including clinicians, trainers, program managers and outreach workers. It provides in-depth clinical information on safe, effective options for first-trimester uterine evacuation and addresses broader service delivery and access issues, including the rights of young women, client-provider communication, and monitoring to improve services. It may be used for countries where there are no legal indications for induced abortion or where there are significant restrictions on induced abortion.

This publication supplements Abortion care for young women: A training toolkit. It modifies six values clarification and attitude transformation activities to focus specifically on young women and abortion.

This toolkit is a resource for trainers, program managers and technical advisors who organize or facilitate training events and advocacy workshops in the field of sexual and reproductive health. It provides experienced trainers with the background information, materials, instructions, and tips necessary to effectively facilitate abortion values clarification and attitude transformation interventions.

This publication supplements Abortion care for young women: A training toolkit (Ipas, 2013). It modifies six values clarification and attitude transformation activities to focus specifically on young women and abortion.