The articles and other content included in this supplement encompass diverse aspects of the abortion experience, and touch on innovation in research methodologies, changes in laws and policies, and implementation of public health programs. Taken together, they point to progress that has been made in the study of, access to and provision of abortion worldwide, while highlighting remaining gaps in abortion research and care in low- and middle-income countries.[-]

Qu'est-ce que l'avortement médicamenteux ? Dans quelle mesure l'avortement médicamenteux est-il sûr et efficace ? Comment l'avortement médicamenteux est-il règlementé ? Qu'est-ce que l'avortement auto-administré ? L'avortement auto-administré est-il sûr ? L'avortement auto-administré est-il légal ? Pourquoi les personnes décident-elles de s' auto-administrer leur avortement ? Que dit le droit international des droits de l'homme sur l'avortement et sur l'avortement médicamenteux ? Quel est l'impact de la COVID-19 sur l'auto- administration de l'avortement médicamenteux ? Recommandations[-]

Looking beyond the abortion rights movement, the crux of the issue is whether the state should continue to control abortion, with power over individual decisions delegated to the medical profession - or whether, as has been happening at a snail's pace for the last half century, and as with contraception and emergency contraception too - control can and should be more and more in women's hands.
This paper examines these perspectives and attempts to describe what a consensus might look like. It concludes that convincing governments and conservative health professionals to accept a large dose of self-management will not be easy.[-]

Self-managed abortion, when a person performs their own abor- tion without clinical supervision, is a model of abortion care used across a range of settings.
Included studies reported on methods, procurement, characteristics of those who self-managed, effectiveness, safety, reasons for self-managed abortion, and emotional and physical experiences. Numerous abortion methods were reported, most frequently abortion with pills and herbs. Studies reporting on self- managed medication abortion reported high-levels of effectiveness. We identify gaps in the research, and make recommendations to address those gaps.[-]