Background A rapid increase in restrictive abortion legislation in the United States has
sparked renewed interest in self-managed abortion as a response to clinic access barriers.
Yet little is known about knowledge of, interest in, and experiences of self-managed
medication abortion among patients who obtain abortion care in a clinic. Objectives We
examined patients' knowledge of, interest in, and experience with self-managed medication
abortion before presenting to the clinic. We characterized the clinic-and person-level factors …