Background Although abortion or termination of pregnancy (TOP) has become an
increasingly normalized component of women's health care over the past forty years …

Abstract The World Health Organization Abortion Care Guideline requires abortion care to
be not only safe but also effective, efficient, accessible, equitable, acceptable, and person …

Objective This guideline reviews the evidence relating to the provision of first-trimester
medical induced abortion, including patient eligibility, counselling, and consent; evidence …

The media play a significant part in shaping public perceptions of health issues, and
abortion attracts continued media interest. Detailed examination of media constructions of …

CONTEXT: Various restrictions on abortion have been imposed under the pretense that
women may be uninformed, undecided or coerced in regard to their decision to terminate a …

In this paper, I highlight key differences between a discourse analytic approach to women's
accounts of abortion and that taken by the growing body of research that seeks to explore …

Objective Evaluating decisional certainty is an important component of medical care,
including preabortion care. However, minimal research has examined how to measure …

Abortion during the first trimester is legal in most Western countries. However, deciding to
terminate a pregnancy is a challenging process, and some women arrive at the abortion …

Public health and rights-based approaches to abortion advocacy are well established.
Feminists are, however, increasingly using a broader framework of 'reproductive justice' …

Randomised preference trial of medical versus surgical termination of pregnancy less than 14
weeks’ gestation (TOPS) Page 1 Health Technology Assessment 2009; Vol. 13: No. 53 Health …