Condition (TCMPs): In contexts with established health system mechanisms for the participation of these professionals in other tasks related to maternal and reproductive health and where training in implant removal is given along with training in insertion.

Implementation consideration

• The removal of implants can require greater skills than insertion; any health worker trained to independently insert implants should also be well trained on implant removal (23).

KEY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT TO POST-ABORTION CONTRACEPTION

• Contraception should be provided only where the person has given free and informed consent to receive it.
• States must ensure availability of the full range of contraceptive options, including a wide range of modern, safe and affordable methods.
• States must ensure adequate access to essential medicines, including contraceptives, in an affordable and non-discriminatory manner.
• Everyone has a right to evidence-based information on all aspects of SRH, including contraceptives.
• Contraceptive information and services must be provided without discrimination, coercion or violence.
• Everyone has a right to privacy and confidentiality in the receipt of contraceptive information and services.
• Post-abortion contraceptive information and services should be available and accessible to adolescents without requiring parental or guardian authorization.
• States must guarantee that practices of conscientious refusal/objection do not infringe on the right to contraceptive information and services. For further information and sources, please refer to Box 1.2 and Web annex A: Key international human rights standards on abortion.