Bibliographic information
Recommendation
(Individuals underoing medical abortion) Managing the mifepristone and misoprostol medication without the direct supervision of a health worker is recommended in specific circumstances. We recommend this option in circumstances where women have a source of accurate information and access to a health worker should they need or want it at any stage of the process.
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Notes and Remarks
To the full extent of the law, safe abortion services should be readily available and affordable to all women. Self-management approaches reflect an active extension of health systems and healthcare. These recommendations are not an endorsement of self-use by women without access to information or a trained health worker/healthcare facility as a backup. All women should have access to health services should they want or need them.
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Health worker roles in providing safe abortion care and post-abortion contraception
WHO consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights
WHO guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being