Bibliographic information
Recommendation
Self-assessing the completeness of the abortion process using pregnancy tests and checklists is recommended in specific circumstances. We recommend this option in circumstances where both mifepristone and misoprostol are being used and 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
Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations