1. Medical abortion pills and the Internet
Kinga Jelinska,
ICMA, Lisbon 2010

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4. 1 Mifepristone 6 Misoprostols
Sarah: “i was very happy that medicine worked.
if not, i could face a big problem searching other ways”

5. Not enough information on the Internet
Sarah, a girl from UAE: “I’m single. in most moslem countries, if a single girl get pregnant, it's a big shame for her and her family. I desperately looked for the information on abortion on the internet.”

6. 5000 help emails replied per month
Women from more than 115 countries were helped
Around women publically shared their stories to support other women in need

7. Acceptability
(group of 2589 women) 7

8. 2007-2008 Number of women 4329 Follow-up 2589 (59.8%)
Complete abortion
1946 (75.2%)
VA/curettage
293 (11.6%)
Ongoing pregnancy
22 (0.8%)
Antibiotics
73 (2.8%)
Did not do the abortion
240 (9.3%)

9. Self-administration of abortion pills
A safe option for TOP in countries with no access
Independence from providers and legal status of abortion (you can do an early abortion yourself & doctors cannot see the difference between medical abortion and spontaneous miscarriage)

10. The medical abortion becomes over-medicalized and women loose a live-saving option
Medical establishment, media, governments create an illusion that self-administration of pills is a BAD option for women
Women are capable of using the medical abortion pills by themselves. They just need more information and access.