Living our Values: Expanding Abortion Support
Legal access to safe abortion hangs in the balance in the United States, with 26 states set to ban or severely restrict abortion if Roe
May 23, 2022
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A Landmark Ruling on Abortion in Kenya: What it means for women, girls, and self-care
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin As Executive Director of the Reproductive Health Network Kenya (RHNK)—the newest SCTG National Self-Care Network—Nelly Munyasia
April 27, 2022
Spilling Chai: The Fight for Safe Abortion is Global
How does U.S. foreign policy impact women’s reproductive health and rights around the world? How does America import its domestic abortion politics by creating foreign policies that deny women access to safe abortion and a full-range of reproductive healthcare?
March 28, 2022
What Will Happen to Women’s Healthcare if Abortions Are Banned?
This article was originally published on Relias Media. January 13, 2022 — When most people no longer can seek safe abortion care in their home
January 13, 2022
How did global health adapt Safe Abortion and Post-Abortion Care to COVID-19? This map tells all.
Innovating to Ensure Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights During the Pandemic By Dr. Eva Lathrop, Global Medical Director, PSI and Lola Flomen,
June 15, 2021
Safe Abortion and Post-Abortion Care: 2020 Year in Review
Achieving full choice, voice and agency over one’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and bodily autonomy is a steep challenge for many people across the
June 14, 2021
Post-Abortion Care Training… on Zoom
By Dr. Suleiman Alhaji Usman, Clinical Services Manager, PSI Nigeria and Jamee Kuznicki, Senior Associate Project Manager, PSI In 2012 (most recent data), 212,000 women in Nigeria received medical treatment for complications related
April 1, 2021
Securing Postpartum and Post-Abortion Care for Women During COVID-19
The USAID-funded Knowledge Success platform recently interviewed PSI’s Global Medical Director Dr. Eva Lathrop alongside several other Sexual and Reproductive Health experts following an article
November 23, 2020
Opportunities and Challenges of Delivering Postabortion Care and Postpartum Family Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Anne Pfitzer, Jhpiego, Eva Lathrop, PSI, Alison Bodenheimer, United Nations Foundation, Saumya RamaRao, Population Council, Megan Christofield, Jhpiego, Patricia MacDonald, Bureau for Global Health, Bethany Arnold, Jhpiego, Neeta Bhatnagar, Jhpiego, Erin Mielke, Bureau for Global Health, Meridith Mikuliche, Bureau for Global Health   The scale and required response of
September 30, 2020
Medical abortion Infographic
Download Resource This infographic, developed by MSI and Ipas, summarises evidence from a systematic review of pharmacy provision of MA. It highlights the steps on
April 20, 2020
STEP UP: Using evidence to improve quality of pharmacy-delivered medical abortion
Download Resource This case study describes how evidence generated by the STEP UP consortium about medical abortion self-management has informed practice at Marie Stopes International.
April 20, 2020
Medical Abortion Provision by Pharmacies and Drug Sellers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Download Resource This review summarises how pharmacies and drug sellers are revolutionising access to safe abortion in low- and middle-income countries. Studies from Africa, Asia
April 20, 2020
Piloting an Accompaniment Model to Support Women During Medication Abortion
PSI is proud to be a part of the Packard Foundation’s Quality Innovation Challenge to pilot an accompaniment model that provides comprehensive information, emotional support
March 18, 2020
Innovative Models for Medication Abortion Marketing and Distribution
PSI will use insights about women’s preferences to increase reproductive health options and use commercial marketing techniques to promote new products, such as medication abortion,
March 18, 2020
Safe Abortion
Safe Abortion Overview Every year, more than 25 million avoidable unsafe abortions occur. Legal restrictions and a lack of safe options mean that women and
March 3, 2020
A Safe Abortion in Her Hands
by Maria Dieter, Associate Content Manager, PSI @MariaDeets Ritika Yadav* sat facing her husband, Pradip. They were mid- conversation, speaking quietly as they sat in
May 30, 2019
Closing the gap on missed opportunity for provision of family planning to post abortion care (PAC) clients in private sector clinics
In Uganda, about 8% of the maternal deaths are due to unsafe abortion. Abortion complications remain a significant contributor to MMR, 14 % of unintended
November 12, 2018
Assessing Client Satisfaction of Safe Medical Abortion Services Through a Private Franchise in Cambodia
Abortion was legalized in Cambodia in 1997, but remains somewhat stigmatized. As abortion became more widely available, abortion services were monitored for quality, such as
November 12, 2018
Increasing Access to Safe Abortion in Laos through Landmark Clinical Guidelines
Though abortion was previously legal in Laos, it was highly restricted. In practice, the provision of Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) and Medical Abortion (MA) was
November 1, 2018
How to Increase Access to Safe Abortion
Restrictive abortion laws and policies put women’s health in peril. Without access to safe abortion, women are forced to put their health and lives at
October 10, 2016
Awareness and Accessibility of Medication Abortions among Women in India
Although the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act has been under implementation since 1972, unsafe abortions still account for 9% of maternal deaths in India. Medication
November 19, 2010
Gender Differentials in Premarital Sex, Condom Use, and Abortion: a Case Study of Yaoundé, Cameroon
Abstract: This paper uses focus group and survey data from the 1995 Yaoundé Family Formation Dynamics Study to examine gender differentials in premarital sexual behavior, condom
October 15, 1997
Self-Sustaining Impact
Beyond donor fundingsustainable social businesses for health impact Strong health systems need consumer-powered social businesses In many ways, the establishment of PSI’s Social Business Unit
April 26, 2022
