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Category: Scholarly works
Ibis Reproductive Health
Put together by Ibis, an organization with the mission of driving, “change through bold, rigorous research and principled partnerships that advance sexual and reproductive autonomy, choices, and health worldwide.”
12/23/2020 | Contraception | Julia Kohn, Hannah Simmons
07/20/2020 | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Aiken et. al.
04/06/2020 | Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports | Betstadt et. al.
This review article outlines current restrictions for telemedicine abortion in the US, strategies for incorporating telemedicine abortion into current models of abortion care, and evidence on the safety and efficacy of telemedicine abortion.
12/04/2019 | American Journal of Public Health | Aiken et. al.
This peer-reviewed paper assesses the demand for telemedicine abortion by looking at requests received by the organization Women on Web (WoW) from 2017-2018. They found that there was prevalent demand for online, self-managed abortion care.
05/16/2019 | Guttmacher
Guttmacher outlines what telemedicine is, how it can be used to expand access to abortion care, and the current challenges and barriers to implementing telemedicine in abortion care. Of note, this was written before COVID-19, so it does not include information about how telemedicine’s use in abortion care in the past year.
Center for American Progress | By Jamille Fields Allsbrook and Nora Ellman | February 6, 2020
This article by the Center for American Progress provides a detailed overview of all aspects of this court case. It reviews a brief history of SCOTUS precedent on abortion rights and discusses the trajectory of this case through the courts up to the Supreme Court. This piece also examines the potential impacts of this case on numerous groups of people, including those in the south, people of color, low-income people, those with disabilities, young populations, and TGQN folks.
New England Journal of Medicine | Michelle J. Bayefsky, Deborah Bartz, and Katie L. Watson | April 9, 2020
This is a joint statement from all the major ObGyn professional societies, saying essentially that abortion access is necessary, essential, and should not be considered elective surgery. The list of groups that have signed on include:
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL)
American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
American Urogynecologic Society (AUS)
Society of Family Planning (SFP)
Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS)
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO)
The Abortion Library 