12/23/2020 | Contraception | Julia Kohn, Hannah Simmons
Tag: healthcare access
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.
04/28/2020 | NY Times | Pam Belluck
As COVID-19 spread through the US, so did the need for telemedicine abortion care. This NY Times piece showcases the stories of various patients who found telemedicine medication abortion to be their best option. This article focuses on the organization, TelAbortion.
03/18/2020 | NPR | Sarah McCammon
This NPR articles demonstrates the need for telemedicine in abortion care through the story of a woman in South Dakota who had to travel 3 hours, with her children, to access medical care during a pandemic because telemedicine abortion care was unavailable due to state restrictions.
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.
The Abortion Library 