IPPF has put together a package of resources for Member Associations and Collaborative Partners on abortion self-care. IPPF understands abortion self-care as the right of women, girls and pregnant people to lead, in part or entirely, their abortion process, with or without support from health providers. The resources you will find here include; FAQs on abortion self-care; example programme interventions; Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); an eligibility assessment tool; as well IPPF’s IMAP statement on abortion self-care. These will be periodically updated, but please do contact Nathalie Kapp – Nkapp@ippf.org (IPPF Chief Medical Adviser) if you have any questions on abortion self-care that you have not been able to find the answer to in these resources.
In addition to the IPPF resources, you may also find the following external resources helpful:
- IPPF and How to Use – Medical Abortion Course for Providers (Lesson 3 – Self-care)
- How to Use – Self-managed abortion online course
- IPAS – Abortion self-care values clarification for action and transformation guide
- World Health Organization recommendations on self-management of medical abortion
Coming Soon:
- IPPF Visual Resource – a visual guide for individuals, on the step-by-step process of self-managing one’s own abortion.