just_tagline_img.png 

what's new at aap...

Dispatch from the Field: Maine

The power of sharing stories has always been clear to me in my work around abortion care. Having spent equal amounts of time staffing clinics and rallying Maine movers and shakers, there is more...
read more...

From the Executive Director's desk

AAP Board President Traci Baird sits in for Executive Director Melanie Zurek, currently on maternity leave.   Bold and needed. At the end of 2007, AAP launched the Least...
read more...

events calendar...

View Full Calendar
Misoprostol Alone Working Group PDF Print E-mail

 

Instances of women self-inducing abortion raise concerns about women’s access to safe abortion and other reproductive health services. Though not much is known about this practice domestically, there is increasing evidence that some low-income women are inducing abortion using the common medication misoprostol. In response to this emerging trend, AAP co-convenes the Misoprostol Alone Abortion Working Group as a forum for shared learning and discussion regarding a range of issues relating to the use of misoprostol for abortion along with Ibis Reproductive Health, Gynuity Health Projects and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. Together, the working group has developed a cooperative research and education initiative to promote and protect the health and rights of women. Working group participatory activities include research, information for women, educating health care providers, and investigating the legal implications for women, doctors and advocates.

 ibis_block_140.gif  latina.gif
 genuity.gif  aap_small.gif