Shuchita Mundle|Batya Elul|Anil C. Anand|Shveta Kalyanwala|Suresh Ughade
Increasing access to safe abortion services in rural India: experiences with medical abortion in a primary health center
Government Medical College|Columbia University|Population Council Institute|Population Council Institute|Population Council Institute
increase access safe abortion rural india feasibility acceptability mifepristonemisoprostol abortion assessed typical government run primary health center phc nagpur district maharashtra state offer surgical abortion services must refer offsite emergency backup servicesconsenting pregnant women n149 or56 days amenorrhea seeking terminations received 200 mg mifepristone returned 48 h later 400microg sublingual misoprostol 12 days later abortion confirmation surgical backup conducted nearby community health center chcnearly women 986 known outcomes successful medical abortions 14 successfully referred chc surgical backup women reported methods ease simplicity best featuresmedical abortion provision feasible acceptable indian rural phc offer surgical abortion services study suggests introduction medical abortion lower levels healthcare system could increase access safe abortion rural india