Evaluation of Telemedicine Medical Abortion Service in Ecuador
This research seeks to demonstrate that a telemedicine model for the provision of legal abortion services in Ecuador is safe, feasible and acceptable to users requesting a medication abortion and who are less than 12 weeks pregnant.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  Woman is seeking abortion care and wants to use telemedicine service for her medication abortion procedure. Woman has access to an internet connection or a device that allows remote consultation. Woman is 15 years of age or older. Woman can provide an address to which abortion medications will be mailed. Woman reports having no contraindications to a medical abortion. The study provider does not suspect ectopic pregnancy or a nonviable pregnancy. The gestational age allows sufficient time for the woman to take the misoprostol no later than 84 days of gestation. A feasible plan is made that the woman agrees to confirm complete abortion and to seek care to manage incomplete abortion complications. The woman understands the study procedures and is likely to comply with study instructions and has granted informed consent to participate in the study.  Exclusion Criteria:  Medically ineligible for procedure. Provider determines that a medical abortion using the telemedicine approach is not appropriate for that person. - HealthyVolunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers - Gender: Female - MinimumAge: 15 Years - StdAgeList: Child, Adult, Older Adult - StudyPopulation: Women seeking abortion - SamplingMethod: Non-Probability Sample