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The ICMA Information Package on Medical Abortion
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Information for women
Information for women's organizations and NGOs
Information for health care providers
Information for policymakers
Selected resources on medical abortion

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Abortion Access Project: AAP
Abortion Access Project: AAP is an organization of reproductive rights activists and women's health care providers dedicated to making abortion truly accessible.
Abortion Laws of the World
This page provides links to the abortion laws of the different countries.
Abortion Rights
Abortion Rights is the national pro-choice campaign. It is leading the drive to bring the British abortion law into line with public opinion - so that women can make their own reproductive decisions without the current unfair obstructions.
Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) is the only nation-wide political pro-choice group devoted to ensuring abortion rights and access for women.
Abortion Services in New Zealand
This website aims to provide up-to-date and accurate information on the services available in New Zealand for termination of pregnancy (TOP).

It provides information on the New Zealand abortion law, abortion counselling, methods of abortion available in New Zealand, including the abortion pill (known as Mifegyne / mifepristone / RU486 / Mifeprex(USA)) and information on how to access abortion services in different regions of New Zealand.
Abortionfilms.org
On this website you will find a choice of movies on the topics unwanted pregnancy and abortion.
Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD)
ACPD is an advocacy organization that focuses on sexual rights and health, reproductive rights and health, human rights and international migration. ACPD publishes a monthly E-news bulletin, Friday Facts, and a periodic newsletter, Right On, in both French and English.
Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. The Institute's mission is to protect the reproductive choices of all women and men in the United States and throughout the world. It is to support their ability to obtain the information and services needed to achieve their full human rights, safeguard their health and exercise their individual responsibilities in regard to sexual behavior and relationships, reproduction and family formation.
An Arabic, English, and French website dedicated to medication abortion.
It's designed to provide accurate information about medication abortion to health service providers including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, counselors, and office staff. Educational information is also provided for women considering the option of medication abortion.
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) is a multidisciplinary association of professionals who provide reproductive health services or education, conduct reproductive health research, or influence reproductive health policy. ARHP educates healthcare professionals, policy makers and the public. The organization fosters research and advocacy to improve reproductive health.
ASTRA
ASTRA is the Central and Eastern European Women�s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.
bpas
bpas is the leading provider of abortion services in the UK, with a national network of consultation centres and clinics.
Center for Reproductive Rights
Center for Reproductive Rights uses the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect and fulfill.
Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA)
CREHPA has many years of research experiences in the field of public health, population and reproductive health, Gender and development (GAD), environment, community development, market research, and management studies.
Chemotherapy and Beyond
Scott Hamilton’s chemotherapy site offers the latest chemo information for cancer patients and their families, caregivers and friends.
CLACAI
CLACAI is a consortium made up of activists, researchers, heath care providers and other professionals that works toward reducing unsafe abortion in Latin America. Our goal is to increase access to information and safe, modern technologies that have the potential to improve the quality of abortion care while fully respecting women’s sexual and reproductive rights.
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
CHRI's objectives are to promote awareness of and adherence to the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other internationally recognised human rights instruments, as well as domestic instruments supporting human rights in Commonwealth member states.

Concept Foundation
The principal purpose of the Concept Foundation is to increase access to medicines of assured quality at affordable prices for public health services in developing countries.
Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones Sociales para la Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos
CORE
The tools which has been launched by the Association for Reproductive Health Professionals that allows to create customized PowerPoint presentations on reproductive health topics.
Department of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/RHR)
Early Options medical education program
Early Options medical education program educates and instructs health care professionals, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, counselors, nurses, and office staff, in the safe and effective administration of mifepristone and misoprostol for early medical abortion.
Family Planning Association of India
Family Planning Association of India supports the rights of individuals to reproductive choices, including legal and safe abortion; works towards reducing the spread and the impact of STIs /HIV/AIDS and increasing access to gender sensitive SRH information, education and services to all especially the young and marginalized and eliminating violence, discrimination, and abuse.
Federation for Women and Family Planning
The Polish Federation defends the right to legal and safe abortion, to full accessibility of all medically accepted family planning methods and to modern gender-sensitive sex education.
Frequently asked clinical questions about medical abortion
In the library of WHO site you may find a document with “Frequently asked clinical questions about medical abortion” issued after the meeting of experienced researchers and clinicians in the area of medical abortion in Bellagio, 2004.
Grupo de información en Reproducción Elegida GIRE
Gynuity Health Projects
Ibis
Ibis's goal is to produce stronger consumers of reproductive health products, services, and policies, along with more responsive health personnel and systems. We hope to increase the reproductive health choices open to women, and to enhance women's autonomy in exercising these choices.
International Federation of Professional Abortion and Contraception Associates (FIAPAC)
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is the world's foremost voluntary, non-governmental provider and advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)
The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) address urgent health and rights issues: young people's right and ability to prevent HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and unwanted pregnancy, making HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care work for women and girls, access to safe abortion, recognizing that sexual rights are human rights.
Ipas
Ipas has worked for three decades to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights and to reduce deaths and injuries of women from unsafe abortion. Ipas's global and country programs include training, research, advocacy, distribution of equipment and supplies for reproductive-health care, and information dissemination.
La despenalización del aborto
Marie Stopes Iinternational
Marie Stopes Iinternational Global Partnership provides sexual and reproductive health information and services to 4.2 million people worldwide in 37 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
Medical Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers regarding Pregnancy, Health related issues, Health questionaire, Health answers Pregnancy symptoms.
Mifeprex-Early Option Pill
This websites provides current information about Mifeprex (mifepristone) for both ‎providers and patients.
Misoprostol in Obstetrics and Gynecology, a summary of evidence
National Abortion Federation (NAF)
National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) is an affiliation of community-based abortion funds throughout the United States.
National Coalition of Abortion Providers (NCAP)
NCAP strengthens the ability of abortion providers to attend to the needs of the communities.
National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF)
National Abortion Federation (NAF) is the professional association of abortion providers in the United States and Canada. NAF offers quality training and services to abortion providers and unbiased information and referral services to women.
PATH
PATH creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. Our work improves global health and well-being.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood Federation of America works with local communities around the world to overcome these barriers through two programs in the international division: the international services program, Planned Parenthood Federation of America-International, and the international advocacy program, Planned Parenthood Global Partners®. innovative international programs build partnerships to share ideas and expertise, nurture local leadership to foster sustainable health programs, and share experience in linking health services and education with advocacy for sexual and reproductive rights.
Population Council
Population Council is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research. For more than 50 years, the Council has been evaluating and developing sustainable approaches to enhancing people's health and well-being in the following areas
Postabortion Care (PAC) Consortium
Postabortion Care (PAC) Consortium works to inform the reproductive health community about possible complications related to miscarriage and incomplete abortion, and to promote postabortion care as an effective strategy for addressing this global problem.
Pro-Choice Forum (PCF)
For those with a specialist interest in abortion issues
Pro-choice majority, UK
Resources on Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS
This unique global resource provides materials designed for those working with youth in developing countries.
Right to Abortion, Argentina
Southeast Asian Consortium on Gender
The Consortium aims to promote a context-specific and gender-sensitive approach to sexuality and health in research, policy advocacy, and intervention in order to contribute to better sexual and reproductive health in Southeast Asia and China.
USPDA
This site was created by the Swiss Union to decriminalize the abortion.
WHO
WHO, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
Women on Waves
Women on Waves is a non-profit organization that operates a mobile clinic on a ship that sails to countries where abortion is illegalat the invitation of local women's organizations. Women on Waves aims to prevent unsafe abortions and empower women to exercise their human rights to physical and mental autonomy.
Women on Web
Women on Web is an online abortion help service for women living in countries where access to safe abortion services is restricted. The goal of the Women on Web service is to help women around the world to obtain a safe medical abortion and reduce the mortality and morbidity due to unsafe abortions. Additionally the website raises funds to give donations to women without financial means to obtain a safe medical abortion. Women on Waves answers all help emails that are received through the website within 24 hours in Spanish Portuguese, Polish, English and French.
Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights
The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights is a network of more than 1,000 autonomous organisations and individuals in 157 countries that since 1984 has aimed to achieve and support reproductive and sexual health and rights (RSHR) for women.
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