With telehealth abortion, doctors have to learn to trust and empower patients
1 year, 11 months ago

With telehealth abortion, doctors have to learn to trust and empower patients

NPR  

With telehealth abortion, doctors have to learn to trust and empower patients Enlarge this image Jesse Zhang for NPR Jesse Zhang for NPR Like many pandemic-era remote workers, Robin Tucker starts her work day sitting on her sofa with a laptop, wearing soft pants and a T-shirt. Even though telehealth abortion mostly takes place in states that don't have those kinds of laws, abortion is so politically charged that doctors everywhere remain particularly cautious about avoiding errors, says Brandi. When Dr. Jamie Phifer, the medical director of Abortion on Demand brings new medical staff on board, they often need "retraining," she says. Tucker, the DC-area nurse practitioner, says she's gotten a lot of "ignorant comments" about her work providing abortion pill prescriptions online. When the FDA changed its policy to allow abortion pills to be sent through the mail, "there was an enormous amount of confusion," says Harry Nelson, a health care lawyer who advises on telehealth abortion.

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Self-managed abortions have become more common in the US post-Dobbs, study shows
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Self-managed abortions have become more common in the US post-Dobbs, study shows

CNN  

CNN — Access to abortion facilities has become more restricted since the Supreme Court revoked the federal right to abortion in the United States, and new research suggests that self-managed abortions – often with unsafe and ineffective methods – have increased in the wake of those restrictions. The share of women who say they have self-managed an abortion has jumped …

Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth
7 months, 1 week ago

Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth

NPR  

Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images In the 18 months following the Supreme Court's decision that ended federal protection for abortion, the number of abortions in the U.S. has continued to grow, according to The Society of Family Planning's WeCount project. …

Abortion By Telemedicine Remains Out Of Reach In Many Coronavirus Hot Spots
4 years, 4 months ago

Abortion By Telemedicine Remains Out Of Reach In Many Coronavirus Hot Spots

Huff Post  

This September 2010 photo shows bottles of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 at a Planned Parenthood of the Heartland clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, where doctors can remotely prescribe it using a telemedicine terminal. Daniel Grossman, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, said it was impossible to know how many clinicians providing …

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