FAQ on Misoprostol Detection in Blood

Gynuity Health Projects document contains a few critical questions about misoprostol allegations in prosecution of induced abortions

Medication Abortion Precepting Checklist
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This checklist was developed by clinicians to help when supervising/precepting clinicians to provide medication abortion.

Clinical practice handbook for safe abortion

This comprehensive reference, published by the World Health Organization, is a useful resource for clinicians in various settings to provide safe abortion care and to treat complications.  Link:  http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/unsafe_abortion/clinical-practice-safe-abortion/en/

Clinical Mentoring and Provider Support for Abortion-Related Care

An IPAS training manual for clinical mentors and others providing clinical and programmatic support to health-care providers offering abortion-related care. Includes content, activities and materials to improve knowledge, attitudes and skills for clinical mentoring and provider support.

Approach to Patients Undergoing Self-managed Medication Abortion
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This resource shares common questions and concerns clinicians may hear about self-managed abortion (SMA) and how you can answer patient questions and share important information. Some highlights include: “How do I know the pills are real?”, “What’s the best way to use the pills?”, and “Can anyone tell that I used these pills?”

Guide to Phone Triage: After Hours Medication Abortion
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This guide can be used to train support staff on answering phone calls from patients undergoing a medication abortion. It provides scripts and answers to common questions asked by patients and notes situations when staff should transfer patient calls to a clinician.

Clinician Guide for Trauma-Informed Care

This job aid by the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning serves as a guide for clinicians performing physical examinations in sexual and reproductive health settings. In addition to defining trauma and trauma-informed care (TIC), this guide offers a roadmap to providing TIC before, during, and after a physical exam with action steps and sample phrases. A self-assessment checklist is available at the end of this guide.

Clinic and Pharmacy Collaboration for Medication Abortion

A resource guide to help clinics and mail-order pharmacies collaborate to provide medication abortion care/prescriptions while the FDA is allowing exceptions to the REMS dispensing restrictions. Clinic and Pharmacy Collaboration for Medication Abortion Birth Control Pharmacist: Clinical Resources

Triaging Medication Abortion Related Calls Video

A brief video of our guide that can be used to train support staff on answering phone calls from patients undergoing a medication abortion. Closed captioning is available.

Best Practice Guide for All-Options Pregnancy Counseling

This all-options pregnancy counseling guide, from Provide, supports providers with step-by-step best practices for walking patients through their options upon receiving a positive pregnancy test, including abortion.