“This commentary explores how self-managed abortion (SMA) has transformed understandings of and discourses on safe abortion and associated health inequities through an intersection of harm reduction, human rights and collective activism. The article examines three primary understandings of the relationship between SMA and safe abortion: first SMA as health inequity, second SMA as harm reduction, and third SMA as social change, including health system innovation and reform.”

FIGO Institutionalization of Immediate Post-partum IUD services initiative has recently published a special issue on this topic through the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. It contains articles about six countries’ experiences in implementing these services.