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Understandings of self-managed abortion as health inequity, harm reduction, and social change
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Understandings of self-managed abortion as health inequity, harm reduction, and social change
Understandings of self-managed abortion as health inequity, harm reduction, and social change
Date: September 2018
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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.
Advocating for access to safe reproductive health care for all.