Online asynchronous telemedicine is a remote service delivery structure through which clinicians use an online platform and mail delivery to provide medication abortion. To serve states with abortion bans and restrictions, US-licensed clinicians provide under shield laws that protect them from civil, professional, or criminal liability. Shield-law provision of medication abortion has had a profound ...Read more >

Background: A rapid increase in legislation restricting access to clinical abortion services in the US has sparked renewed interest in self-managed abortion as a response to clinic access barriers. At the same time, rising interest in self-care and the role of the internet as a go-to source of goods and services raises the possibility that ...Read more >

Objectives: To explore the underlying reasons why women profess happiness about unintended pregnancies and how these reasons relate to their motivation to avoid pregnancy. Methods: Between September 2013 and February 2014, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 27 women (8 White, 19 Latina) selected from a longitudinal study measuring prospective pregnancy intentions and feelings among ...Read more >

In 2011, the 82nd Texas Legislature enacted four key pieces of legislation restricting access to family planning: the state budget for contraceptive and reproductive health screening provision was cut by two-thirds; a tiered funding system directing funds away from the clinics providing the majority of services was set up; the Women’s Health Program Medicaid waiver ...Read more >

Women in the US face an increasingly hostile climate towards abortion. Many now live in states where their ability to exercise their right to choose is in jeopardy. Focusing on Texas, my overarching goal is to inform strategies to increase access to safe medical abortion outside the formal healthcare setting (OFHS) via two routes: 1) ...Read more >