Abortion in a Global Context

Abortion is a common experience for women around the world; yet it is often excluded from the curricula of health professionals. Our aim is to fill in the gaps left by the exclusion of abortion from mainstream curricula.

This section contains all video lectures and companion materials relating to abortion in a global context.

Learning Objectives

After watching these video lectures, learners will:

  • Recognize global disparities in access to family planning
  • Understand the costs of unintended pregnancy
  • List barriers to accessing timely and safe abortion services
  • Describe post-abortion complications and basics of management of these complications
  • Identify interventions to reduce death from unsafe abortion
  • Review global public health issues related to safe abortion

Assessments

Abortion in a Global Context Questions

Abortion in a Global Context Answers

Video Lectures and Companion Materials

Global Abortion Overview

Video Lecture Presented by:

University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish. Translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles. 

Global Abortion Overview Slide Set

Week1- GlobalOverview (Grossman)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Global Abortion Overview (pdf)

Global Abortion Overview Slide Set

Week1- GlobalOverview (Grossman)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Global Abortion Overview (pdf)

Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care

IERH acknowledges the importance of inclusive language as a component of patient-centered care and we are working to improve our content. Read more here.

Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH

University of California, San Francisco

Additional Resource

WHO Guidelines on Safe Abortion

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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles. 

Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care Slide Set

Week4-Guidelines (DePineres)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH
Fundacion Orientame and ESAR

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Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care Slide Set

Week4-Guidelines (DePineres)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH
Fundacion Orientame and ESAR

Click to download Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care (pdf)

Abortion in the International Context

Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH

University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles. 

Cleland J, Ali MM. Reproductive consequences of contraceptive failure in 19 developing countries. Obstet Gynecol 2004 Aug;104(2):314-20.
Raymond EG, Grimes DA. The comparative safety of legal induced abortion and childbirth in the United States. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Feb;119(2 Pt 1):215-9.
Sedgh G, Henshaw SK, Singh S, Bankole A, Drescher J. Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2007 Dec;39(4):216-25.
www.unpopulation.org. World Abortion Polices 2007. 2007
www.unpopulation.org. World Contraceptive Use 2009. May 2009.
Guttmacher 2008
Center for Reproductive Rights 2013
CDC 1995
Boland 2010

Abortion in the International Context Slide Set

Week1- International (DePineres)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH
Senior Technical Advisor Fundacion Orientame and ESAR

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Abortion in the International Context Slide Set

Week1- International (DePineres)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH
Senior Technical Advisor Fundacion Orientame and ESAR

Click to download Abortion in the International Context

Global Obstacles to Abortion

IERH acknowledges the importance of inclusive language as a component of patient-centered care and we are working to improve our content. Read more here.

Video Presented by:

University of California, San Francisco

Additional Resources

The Center for Reproductive Health, Worldwide Abortion Laws.

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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles. 

Citations:

Center for Reproductive Rights, 2014
Wulf D, Singh S. An Overview of Clandestine Abortion in Latin America. Guttmacher Institute; 1996.
Mondragon y Kalb M, Ahued Ortega A, Morales Velazquez J, Diaz Olavarrieta C, Valencia Rodriguez J, Becker D, et al. Patient characteristics and service trends following abortion legalization in Mexico City, 2007-10. Stud Fam Plann 2011 Sep;42(3):159-66.
Gynuity Health Projects » Research and Technical Assistance Organization. 2015 [cited; Available from: http://gynuity.org/

Global Obstacles to Abortion Slide Set

Week1- GlobalOverview (Grossman)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Global Obstacles to Abortion (pdf)

Global Obstacles to Abortion Slide Set

Week1- GlobalOverview (Grossman)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Global Obstacles to Abortion (pdf)

Improving Access to Safe Abortion Care after the First Trimester

Video Lecture Presented by:

University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles. 

Improving Access to Safe Abortion Care After the First-Trimester Slide Set

Week4-Access (Grossman)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Improving Access to Safe Abortion Care After the First-trimester (pdf)

Improving Access to Safe Abortion Care After the First-Trimester Slide Set

Week4-Access (Grossman)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Improving Access to Safe Abortion Care After the First-trimester (pdf)

Review of Global Public Health Issues

Video Lecture Presented by:

University of California, San Francisco
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Review of Global Public Health Issues Slide Set

Week6- Global Review (Grossman)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Review of Global Public Health Issues (pdf)

Review of Global Public Health Issues Slide Set

Week6- Global Review (Grossman)


Slide Set from Video Lecture Presented by:

Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Click to download Review of Global Public Health Issues (pdf)

High-Quality Abortion Care

Video Lecture Presented by:
Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH,
Dan Grossman, MD, and
Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS
University of California, San Francisco

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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles. 

Post-Abortion Care

Video Lecture Presented by:
Felicia Lester, MD, MPH and Dan Grossman, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles. 

 

Video Companion Guides

Video Companion Guide for Abortion in the Global Context