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Australia

• Pregnancy Advisory Centre
  • Pregnancy Advisory Centre

• Women & Newborn Health Service - Western Australia
  • Mid Trimester Termination of Pregnancy [2007]

Australia, New Zealand

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • The use of mifepristone for medical termination of pregnancy [2009]
  • Termination of Pregnancy [2009]
  • Mifepristone (RU486) [2007]

Canada

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Mifepristone [2009]
  • Induced Abortion Guidelines [2006]

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Guidelines on Termination of Pregnancy in relation to Congenital Anomalies [2003]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Cervical preparation for first trimester surgical abortion [2010]
  • Surgical versus medical methods for second trimester induced abortion [2009]
  • Surgical methods for first trimester termination of pregnancy [2009]
  • Medical versus surgical methods for first trimester termination of pregnancy [2009]
  • Medical methods for first trimester abortion [2009]
  • Antibiotics for incomplete abortion [2009]

• EngenderHealth
  • Postabortion Care

• Pathfinder International
  • Abortion/Postabortion Care

South Africa

• Cape Gateway
  • Termination of Pregnancy (TOP)

United Kingdom

• Health Technology Assessment
  • Randomised preference trial of medical versus surgical termination of pregnancy less than 14 weeks' gestation (TOPS) [2009]

• Royal College of Nursing
  • Abortion care : RCN guidance for nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses [2008]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Abortion in a woman with pulmonary hypertension - query bank [2009]
  • Abortion Care Study Day, 28 April 2008 [2008]
  • The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion [2004]

United States of America

• American Academy of Family Physicians
  • Reproductive Decisions [2006]

• Guttmacher Institute
  • Abortion

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Induced abortion guidelines. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2006]
  • Medical management of abortion. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2005]
  • The care of women requesting induced abortion. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [2004]

• U.S. Agency for International Development
  • Postabortion Care

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Surgical versus medical methods for second-trimester induced abortion [2008]
  • Medical versus surgical methods for first trimester termination of pregnancy [2006]
  • Medical methods for first trimester abortion [2004]
  • Surgical methods for first trimester termination of pregnancy [2002]

• World Health Organization
  • Unsafe abortion - Global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2003 - 5th edition [2007]
  • Preventing unsafe abortion and its consequences - Priorities for Research and Action [2006]
  • Managing incomplete abortion [2006]
  • Frequently Asked Clinical Questions about medical abortion [2006]
  • Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems [2003]
  • Induced abortion does not increase breast cancer risk [2000]
  • Preventing unsafe abortion

Articles in journals

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Unintended pregnancy and induced abortion among unmarried women in China: a systematic review [2004]

• Human Reproduction Update
  • Mid-trimester induced abortion: a review [2007]

• International Family Planning Perspectives
  • Relationships Between Contraception and Abortion: A Review of the Evidence [2003]
  • Essential Elements of Postabortion Care: Origins, Evolution and Future Directions [2003]
  • Client-Provider Communication in Postabortion Care [2003]

• Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
  • Medication Abortion and Family Physicians' Scope of Practice [2005]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Medical abortion for Australian women: it's time [2005]

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