Women on Web

Women on Web

[http://www.womenonweb.org/ Women on Web] is an online abortion help service for countries where there is no access to "safe abortion service" (read illegal). The abortion is done with Mifepristone and Misoprostol at home before the 9th week of pregnancy, the medicines are sent by mail under the supervision of a doctor. Women on Web's goal is to prevent unsafe abortion and reduce mortality rate due to unsafe abortions by supporting access to safe medical abortion through use of telemedicine. The moment a woman has an unwanted pregnancy and she has no access to safe abortion services, her life is in severe danger. According to the World Health Organization 1 in about every 300 women who has unsafe abortion dies (67 000 women annually die because of unsafe abortions). [cite news | title= Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems | date= 2003 | publisher= WHO | url = http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/safe_abortion/safe_abortion.pdf | work = WHO | accessdate = 2003 |archiveurl= ] Medical abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol is a safe method of abortion. Home medical abortions are becoming standard and are practiced more and more commonly for the first trimester abortions in many countries, including USA, France, Sweden, the Netherlands. Mifepristone and Misoprostol stand on the model list of essential medicines of the WHO.In 2008 a scientific reseach analyzing the results of Women on Web was published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. [cite book | last = Gomperts | first = Rebecca | authorlink = | title = | publisher = Blackwell Publishing | date = 2008-08-10 | location = | pages =| url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120750852/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
isbn = ] It showed that the results of this online service are in the same range as safe abortion provided in outpatient settings. It also showed that the experience was very acceptable for its users.The website of Women on Web contains as well [http://www.womenonweb.org/listpublish-162-en.html I had an abortion] part where women can share their story and upload their pictures. The goal of this part is to break the taboo surrounding abortion.

See also

Women on Waves

External links

* [http://www.womenonweb.org/ www.womenonweb.org]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7500237.stm Article in the BBC]
* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OnCapIeWX-4 bbc world news on youtube]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/11/health.women Easy access to abortion makes sense]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/11/abortion.pills/index.html CNN]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2284965/Women-risk-health-by-using-abortion-websites.html telegraph]

References

* [http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/safe_abortion/safe_abortion.pdf, Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems, WHO, 2003]
* [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120750852/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 BJOG article]


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