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Contraception following abortion and the treatment of incomplete abortion
Author(s) -
GemzellDanielsson Kristina,
Kopp Kallner Helena,
Faúndes Anibal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.03.003
Subject(s) - medicine , abortion , unintended pregnancy , family planning , family medicine , unsafe abortion , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , long acting reversible contraception , obligation , reproductive health , health care , nursing , population , research methodology , law , environmental health , genetics , political science , biology
Family planning counseling and the provision of postabortion contraception should be an integrated part of abortion and postabortion care to help women avoid another unplanned pregnancy and a repeat abortion. Postabortion contraception is significantly more effective in preventing repeat unintended pregnancy and abortion when it is provided before women leave the healthcare facility where they received abortion care, and when the chosen method is a long‐acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) method. This article provides evidence supporting these two critical aspects of postabortion contraception. It suggests that gynecologists and obstetricians have an ethical obligation to do everything necessary to ensure that postabortion contraception, with a focus on LARC methods, becomes an integral part of abortion and postabortion care, in line with the recommendations of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and of several other organizations.