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Telemedical and Self-Managed Abortion: A Human Rights Imperative?

Tongue, Zoe L.

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Abstract

Early into the COVID-19 pandemic, abortion rights advocates highlighted the importance of maintaining access to abortion through telemedicine. It was argued that telemedical and self-managed abortion was, in the pandemic context, a human rights imperative. This article argues that providing for telemedical and self-managed abortion remains a human rights imperative beyond the duration of the pandemic. Telemedical and self-managed abortion is safe and effective, supports the pregnant person’s preferences and reproductive autonomy, and minimises many of the physical and structural barriers faced by pregnant people in accessing abortion services. International and European human rights standards access to abortion require states to take positive measures to guarantee access to abortion, and this article argues that such measures include telemedical and self-managed abortion.

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Tongue, Z. L. (2023). Telemedical and Self-Managed Abortion: A Human Rights Imperative?. European Journal of Health Law, 30(2), 158-181. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-bja10092

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jul 13, 2022
Publication Date 2023-04
Deposit Date Dec 21, 2022
Publicly Available Date May 24, 2023
Journal European Journal of Health Law
Print ISSN 0929-0273
Electronic ISSN 1571-8093
Publisher Brill Academic Publishers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 30
Issue 2
Pages 158-181
DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-bja10092

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