Zoe Louise Tongue zoe.l.tongue@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
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.
Citation
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 |
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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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