Options for Teens with No Options: A Self-Managed Second Trimester Abortion

BACKGROUND: Several states have deemed abortions as nonessential services, effectively calling for a halt to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, women might elect for self-managed abortions by obtaining abortion medications online. CASE: A 15-year-old girl presented with abdomin...

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Autores principales: Duroseau, Nathalie, Loh, Miranda, Sanders, Leslie, Arden, Martha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9616640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33242593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2020.11.013
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Several states have deemed abortions as nonessential services, effectively calling for a halt to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, women might elect for self-managed abortions by obtaining abortion medications online. CASE: A 15-year-old girl presented with abdominal cramping and vaginal discharge after taking misoprostol obtained from an online retailer for a self-managed abortion in her second trimester during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her exam showed products of conception protruding from the vagina. The patient was emergently evaluated for an incomplete and possible septic abortion and underwent a dilation and evacuation procedure.

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