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Review
. 2025 Jun;52(2):219-237.
doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2024.12.014. Epub 2025 Mar 28.

Medication Abortion: Out of the Clinic and into the Mail

Marisa Nádas  1 , Olivia Becker  2 , Michaela Mallow  2 , Stephanie Rand  2
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Medication Abortion: Out of the Clinic and into the Mail

Marisa Nádas et al. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2025 Jun.

Abstract

Abortion access is a critical component of comprehensive reproductive health care. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID -19) pandemic, telehealth emerged as a promising solution to expand abortion access, which has continued in the wake of significant policy shifts and clinical updates. Several early programs paved the way for broader adoption; however, the pandemic forced existing telehealth abortion programs to alter their models and made way for new virtual clinics dedicated to abortion care as well as the integration of telehealth abortion care into established health systems and brick-and-mortar clinics. Published protocols can be used to expand practice.

Keywords: Abortion access; COVID-19; Medication abortion; Telehealth.

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