Outcomes, safety of history-based screening for medication abortion

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Researchers found in this study, which included 3,779 patients, that screening for medication abortion eligibility by history alone, without ultrasonography or pelvic examination, was effective and safe, with either in-person dispensing or mailing of medications.

Authors: Ushma D. Upadhyay, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0217)

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