Article How a network of women in Latin America transformed safe, self-managed abortions
Article How a network of women in Latin America transformed safe, self-managed abortions
Jun 8 2025, 9:23 PM
Quote:The Socorristas have become international experts on self-managed abortion with pills. A 2022 study published in The Lancet Global Health looked at their accompaniment method for pregnancies under 9 weeks, and it found that it was just as effective and safe as a medication abortion managed in a clinic.
"Misoprostol is a technological revolution that when you put it in the hands of women and those who need an abortion, it generates another revolution," Zurbriggen says. "It's a cultural, social, political, medical revolution."
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/08/g-s1-68729/latin-america-abortion-activism
Quote:The Socorristas have become international experts on self-managed abortion with pills. A 2022 study published in The Lancet Global Health looked at their accompaniment method for pregnancies under 9 weeks, and it found that it was just as effective and safe as a medication abortion managed in a clinic.
"Misoprostol is a technological revolution that when you put it in the hands of women and those who need an abortion, it generates another revolution," Zurbriggen says. "It's a cultural, social, political, medical revolution."
