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Study: Telemedicine access helps prevent surgical abortions

Giving women access to abortion over “telemedicine,” or a secure webcam-style consultation with a doctor, can dramatically reduce the need for a surgical abortion — and may reduce the need for abortion altogether, according to a new study. “After telemedicine was introduced, women were more likely to have their abortion…

Draconian border security keeps Mexican women from abortion services in San Diego

Women who live in parts of Mexico where abortion is illegal have long crossed the U.S.-Mexican border to obtain abortions in U.S. border cities like San Diego, but those numbers might be declining thanks to draconian border security and other changes, a new study published in Health Care for Women International…