Research
At Women on Web, we take pride in our rigorous scientific research, user-driven innovation, and evidence-based protocols around abortion care, closely aligning our services with the World Health Organization’s guidelines.
World Health Organization’s guidelines
Our commitment to evidence-driven, compassionate abortion care is reflected both in our own ground-breaking research and our collaborations with universities, individuals, and collectives worldwide. These efforts strengthen the foundation for evidence-based advocacy and policymaking on abortion care in many parts of the world.
Research is at the heart of everything we do. It informs our outreach, services, and advocacy. We share our data with local groups to support their efforts to expand abortion access and influence decision-makers.
Our pioneering research on telemedicine and self-managed abortion care has consistently demonstrated the safety, efficacy, and acceptability of these models of care. Finally, our studies on online abortion trajectories in restrictive environments have been instrumental in informing legal reforms, and regulatory changes and expanding access where it’s needed most.
A telemedicine model for abortion in South Africa
Women on Web’s research collaboration in South Africa was focused on creating a controlled, randomized trial which compared standard abortion care with a telemedicine model for those seeking medical abortion.…
Japanese Women’s Experiences of Bleeding and Pain with Medical Abortion
Current restrictions on abortion access in Japan make it difficult to access medical abortion. However, the self-reported experiences of Japanese women accessing mifepristone and misoprostol through Women on Web's…
COVID-19 has reduced access to abortion services and increased the demand for telemedicine provision
The COVID-19 pandemic has restricted access to reproductive health services worldwide, while telemedicine has provided a solution to overcoming long-standing access barriers. This study analyses the abortion requests made through…
The impact of local telemedicine provision on the need for online abortion services in Ireland
Abortion has been legal in Ireland since 2019 and the telemedicine abortion services were introduced in April 2020, soon after the pandemic had started. This study looks at the patterns…
Telemedicine as an alternative way to access abortion in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
In this article Women on Web examines the reasons that led users to turn to the Women on Web telemedicine service, and how the pandemic has affected this. Access to…
PRESS RELEASE | Telemedicine can help improve access to abortion in France, a new study suggests
For immediate release 29/07/2021 A new study published in the British Medical Journal Sexual & Reproductive Health suggests that telemedicine abortion provision, a temporary measure which is allowed…