Wednesday, August 14 at 12pm in LIB 110-Amy Raines-Milenkov, DrPH, Asst Professor, Dept of Pediatrics and Women’s Health, Session Title: Abortion Outside the Clinical Setting: What, Why, How and Impli

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Pediatrics and Women’s Health Forum
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Location: UNTHSC, Room – LIB 110
12:00 -1:00 pm
Title: Abortion Outside the Clinical Setting: What, Why, How and Implications for Women’s Health
Speaker:
Amy Raines-Milenkov, DrPHAssistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health, UNTHSC
and
Idara Akpan, Co-presenter
Student, School of Public Health, UNTHSC
Objectives:
This presentation will provide an overview of self-managed abortions from a public health perspective. The prevalence of self-induced abortions, common methods, outcomes and other considerations will be discussed. The presentation will include an overview of current state policies relating to self-managed pregnancies.