Marge will present how medical abortion pills are changing what is happening with abortion globally, including some history of the method, its use according to WHO's Safe Abortion Guidance, its safety and efficacy, its availability in countries, how women are accessing it, and how it is changing the practice of induced abortion.
Marge Berer has been working in the UK and internationally since 1976 as an advocate for abortion rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). She has been the co-ordinator of the International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion since 2015, and was the founding editor of Reproductive Health Matters from 1992-2015.
She was also a co-founder and Steering Committee chair of the International Consortium for Medical Abortion (2002-2011). Marge is active in Voice for Choice, the UK coalition of pro-choice organisations, and was its chair from 2007 to 2010. She was the first chairwoman of the Gender Advisory Panel, WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research, from 1996 to 2001, and a member of the International Women’s Advisory Panel of the International Planned Parenthood Federation from 1993-98. Marge published a book on women, HIV and sexual and reproductive health in 1993-95, has published many articles on abortion rights, maternal mortality, and SRHR, and writes a blog (Berer Blog).
In her talk at LSHTM, Marge will present how medical abortion pills are changing what is happening with abortion globally, including some history of the method, its use according to WHO's Safe Abortion Guidance, its safety and efficacy, its availability in countries, how women are accessing it, and how it is changing the practice of induced abortion.
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