20.3  Woman-centred comprehensive post-abortion care

The Ethiopian guidelines define woman-centred comprehensive post-abortion care as:

‘a comprehensive approach to providing abortion services that takes into account the various factors that influence a woman’s individual mental and physical health needs, her personal circumstances, and her ability to access services ... that support women in exercising their sexual and reproductive rights.’

(Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Technical and Procedural Guidelines for the Provision of Safe Abortion Services in Ethiopia, 2006)

20.2.5  Methods of provision of abortion

20.3.1  Goals of the post-abortion service