Self Managed Abortion

This information is prepared by SELF MANAGED ABORTION SAFE AND SUPPORTED (SASS)

The contents of this webpage are for informational purposes & not a substitute for medical provider advice

Self-managed abortion (SMA) is safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, if one has accurate information about how to use abortion pills and can ask questions. People may choose to self-manage an abortion because it is difficult to get to an abortion clinic or because they prefer to self-induce their abortion on their own. In many states the law requires that abortion pills be given by licensed health care clinicians, and a person who uses abortion pills that were not obtained through a clinician may face criminalization. 

Misoprostol, used alone or in combination with Mifepristone, is a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy in the first 12 weeks- the M+A Hotline has detailed instructions on how to use abortion pills. It is approved by the World Health Organization as a safe abortion method for use with or without a clinician and has been used successfully by millions of people around the world.

Whether looking up information on SMA resources (or getting abortion care at a clinic), it’s important to remember to keep one’s research about abortion private. Someone’s reasons for wanting information about abortion is nobody’s business.

SASS is the US project of Women Help Women, a global nonprofit organization that supports the rights of people around the world to have information about and access to safe abortion with pills. Information is power. We all deserve accurate information about our bodies and reproductive health.

The below entities assist people in self managing their abortion- from general info and legal concerns, to acquiring abortion pills (+ instructions), to virtual support while SMAing and aftercare recovery.

  • (833) 226-7821

    Through working with community partners, the Reprocare Healthline provides peer-based emotional support, medical information, and connects people to receive pills at home.

  • 1-833-246-2632 (English)

    1-833-246-2632 (Spanish)

    A talk and textline by a team of pro-abortion clinicians providing information and support to self-manage a miscarriage or abortion. They have a Spanish version of their website as well.

  • Another organization providing guidance on SMA and access to abortion pill medication by mail is Plan C Pills. Their website is in English and Spanish, and they provide up-to-date information on how people in the U.S. are accessing at-home abortion pill options online.

  • The MAP provides medication abortion care to abortion seekers throughout the United States via telemedicine. If financial cost is especially a concern, MAP uses a pay-as-much-as-you-can-afford-to-pay model and asks for a minimum payment of $5.

  • Mobile and virtual abortion provider Just The Pill prescribes abortion medication to those in four states through Abortion Delivered. They have a Spanish version of their website as well.

  • Abortion on Demand is a web-based physician supported telehealth medication abortion service for people in 22+ states. Of those MAC serves, that includes Illinois, Minnesota and as of recently, Kansas. AOD also works with the Kansas Abortion Fund.

  • Red State Access is an online resource for abortion pill access and usage for folks in red/banned states.

  • Abuzz is a BIPOC and queer-led collective of abortion providers and advocates that provide abortion pills by mail throughout the US and it's territories/APOs. Pay what you can sliding scale with pill request form in English and Spanish. Clinician support line open 7 days a week, 15 hrs per day, including holidays.

 

States We Serve

MAC serves individuals traveling to or from the Midwest for care. We have supported clients from over 30 states.

That includes clients traveling to or from:

  • Illinois

  • Indiana

  • Iowa

  • Kansas

  • Michigan

  • Minnesota

  • Missouri

  • Nebraska

  • North Dakota

  • Ohio

  • South Dakota

  • Wisconsin

The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade means the landscape of abortion rights in the U.S. is changing often. Please refer to the Guttmacher Institute’s Abortion Policies map for up-to-date abortion laws by state.