Women on Web

For organizations with similar names, see Women on the Web.
Women on Web
FormationNovember 10, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-11-10)
FounderRebecca Gomperts
TypeNon-profit organization
HeadquartersToronto, Canada
Region
Worldwide
ServicesAccess to safe abortion services
Websitewww.womenonweb.org

Women on Web (WoW) is a Canadian non-profit organization that facilitates online access to medical abortion, known for its international online abortion[1] service accessible in multiple countries.[2][3] The organization was founded by Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch physician, in 2005.[4]

The Women on Web helpdesk provides information and support in 16 languages, including Arabic, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Turkish. Their medical team provides online medical consultations and facilitates the delivery of abortion pills by mail. [5]

Self-managed medical abortion is done with mifepristone and misoprostol at home during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.[6][7] Mifepristone and misoprostol terminate the pregnancy by inducing an abortion that resembles a miscarriage with a 97% efficacy rate during the first 60 days of pregnancy.[8][5] A 2008 study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology found that women are capable of self‐administering mifepristone and misoprostol at home without a doctor physically visiting them, provided proper information and instructions are given.[7]

  1. ^ "About Women on Web". Daily Telegraph. 2020-05-29. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. ^ Widdicombe, Lizzie (11 November 2021). "What Does an At-Home Abortion Look Like?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ^ Adams, Patrick (17 May 2022). "Why Poland's restrictive abortion laws could be problematic for Ukrainian refugees". NPR. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. ^ Grant, Rebecca. "The Website Providing Abortion Without Borders". Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  5. ^ a b "I need an abortion". Women on Web. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. ^ "Abortion". Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. 62 (3): 383–384. 29 May 2017. doi:10.1111/jmwh.12634. PMID 28556579 – via Wiley Online Library.
  7. ^ a b Gomperts, Rj; Jelinska, K; Davies, S; Gemzell-Danielsson, K; Kleiverda, G (2008-08-01). "Using telemedicine for termination of pregnancy with mifepristone and misoprostol in settings where there is no access to safe services". BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 115 (9): 1171–1178. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01787.x. ISSN 1471-0528. PMID 18637010.
  8. ^ Chen MJ, Creinin MD (July 2015). "Mifepristone With Buccal Misoprostol for Medical Abortion: A Systematic Review". Obstetrics and Gynecology. 126 (1): 12–21. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000000897. PMID 26241251. S2CID 20800109.