Building the Case for Reproductive Choice
20 - 21 September: Conference days
22 September AM: Post-conference session, open for French-speaking participants
Simultaneous translation to French is foreseen for the plenary sessions of the Conference.
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Plenary Session 1: Making the case for abortion rights
The Economic justice - Ernestina Coast (United Kingdom)
The Medical case - Catriona Melville (Australia)
The Humanitarian case - Lucy O'Connell (South Africa)
CS 2 - Supporting effective contraception choices
How to deal with disinformation about hormonal contraception - Christian Fiala (Austria)
Tools for effective contraception counseling - Sarah Hulsmans (Belgium)
Effective use of 'natural methods' - Kristina Gemzell–Danielsson (Sweden) supported by Natural Cycles
CS 3 – Updates on VEMA
CS 4 – Diversity in Legal and practical Approaches to abortion in the world
Ana Mitrović Jovanović (Serbia)
Gabie Raven (The Netherlands, Germany)
Essentials in abortion care 1: Pre/post-abortion care
Post-abortion care and contraception - Patricia Lohr (United Kingdom)
Plenary Session 3: Blurring the lines between contraception and abortion
Setting the scene: What the science tells us - Kristina Gemzell – Danielsson (Sweden)
CS 6 – Pain management
Pain management with IUD insertion - Anne Verougstraete (Belgium)
Conscious sedation - Patricia Lohr (United Kingdom)
Abortion doula - Zachi Brewster (Italy/ United Kingdom)
CS 7 - ANCIC / REVHO
Essentials in abortion care 2: Medical abortion
Historical perspective - mifepristone - André Ulmann (France)
Medical abortion after 12 weeks’ gestation - Ninni Manneberg (Sweden)
Lunch session - “How far is too far?” Creating an evidence base for the safe provision of abortion among people living far from emergency services.
CS 9 - Abortion beyond 1st trimester
RCOG update on fetal awareness - Maria Fitzgerald (United Kingdom)
Essentials in abortion care 3: Surgical abortion
Historical perspective - vacuum aspiration - Bojana Pinter (Slovenia)
Dilatation and evacuation - Ed Dorman (United Kingdom)
Plenary session 4: Providing inclusive abortion care
Person-centred abortion care: global evidence - Angela Dawson (Australia)
Clinical Excellence - Michael Nevill (United Kingdom)
Post-Abortion Care in Restricted Contexts - Joyce Sakala (Zambia)