TY - JOUR AU - Crouthamel, Bonnie AU - Pearson, Erin AU - Tilford, Sarah AU - Hurst, Samantha AU - Paul, Dipika AU - Aqtar, Fahima AU - Silverman, Jay AU - Averbach, Sarah PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/25 TI - Out-of-clinic and self-managed abortion in Bangladesh: menstrual regulation provider perspectives JO - Reproductive Health SP - 69 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - In Bangladesh, abortion is illegal except to save a woman’s life, though menstrual regulation (MR) is permitted. MR involves the use of manual uterine aspiration or Misoprostol (with or without Mifepristone) to induce menstruation up to 10–12 weeks from the last menstrual period. Despite the availability of safe and legal MR services, abortions still occur in informal setttings and are associated with high complication rates, causing women to then seek post abortion care (PAC). The objective of this study is to contextualize MR in Bangladesh and understand systemic barriers to seeking care in formal settings and faciltators to seeking care in informal settings via the perspective of MR providers in an effort to inform interventions to improve MR safety. SN - 1742-4755 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01123-w DO - 10.1186/s12978-021-01123-w ID - Crouthamel2021 ER -