In its Abortion Care Guidlines, published March 8, WHO states that telemedicine should be offered as an alternative to in-person medical abortion appointments for the following:
- Abortion pill prescriptions via mail delivery.
- Abortion counselling or instruction relating to the abortion process.
- For providing instruction for and active facilitation of the administration of medicines and follow-up post-abortion care.
The organization emphasized that expanding the role of abortion provisions, through models such as telemedicne, have been identified as cost-saving stategies for health systems.
