Unit 2: Uterine Evacuation in Crisis Settings

This unit explains why uterine evacuation is an essential part of reproductive health services in crisis settings; explores comfort levels in discussing, advocating, and providing uterine evacuation services; and reviews the current abortion law in the setting and how it relates to what and how services are provided.

By the end of this unit, participants will:

• Explain why uterine evacuation is an essential part of reproductive health services in crisis settings.
• Articulate their comfort levels in discussing, advocating, and providing uterine evacuation services.
• Explain what the current abortion law is in their setting and how it relates to what and how services are provided.

Total: 75 minutes (1 hour, 15 minutes)

• 15 minutes: Facilitator Presentation and Group Discussion
• 30 minutes: Values Clarification Activity: Crossing the Line
• 30 minutes: Facilitator Presentation and Case Studies

• Print, download, and gather materials
  
• Research current abortion laws and policies in your setting and prepare a short (15 minutes or less) presentation on the topic
• Put the current written law on a slide, write it on a flip chart sheet, or prepare a handout
• Read through the following sections from the 2018 Inter-agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings:
  • Chapter 8 Comprehensive Abortion Care, Section 8.3.2 Needs Assessment (p147)
  • Chapter 8 Comprehensive Abortion Care, Section 8.4 Human Rights & Legal Considerations (p160-2)
• Note anything applicable to your training setting and share this information with participants
• Using a long piece of tape or string, draw a line on the floor in the middle of an area large enough to accommodate all participants and allow them room to move around
• Review and adapt Crossing the Line Statements, if needed

• Refer to the Facilitator's Guide for the Detailed Session Guide and list of materials needed for this unit
• Presentation
• Participant Workbook
• Inter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings (IAWG, 2018)