Pros And Cons Of Telemedicine

ABORTIONS ON LINE

Internet has become much more than a communication tool. Nowadays it can be used as an office, as a classroom or as a church, among others. But, perhaps the most controversial reason we use Internet, would be as a source of health care. It could be a family doctor, an emergency room, a general practitioner, or even an abortion clinic. In this last sense, we will analyze the article presented in CBC News entitled “Abortion pills accessed online are as safe, effective as clinics: study” (www.cbc.ca/news/health/medical-abortion-telemedicine). The subtitle adds Telemedicine may be option in countries where service is restricted. These phrases are accompanied by a picture of a pill with the footnote: Mifepristone, part of a two-step

This positivism is share with some other studies about E-Health. For instance, one of the University of Texas says that Telemedicine have shown success in reducing the geographical and time obstacles incurred in the receipt of care in traditional modalities with the same or greater effectiveness (Kruse, 2016). Other from the University of Florida says that when telemedicine became generally accepted in healthcare proves to benefit from its services (Breen and Matusitz, 2016).

This first part gives information clear and based in results. The opinions included are from the researches as well as the restraints. Which leaves an idea of a moderate good news for the health of women who consider practicing an abortion and do not have the social and medical conditions.

2. Equitable access for all

Contrary to the first part of the article, who is focused on the numbers, this second part gives more importance to the social context. It starts with the mention that abortion laws in both Republic and Northern Ireland are among the most restrictive in the world. Here the discussion goes beyond the telemedicine and reaches the field of

Rural Considerations

The last part of the article addresses to this situation in Canada, where women could also benefit from using telemedicine to access medical abortion. It says that health care is available in most of Canada's rural areas, but abortion services aren't always accessible. This final part includes a suggestion by one of the author in the sense that women in these areas could use telemedicine to connect with a doctor and safely terminate their pregnancies at home.

The article mentions the abortion pill Mifegymiso is now available in Canada. However, I see a complication between the text and the reality. It is mentioned that in rural areas people do not have always abortion services, but with this pill they can give the second step to interrupt their pregnancy. It is unclear how would they give the second step if they do not have opportunity to give the first. Also, in these rural areas where no abortions services are always available, who would be able to measure the range of pregnancy where is still safe to take the pills and what would be the conditions in case this option of teleabortion does not work for them? How would they be able to solve such a medical problem in a rural