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In response to reports of serious infections occurring after medical abortions in five North American women (JW Womens Health Jun 4 2009), Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) changed its medical abortion protocol to buccal rather than vaginal administration of misoprostol (following oral ingestion of mifepristone). All PPFA centers that provided medical abortions also adopted either routine administration of doxycycline or universal chlamydia screening. After reviewing subsequent trends in serious infections following medical abortions, PPFA mandated universal antibiotic administration for women who underwent the procedure. Now, investigators have assessed trends in incidence of serious infections after medical abortions in rela…