Texas women’s decisions and experiences regarding self-managed abortion

BMC Women's Health

Table 2 Methods of abortion self-management among Texas women

	2012 and 2014 Abortion Patient Survey respondents (n = 50)^a		Qualitative interview respondents (n = 18)^a
	n	%	n	%
Misoprostol	4	7.8	10	33.3
Other medication	6	11.8	2	6.7
Herbs^b	22	43.1	11	36.7
Hit abdomen	4	7.8	0	0.0
Vitamin/supplement^c	2	3.9	5	16.7
Other	11	21.6	2	6.7
No response	2	3.9	0	0.0
Total mentions	51	100	30	100

^aSurvey and interviews respondents could report > = 1 method therefore responses sum to more than number of respondents
^bInterview respondents reported specifically: Blue cohosh, black cohosh, rue tea, parsley tea, pomegranate rind tea, parsley in the vagina
^cVitamin C/caffeine pills

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