Early into the COVID-19 pandemic, abortion rights advocates highlighted the importance of maintaining access to abortion through telemedicine. It was argued that telemedical and self-managed abortion was, in the pandemic context, a human rights imperative. This article argues that providing for telemedical and self-managed abortion remains a human rights imperative beyond the duration of the pandemic. Telemedical and self-managed abortion is safe and effective, supports the pregnant person’s preferences and reproductive autonomy, and minimises many of the physical and structural barriers faced by pregnant people in accessing abortion services. International and European human rights standards access to abortion require states to take positive measures to guarantee access to abortion, and this article argues that such measures include telemedical and self-managed abortion.

早期进入COVID-19 大流行，堕胎权利倡导者强调了通过远程医疗保持堕胎机会的重要性。有人认为，在大流行的背景下，远程医疗和自我管理的堕胎是一项人权要求。本文认为，在大流行病持续之后，提供远程医疗和自我管理的堕胎仍然是人权的当务之急。远程医疗和自我管理堕胎安全有效，支持孕妇的偏好和生育自主权，并最大限度地减少孕妇在获得堕胎服务时面临的许多物理和结构障碍。国际和欧洲关于堕胎的人权标准要求各国采取积极措施保证堕胎，