9^th conference of FIAPAC
In cooperation with ACAI, Spain
Seville, 22/23 October 2010
'Achieving Excellence in Abortion Care'

Registration

08.00

Opening
(T) Room
Giralda I+II

08.30

M.Parachini

Spanish official 

Plenary 1

(T) Room
Giralda I+II

09.00 -10.30

Global trends in abortion and contraception

Chairs: M. Parachini, E. Rodriguez

• Global overview

S.Henshaw, USA

• The Evolution of Abortion Access in Europe: Where is the 'European standard'?

C.Fiala, Austria

• EU networking in sexual and reproductive health and rights

Å.Régner, Sweden

• Overview from Latin America

M.Roa, Colombia

• Overview from Asia

N.Boonthai, Thailand

10.30 –11.00

Coffee

Plenary 2

(T) Room
Giralda I+II

11.00 -12.30

Contraception

Chairs: S. Cameron, R. Moullier

• Why are contraceptives not used?

J.Bitzer,
Switzerland

• OC without prescription

A.Kubba, UK

• How natural is contraception?

C.Fiala, Austria

• News in Emergency Contraception

 K.Gemzell, Sweden

• IUD post-abortion

O.Heikinheimo,

   Finland

12.30-14.00

Lunch

Workshop A
Room
Arenal

14.00-15.30

ICMA/Eastern European Alliance for Reproductive Choice (EEARC)

Abortion in Eastern European Countries: Challenges, Perspectives and Solutions

Chairs: R.Comendant, I.Savlyeva

• Reproductive rights of women seeking abortion

G.Maistruc, Ukraine

• Safe abortion: Policy and Religion

V.Grebinskis, Lithuania

• Challenges and perspectives in Advocacy of safe abortion

D.Draghici, Romania

• Reproductive Choices in HIV positive women

S.Posochova, Ukraine

Workshop B
Room
Santa Cruz

14.00-15.30

Technical details of 1^st trimester surgical abortion

Chairs: M. Alblas, T. Schipper

• Anaesthesia: local vs. general 

A.Seidenberg, Switzerland

• Very early surgical abortion

P.Lohr, UK

• Verifying successful aspiration, routine ultrasound etc

E.Wiebe, Canada

• Cervical priming

H.von Hertzen,

   Switzerland

Workshop C
(T) Room
Giralda I+II

14.00-15.30

Pre-abortion examinations/workup

Chairs: O. Heikinheimo,
            A. Verougstraete 

• Post-abortal infection. Prevention strategies; screening v. prophylaxis incl. surgical -medical abortion European practice

S.Cameron, UK

• Decline in Rates of Serious Infection Following Medical Abortion Regimen Changes

M.Fjerstad, USA

• Other pre abortion examinations: practices and evidence

C.Fiala, Austria

Workshop D
Room
Nervión

14.00-15.30

Free communications

Chairs: K. Gemzell, M. Lokeland

• Abortion care: the staff perspective

• The efficacy, safety and acceptability of second trimester termination of pregnancy in Cape Town

• D&E vs. induction for second trimester termination for fetal anomaly

• Barriers to access and use of contraception in immigrant women

• An in-depth study of abortion and repeat abortion

L.Hoggart, UK 

• Medical abortion overtaking surgical in Norway

• Abortion and psyche

• Situations of abortion and criminal abortion in the southern part of Thailand

15.30-16.00

Coffee

Plenary 3
(T) Room
Giralda I+II

16.00-17.30

Late abortion

Chair: M. Parachini, B. Kothé

• Surgical abortion

E.Oloto, UK

• Medical abortion, including is fetocide needed? If so, when and how?

A.Templeton, UK

• Experience from Spain

S.Barambio, Spain

• Care (special considerations; psychological, physical: contraception, adolescence)

I-M.Andersson, Sweden

Room
Giralda I+II

18.00-19.30

General Assembly

20.00

Reception

Restaurante
Rio Grande

21:00

Dinner & Flamenco show

Plenary 4
(T) Room
Giralda I+II

09.00-10.30

Session on legal aspects

Chairs: S. Rowlands, G. Lazdane

• Working within existing legal frameworks to improve access to abortion

J.Erdmann, Canada

• The campaign to liberalise the law in Spain

E.Rodriguez, Spain

• Impact of legalising abortion in Portugal in 2007

M.Carvallo, Portugal

• Experiences of decriminalising abortion in Victoria, Australia

L.Cannold, Australia

10.30-11.00

Coffee

Workshop E
(T) Room
Giralda I+II

11.00-12.30

Medical abortion- improving access

Chairs: E. Aubény, OE. Iversen

• Medabon introduced by Concept Foundation

P.Hall, Switzerland 

• Medical abortion at 9-13 weeks

A.Templeton, UK 

• How to handle side-effects in medical abortion: bleeding, pain

R.Shojai, 
France

Workshop F
Room
Arenal

11.00-12.30

Abortion counselling

Chairs: M. Berer, M. Francès

• The decision-making process

S.Rowlands, UK

• Working with mandatory counselling

U.Ellerstorfer,
Germany

• Working with cooling off periods        

L.van Crombrugge,
Belgium

• Working with parental authorisation requirements for minors

C.Chéry,
Luxembourg

Workshop G
Room
Nervión

WHO session 

Chairs: A. Seidenberg, C. Fiala

• WHO tools and activities addressing unsafe abortion

R.Johnson, WHO,

Switzerland

• Experience of application of WHO tools and guidelines in the WHO European Region in improving quality of abortion services

G.Lazdane,
WHO,
Europe 

• Implementation of WHO guidance in Moldova

R.Comendant,
Moldavia

• How services in the Netherlands benefit from WHO guidance on abortion

B.van Herk,

   Netherlands

Workshop H
Room 
Santa Cruz

ESC session

Chairs: J. Bitzer, M. Lech

• New progestogens in contraception

R.Sitruk-Ware,
   USA 

• Quick start and extended use of OCs

A.Verougstraete
Belgium

• Contraception and obesity

J.Brynhildsen,
Sweden

• Post-abortion contraception

G.Merki,
Switzerland

12.30-14.00

Lunch

Workshop I
Room
Arenal

14.00-15.30

IPPF, The role of NGOs in ensuring safe abortion care

Chairs: C. Vrancken, P. Hall

• NGO providing information and technical skills to service providers (following the law reform in Portugal)

D.Vilar,
Portugal

• The Family Planning Association of Nepal's experience in providing  abortion care

P.Thapa,
Nepal 

• Young people and abortion, Case study from Kyrgyzstan

 T.Popovitskaya,
 Kyrgyzstan

• NGO providing support to improve the quality of abortion services in a government clinic , Case study from Armenia

 M.Khachikyan,
 Armenia

• Young people advocating for access to abortion services, Case study from Ireland

M.Doherty,
 Ireland

Workshop J
(T) Room
Giralda I+II

14.00-15.30

Training / Education

Chairs: G. Halder, A. Templeton

• Undergraduate and postgraduate training of health care professionals in the UK

K.Guthrie, UK

• Training of abortion providers: how and when

V.Saporta, USA 

• Experiences from training in low resource settings

D.Hassoun, France

Workshop K
Room
Santa Cruz

14.00-15.30

Misoprostol:

Chairs: K. Gemzell, H. von Hertzen

• Missed and incomplete abortion

K.Gemzell, Sweden 

• Misoprostol alone regimens for early and late abortion

J.Carbonell, Spain 

• Cervical dilatation in non pregnant pre- and postmenopausal women

C.Fiala, Austria

Workshop L
Room
Nervión

14.00-15.30

Free communications

Chairs: L. Van Crombrugge,
S. Rowlands

• Home abortions implies radical changes for women

• Medical abortion: analysis of three marketing websites

• Unplanned pregnancy and abortion decision-making

• Teenagers' struggle with contraceptive use

• Why different intervention rates after online medical abortion

G.Kleiverda, Netherlands 

• Abortion stigma, conscientious objection women's rights: Brazil

15.30-16.00

Coffee

Plenary 5
(T) Room
Giralda I+II

16.00-17.30

Medical abortion

Chairs: E. Aubény, M. Bygdeman

• Medical abortion in a private practice: experiences from France

S.Gaudu,
France

• Medical abortion in adolescents

M.Niinimäki,
Finland

• Home-use of misoprostol in medical abortion up to 63 days gestation

H.Kopp Kallner,
Sweden

• Medical abortion via the internet

J.Kinga, Netherlands

Closing plenary
(T) Room
Giralda I+II

17.30-18.30

Closing session

Chairs; M. Parachini, C. Fiala

• How to move forward 

M.Berer , ICMA, UK

Å.Régner,
Sweden

A.Furedi, UK

• Closing Remarks

M.Parachini