Ghana

Access to abortion is a fundamental human right and a basic healthcare. If you live in a country where access to abortion is restricted, you can get abortion pills through Women on Web.

Abortion on request is not authorized. It is permitted up to 28 weeks in cases of fetal impairment, rape, incest, if the pregnancy endangers the woman or person's life or their physical or mental health or if the pregnancy is product of defilement of a female idiot.

Penal law criminalizes women and pregnant people for doing an abortion outside of the legal conditions specified in the law. Abortion providers and any people assisting may be criminalized for an abortion outside of the legal conditions specified in the law.

Medical practitioners and providers have the right to refuse abortion services based on personal beliefs. However, medical practitioners and providers are obligated to refer individuals to another provider if they refuse service. No provider has the right to refuse to perform an abortion procedure that is needed to preserve a woman's health or life. No provider may refuse if the client is below 18 years of age.

Mifepristone is officially registered by the country’s pharmaceutical authority.

There is currently no data available on whether or not a prescription is needed to get Mifepristone.

There is no data on regulations around the distribution of Mifepristone available.

Misoprostol is officially registered by the country’s pharmaceutical authority.

It is registered for gynecological indications (such as birth, miscarriage treatment or abortion care etc.)

There is currently no data available on whether or not a prescription is needed to get Misoprostol.

There is no data on regulations around the distribution of Misoprostol available.

These are brand names under which Mifepristone, Misoprostol or Combi Packs (that contain both abortion pills Mifepristone and Misoprostol) are officially distributed and/or commonly found in the country.

Mifepristone:
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Misoprostol:
Cytotec, 200mcg,
Misoclear, 200mcg
Miso-200, 200mcg

Combipack:
Medabon; 1xMifepristone 200mg, 4xMisoprostol 200mcg
MM Combikit
Mifabon
Mariprist

Safety notice: There are pills that contain a combination of Misoprostol and the painkiller Diclofenac. While manufactured for a different purpose they can still be used for abortion. Please find more info in our FAQ to avoid overdosing the Diclofenac.

These are comments about the estimated cost of abortion pills in your country.

1. The cost ranges from 250 to 350 Ghana Cedis.(safe2choose)
2. The price of medical abortion pills is around GHS50 -GHS150 (howtouseabortionpills)
3. GHS 400 (Abass Hamza (Ph.D), HACEP-Ghana-Tamale, November 2022)

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1. "There are so many unapproved Combipacks in Ghana sold in pharmacies and over-the-counter medicine stores. Currently there is no national delivery plan and its in the black market. We conducted a short study in 2021 among girls and women who have used any of the fake combi-packs and found out that 85% of the total number of 250 respondents had severe bleeding leading to critical complication of incomplete abortion that needed emergency hospital care in the end to wash the womb through surgical interventions. The results are even worse in the Northern regions of Ghana where literacy levels are low and relevant information about abortion is lacking." - Abass Hamza (Ph.D), HACEP-Ghana-Tamale, November 2022