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International Federation for Professionals in Abortion and Contraception (FIAPAC)
  1. Sam Rowlands1,
  2. Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson2,
  3. Elisabeth Aubény3,
  4. Christian Fiala4
  1. 1Honorary Associate Professor, Institute of Clinical Education, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
  2. 2Professor, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  3. 3Medical Gynaecologist, Paris, France
  4. 4Gynmed Ambulatorium, Vienna, Austria
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sam Rowlands, Institute of Clinical Education, Warwick Medical School, Gibbett Hill Campus, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; sam.rowlands{at}warwick.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2011-100191

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    What is FIAPAC?

    FIAPAC (Fédération Internationale des Associés Professionels de l’Avortement et de la Contraception) is an organisation, founded in 1997 and registered in France. We are now an international organisation, with over 270 members around the world. Our members come from a wide range of disciplines working in abortion care: counsellors, administrators, nurses, doctors, policymakers, researchers, women's groups, global leaders in reproductive health, lawyers and ethicists.

    How did you start?

    When the European Society of Contraception (ESC) was founded in 1988, its main emphasis was on contraception (now, as the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health, it does, however, have a somewhat broader remit). Consequently, those professionals working primarily in abortion care did not have their own forum. At a conference entitled ‘Abortion Matters’, held in Amsterdam in 1996, the need for such a forum was highlighted and it was resolved to form a new organisation – FIAPAC. The founding organisations were ANCIC (French), Beauhuis & Bloemenhoveklineik (Dutch), LUNA (Belgian), GACHEPA (Belgian) and Stimezo (Dutch). FIAPAC's first President was Dr Elisabeth Aubény, an internationally renowned Paris-based gynaecologist, well known for her work on mifepristone.

    How does FIAPAC work now?

    From 2002 to 2008, under the presidency of Dr Christian Fiala, FIAPAC experienced a significant transformation …

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    • Editor's note This article is one in a series of occasional articles on key health organisations worldwide. The Journal would be pleased to hear from other organisations, particularly those based outside the UK, which would like to be similarly profiled.