Study	Reason for exclusion
Ayudhaya 2006	Included women 7 to 12 weeks' gestation with early pregnancy failure.
Biswas 2007	Recruited women requesting abortion; no indication that involved women with fetal death or termination for fetal anomalies.
El‐Refaey 1995	Recruited women requesting social termination of pregnancy.
Eng 1997	Quasi‐randomisation using odd/even number allocation.
Gonzalez 2001	All women received misoprostol to effect termination of pregnancy. Randomisation was to administration of medication in an inpatient or outpatient setting.
Guix 2005	Randomised women undergoing termination of pregnancy for 'social' indications.
Herabutya 2001	Quasi‐randomisation using odd/even number allocation.
Marquette 2005	57% of women recruited to the study were requesting termination for unplanned pregnancy or social indications.
Nigam 2006	Recruited women requesting abortion; no indication that involved women with fetal death or termination for fetal anomalies.
Saha 2006	Recruited women requesting abortion; no indication that involved women with fetal death or termination for fetal anomalies.
Yapar 1996	Quasi‐randomisation methods; more than 15% post‐randomisation exclusions.