Articles Tagged With: IUD
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Research Confirms the Value of Title X for Improving Contraception Access
Clients of Title X programs have greater access to a wide range of contraceptive methods, although reach has been limited by federal funding, state laws, and the Trump-era gag rule. A study revealed that people receiving contraception care from non-Title X clinics had lower proportions of receiving long-acting reversible contraception methods, nonoral hormonal methods, and extended supplies of oral contraceptives.
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State Laws and Court Decisions Bring More Uncertainty to Reproductive Health
In recent months, abortion-ban states have seen even more drastic bills and changes to their citizens’ reproductive health and lives. While abortion bans have closed clinics and prevented physicians from providing standard care to women experiencing pregnancy crises, the states have gone even further, now threatening contraceptives and fertility treatment.
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Confidential Contraception for Minors Is Harder to Obtain than Ever
About half of U.S. states do not allow minors to obtain contraception without parental approval. For adolescents and teens younger than age 18 years, their only confidential option is to visit a Title X clinic, where a federal ruling from decades ago gives them a right to contraception and privacy. But how does this work in practice? Researchers say that it does not work very well — and it is only getting worse.
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Health Department Increases IUD Provision at Clinics
Alabama has one of the highest proportions of pregnant people who do not want to be pregnant, many of whom are low-income and live in contraceptive deserts. A new study revealed that a public health commitment to providing intrauterine devices at Title X clinics helped increase access to long-acting reversible contraception across the state.
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The Pandemic Did Not Affect Single-Visit LARC Insertion
Adolescents who used public insurance and were seeing a non-OB/GYN provider had lower odds of a single-visit placement of long-acting reversible contraception, new research shows.
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Policy Changes Helped Increase LARC Use
National health statistics and new research point to increased interest in and use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). One in four women reported using LARC, according to the 2015-2019 National Survey of Family Growth.
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The Best Treatment for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
This randomized controlled trial among 62 individuals compared the 52-mg levonorgestrel intrauterine device to combined oral contraceptives for heavy menstrual bleeding and found that, in the intention-to-treat analyses, there was no significant difference in Menstrual Bleeding Questionnaire scores at six months or 12 months (mean difference, 2.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], -10.0, 5.0; and mean difference, -1.1; 95% CI, -8.7, 6.5, respectively).
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Patients May Desire Contraception Even When Ambivalent About Pregnancy Within a Year
Asking patients about their pregnancy intention might not be the best barometer for whether they want contraception. New research revealed that women who had not had sex with a man in the last month or longer, women who said they wanted to become pregnant in the next year, and women who were ambivalent about preventing pregnancy also said they wanted contraception now.
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The ACA’s Contraceptive Mandate Is Failing to Ensure Free Access to LARC
The Affordable Care Act mandates employers and payers to provide free contraception, including long-acting reversible contraception. But the authors of a new study found that the proportion of people paying $0 for most contraceptive methods declined between 2014 and 2020.
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ICAN! Project Improved Reproductive Care at Several Illinois FQHCs
Less access to traditional family planning clinics in many states has created a greater need for public and private primary care providers to offer comprehensive contraceptive care. Research into a demonstration project by the Illinois Contraceptive Access Now project found a 16% improvement in contraceptive care access after providers received training.