Contraceptive Technology Update
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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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Patients with HIV Support Clinic-Based Contraceptive Care by Pharmacists
New research shows that women with HIV infection and who happen to be high users of contraception support receiving contraception prescriptions from pharmacists.
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Patients with Kidney Disease Need Better Contraception Access, Information
People with chronic kidney disease often lack adequate contraception counseling, care coordination, and access to a full range of contraceptives, new research suggests. Patients also report emotional challenges surrounding reproductive health.
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Fetal Personhood Laws Give Zygotes the Same Rights as Pregnant Women
Laws based on the concept of fetal personhood are creating a catch-22 for women who experience pregnancy crises or whom health system staff suspect of having engaged in wrongdoing.
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Lawsuits Filed to Restore Women’s Reproductive Rights
South Carolina, Texas, and other states have consistently targeted Planned Parenthood clinics with lawsuits that fail and then are appealed repeatedly.
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A Partial List of 2023 Lawsuits on Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Reproductive rights attorneys were busy in 2023 and are continuing the legal fight in 2024.
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Ever-Changing Legal Landscape Leaves Providers, Women, and Lawyers on Edge
Reproductive health lawyers nationwide are trying to help women maintain access to abortion and contraception, but the appeals and lawsuits are unending. Lawyers committed to reproductive health causes have filed lawsuits to maintain people’s access to contraception, reproductive healthcare, and abortion care.
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Study: Pharmacist Prescribing of Contraceptives Not Working as Well as Intended
Although 20 states have passed policies to allow pharmacists to prescribe short-acting hormonal contraception, these services are not used much, new research suggests.
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Society of Family Planning Issues Clinical Recommendation for Medication Abortion
As maternity and OB/GYN deserts spread across the United States, medication abortion to expel the fetus and placenta from the uterus without a surgical procedure is possible and can work safely and well between 14 weeks and nearly 28 weeks of gestation. There are few absolute contraindications to medication abortion from 14 to 27 weeks of gestation, according to the Society of Family Planning and Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s new clinical recommendation.