Articles Tagged With: Contraception
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Clinicians Increasingly Face Legal Barriers to Prescribing Abortion Medication
Both the war on drugs and anti-abortion laws facilitate economic exploitation of marginalized communities, and healthcare providers also are at risk of legal repercussions and/or of having their patients’ medical data used to support criminal investigations, a new paper says.
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Counseling About Postpartum Contraception Can Be Improved
New research suggests clinicians can do a better job of counseling patients on the risks and benefits of postpartum contraception, including permanent contraception procedures. One paper finds that postpartum decision-making is an ongoing process, and providers can support mothers’ individual preferences and personal factors related to social, economic, and historical forces that affect their decision-making.
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Family Planning Clinicians Say Dobbs Decision Affected Their Work
A qualitative, interview-based study shows that family planning clinicians across the United States say their work was affected by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case.
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Cancer Survivors and Patients Need Individualized Contraceptive Counseling
Clinicians increasingly are gearing their contraceptive counseling to the specific needs and desires of each patient. Cancer patients and survivors need person-centered contraceptive counseling that is geared toward their bodies and circumstances.
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Ensuring Sexual Health Education Addresses Patient Needs
Clinicians can help make sure patients have the information they need about sexual health and contraception.
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Steps Clinicians Can Take to Improve Contraception Options for Patients
The important thing is to ensure patient autonomy in selecting a method that works best for them — even when contraception options are limited. Clinicians also can help patients obtain their desired method of birth control.
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Physicians Could Prescribe Period Pills to Patients Who Are Late But Not Tested
Period pills could become a more popular contraceptive option in the future as clinicians and women explore new ways to maintain reproductive autonomy.
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Maternal Deaths, Illness Rise in Some States as Policy Changes Affect Reproductive Care Access
New research shows that more pregnancy-capable people in the United States could have difficulty accessing contraceptives. Also, maternal deaths and morbidity are rising and could continue to rise because of additional policy changes.
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Research Examines Which Patients Discontinue IUDs in Pre- and Post-Dobbs Eras
Intrauterine devices have become more popular in the United States. Researchers have found that intrauterine device removals also have changed since Dobbs, with removals decreasing significantly between the time periods 2017-2019 and 2022-2023.
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Vasectomy Follow-Up Rates: How Good Are They?
In this retrospective cohort study of 2,567 patients at a single institution, 42.1% of men did not follow up at all after vasectomy for semen analysis. Of those with spermatozoa on the initial testing post-vasectomy, 43.3% of men failed to return for repeat testing.