Articles Tagged With: Contraception
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Black Women Often Have Fewer Reproductive Health Options
For Black women, the concept of reproductive choice is a privilege they often lack, according to research on abortion in the context of structural racism and reproductive injustice.
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Immigrants Face Language Barriers and Other Challenges to Reproductive Health Access
More than 22 million non-citizens live in the United States — about 7% of the total U.S. population. Many do not have access to healthcare, including reproductive services. Immigrants — including refugees, those with permanent residency, and those who are undocumented — face additional challenges and barriers to reproductive care.
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IUD Perforations Are Rare, but Risk Is Slightly Higher for Nursing Mothers
New research shows that perforation from IUDs is incredibly rare, although the risk is slightly higher with breastfeeding at the time of insertion. Overall, the rate of any perforation was fewer than two per 1,000 person-years.
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Permanent Contraception: How Effective Is it, Really?
In this retrospective cohort study using Medicaid claims data from 2008-2014 in California, the rate of pregnancy was 4.74% after hysteroscopic sterilization among 5,906 women and 5.57% after laparoscopic sterilization among 23,965 women. These rates are higher than reported previously.
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Biden Signs Executive Order Protecting Reproductive Rights
Action aims to protect access to healthcare services, patient privacy.
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Contraception for Patients with Disabilities
Contraception is an important part of healthcare for patients with disabilities, whether physical or intellectual. In 2018, investigators analyzed 2011-2015 survey data from the National Survey of Family Growth to estimate the use of contraception among women by disability status. These data show that individuals with disabilities may be treated differently than those without disabilities in terms of contraceptive care.
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Obesity and Time to Pregnancy Among Those Discontinuing Contraception
Among people discontinuing contraception to try to become pregnant, those who were obese had a longer time to pregnancy compared to those who were underweight or optimal weight.
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Abortion Resources for Patients with Financial and Other Barriers
The following is a list of some nonprofit funds and resources available to pregnant people who live in abortion-ban states and are seeking abortion care that they cannot afford.
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Planned Parenthood Prepares for Abortion Bans, Capacity Increases
Contraceptive Technology Update asked Danika Severino Wynn, CNM, vice president of abortion access at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, how the organization is handling the biggest threat to abortion rights in five decades.
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What Can OB/GYNs Do to Protect Patients — and Themselves?
Faced with new and unprecedented laws banning abortion, physicians need to learn all they can about their states’ laws.