Contraceptive Technology Update – June 1, 2025

Medical Students Need More Training About Benefits of Birth Control Hormones

For medical students — in any discipline — to provide optimal care to women, they need to learn more about contraception, postpartum care, intimate partner violence, and sexual and reproductive health.

Help Reduce Gender-Related Distress for Patients in Reproductive Healthcare

The challenge for reproductive healthcare providers is meeting the needs of transgender and nonbinary patients in a way that reduces their gender-related distress.

Patients Who Perceive Contraceptive Coercion Report Psychological Distress

When patients perceive contraception coercion from their providers, they are less likely to eventually receive their preferred contraceptive method and also may report higher levels of psychological stress, new research shows.

High School Students Vary in Reporting Contraception Use

A new study using self-reported data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that overall use of reliable contraceptives by sexually active U.S. female high school students was low.

Immediate Postpartum LARC Is Challenging, Especially in Rural Areas

Rural patients were less likely to have access to immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) even six years after Pennsylvania Medicaid changed policy to provide a way for providers to receive fair reimbursement for the procedure, new research finds.

Effects of Federal Cuts to STI Programs Could Be Significant

Some sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have risen dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic. But the hope was that public health clinics’ increased screening and treatment and public awareness campaigns eventually would lead to a decrease in STIs.

Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections Has Just Gotten Much Harder

The national sexually transmitted infections (STIs) lab that was recently closed by the federal government had been working on drug-resistant gonorrhea, collecting samples, developing new laboratory diagnostic tests, and monitoring antimicrobial resistance.