Contraceptive Technology Update – March 1, 2025

Contraceptives Can Be Used to Prevent Cancer, Help with Multiple Medical Conditions

Contraceptives can help patients who are experiencing other conditions, including menstrual pain, endometriosis, heavy menstrual bleeding, menopause, and disabilities.

Pharmacists Increasingly Prescribe Hormonal Contraception

Increasing evidence shows that pharmacists are capable of prescribing hormonal contraception and even prescribing abortion medication in states with laws protecting women’s access to abortion care.

Abortion Training Increasingly Affected by Dobbs Decision

OB/GYN abortion training programs have been negatively affected by logistical and financial burdens in the nearly three years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and universal abortion access rights with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022.

Vaccine Hesitancy Could Dampen Enthusiasm for Vaccines to Combat STIs

While the sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention world’s research pipeline contains new vaccines to fight major STIs — a potentially exciting development — there also is concern about growing vaccine hesitancy and misinformation in the United States.

Self-Testing for STIs Can Help Improve Access and Reduce Outbreaks

The increasing cases of syphilis, congenital syphilis, and some other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the post-pandemic era suggest clinicians and public health departments need additional strategies and tools to combat the problem.