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Clinical scenario: Emergency contraception (EC) for transgender or gender nonbinary (TGNB) patients

Birth Control Methods

2024 Updates to the U.S. SPR and U.S. MEC

New and updated guidance on the initiation and management of contraception, including pain management options for IUD placement, support for DMPA-SQ, and new conditions and methods added.

Birth Control

Health care providers and access to EC

How health care providers can support improved access to this important birth control method.

Birth Control

Can EC pills be used multiple times in the same cycle?

Answers for providers to the most frequently asked questions about repeated EC doses.

Birth Control

Talking about OTC EC’s new label

What providers need to know about the December 2022 updates to levonorgestrel emergency contraception (LNG-EC) labeling.

Birth Control

Talking about EC

Dispelling misinformation about EC with your patients.

Birth Control

Backing up a new birth control method

When providers need to recommend a backup method after starting a new method, and when you don’t.

Emergency Contraception

How to answer FAQs about the difference between emergency contraception and the abortion pill

What providers need to know about how these pills work and when to use them

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