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Birth Control

Evidence-based resources on contraceptive methods, guidelines, and best practices

Latest Edition

Research roundup: February 2025 edition

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.
Research Roundup

Research roundup: September 2024 edition

Ongoing support for forgoing Rh testing in early pregnancy, medication abortion before six weeks, provider bias on contraceptive counseling adolescents, and local anesthesia before procedural abortion.
Research Roundup

Research roundup: August 2024 edition

U.S. MEC and U.S. SPR, standard dosing of UPA EC for people of all body sizes, birth control information on TikTok, and safety of medication abortion without screening ultrasound.
Birth Control

Health care providers and access to EC

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

Research roundup: July 2024 edition

Doctor-messengers are valuable communicators about abortion, impact of the shot on medication abortion efficacy, common misconceptions about IUDs, and precoital EC.
Research Roundup

Research roundup: May 2024 edition

Patient characteristics of IUD placement under sedation, two studies on EC efficacy, substance use and anxiety among patients seeking an abortion, and genital herpes prevalence.
Research Roundup

Research roundup: January 2024 edition

Young people’s concerns about birth control and fertility, expanding EPT and PrEP in the ED, spike in EC demand around the New Year, and abortion decision making.
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