Research Roundup

Double dosing UPA for EC not needed for BMI > 30, postpartum implant placement and milk supply, mifepristone to increase efficacy of medication management of EPL.

Clinical guidance on early pregnancy loss and SMA, safety of outpatient abortion for people with higher body weights, and how to document first-trimester ultrasound findings.

Clinical trial data on a new IUD, clinical guidance on self-managed abortion, the impact of the ACA on reproductive health, and CDC’s abortion surveillance data.

Intrauterine mepivacaine for IUD placement, the impact of abortion restrictions on medical training, pregnancy of unknown location and very early medication abortion, and navigating abortion misinformation

LNG-IUD and the risk of gynecologic and breast cancers, contraception and body weight, and preferred ways to get hormonal birth control.

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.

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.

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