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Review of evidence-based, person-centered strategies for improving patient comfort during IUD placements, from paracervical blocks to non-medication supports

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.

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.

What providers need to know for counseling patients and managing their pain during IUD insertion.

Trends in bHCG levels after medication abortion, a novel implant removal device, trends in IUD self-removal during the COVID-19 pandemic, and support for the patient-centeredness of telehealth birth control and abortion care.

Intracervical block vs naproxen for pain during IUD insertion, IUD use in transgender and gender-diverse individuals, self-administration of the Depo shot, and more.

Society of Family Planning’s clinical recommendations for contraceptive counseling for transgender and gender-expansive patients, the positive effect of levonorgestrel IUDs on female sexual function, barriers to abortion care within religious hospital systems, and more.