Young Adults

New study highlights how providers and parents can improve reproductive well-being with trusted information.

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

OTC birth control pill self-selection, adherence, and interest; IUD expulsion risks; and IUD and implant side effects.

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.

Pain management during procedural abortion, serum etonogestrel levels not associated with mood changes during implant use, and clinical considerations when patients are traveling for abortion care.

COX-2 inhibitor demonstrates potential in increasing efficacy of OTC LNG-EC pills; updated systematic review and meta-analysis supporting the effectiveness and safety of misoprostol-alone for medication abortion; support needs of adolescents and young adult abortion seekers; and more!

Continued support for misoprostol-only regimens for medication abortion and self-managed abortion between nine and 16 weeks gestation, the use of home pregnancy tests for follow-up care after a telehealth medication abortion, where adolescents and young adults go online to get abortion information, and disparities in recommended retesting for women with trichomonas vaginalis infections.

Men’s willingness to use novel birth control, characteristics of patients seeking telehealth medication abortion care, mifepristone as a potential treatment for adenomyosis, and the impact of the pill on adolescent bone health.