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Copper IUDs Can Be More Safely Removed by Slowing the Process
Researchers studied how to reduce the risk of breaking the intrauterine device during removal and found that slowing the removal process can help.
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Emergency Contraception Access in EDs Decreased by 96%
There are far fewer people visiting the emergency department for emergency contraception (EC) now when compared to 2006, before the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an over-the-counter EC pill, research shows.
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Abortion Bans Affect Sexual Assault Victims
New research shows that women who become pregnant from sexual assault are too often blocked from accessing abortion care by state laws that provide no exceptions for rape or by barriers set up in state abortion bans that do include a rape exception.
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Permanent Contraception Skyrocketed in Period Soon After the Supreme Court Decision
New research shows a large increase in the rate of permanent contraception procedures among young women in the period from June 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2023 — mostly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on June 24, 2022.
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Second Anniversary of Dobbs Decision Shows Vastly Different World for Pregnant Americans
The two years following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and women’s right to privacy in their most intimate healthcare decisions have created an entirely different landscape for people capable of pregnancy in America.
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Prenatal Patient-Centered Contraceptive Counseling Is Important
New research suggests that pregnant patients who are interested in permanent contraception are offered information and counseling on this option late in their pregnancy, making it less likely they will access that option.
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Adolescents Know More About Abortion Restrictions than Most Expect
Adolescents are fully aware and concerned about how abortion restrictions can affect them, and most use the internet and social media for information on abortion, new research shows.
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Medication Abortion Through Telehealth Is Safe, Effective, and Convenient
Researchers began studying the safety and effectiveness of telehealth medication abortions in 2021 and concluded in 2022 before the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The recently published results showed that telehealth medication abortions are safe, with outcomes of 99.8% without serious adverse events.
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OB/GYNs Experiencing High Levels of Moral Distress
An OB/GYN was asked by researchers how it felt to work in an abortion-ban state after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — the physician’s response was shocking. The OB/GYN said working in a war zone with actual risk to one’s life was not as distressing as working with patients in an abortion-ban state where the physician continually feared arrest or patient death.
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Telehealth Medication Abortion Remains Under Threat Even as Access Expands
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide the fate of the abortion medication mifepristone — a decision that could undermine access to the medication at a time when major pharmacies and retailers have begun to offer the pill. Abortion rights advocates, reproductive health clinicians, and others are bracing for a decision that could upend access to safe, legal self-managed abortions for most or all women in the nation.