Contraception
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Mental Health Screening Needed for Optimal Contraceptive Counseling
Mental health conditions are common among people of reproductive age. Still, both physicians and patients may have misconceptions about using hormonal contraception if patients are diagnosed with depression or other mental health issues. New research suggests that barriers to effective contraceptive use should be addressed, and clinicians need to dispel myths about the negative psychiatric impacts of hormonal contraceptives.
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Health Department Increases IUD Provision at Clinics
Alabama has one of the highest proportions of pregnant people who do not want to be pregnant, many of whom are low-income and live in contraceptive deserts. A new study revealed that a public health commitment to providing intrauterine devices at Title X clinics helped increase access to long-acting reversible contraception across the state.
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The Pandemic Did Not Affect Single-Visit LARC Insertion
Adolescents who used public insurance and were seeing a non-OB/GYN provider had lower odds of a single-visit placement of long-acting reversible contraception, new research shows.
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Policy Changes Helped Increase LARC Use
National health statistics and new research point to increased interest in and use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). One in four women reported using LARC, according to the 2015-2019 National Survey of Family Growth.
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Patients with HIV Support Clinic-Based Contraceptive Care by Pharmacists
New research shows that women with HIV infection and who happen to be high users of contraception support receiving contraception prescriptions from pharmacists.
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Patients with Kidney Disease Need Better Contraception Access, Information
People with chronic kidney disease often lack adequate contraception counseling, care coordination, and access to a full range of contraceptives, new research suggests. Patients also report emotional challenges surrounding reproductive health.
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Fetal Personhood Laws Give Zygotes the Same Rights as Pregnant Women
Laws based on the concept of fetal personhood are creating a catch-22 for women who experience pregnancy crises or whom health system staff suspect of having engaged in wrongdoing.
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Lawsuits Filed to Restore Women’s Reproductive Rights
South Carolina, Texas, and other states have consistently targeted Planned Parenthood clinics with lawsuits that fail and then are appealed repeatedly.
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A Partial List of 2023 Lawsuits on Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Reproductive rights attorneys were busy in 2023 and are continuing the legal fight in 2024.
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Ever-Changing Legal Landscape Leaves Providers, Women, and Lawyers on Edge
Reproductive health lawyers nationwide are trying to help women maintain access to abortion and contraception, but the appeals and lawsuits are unending. Lawyers committed to reproductive health causes have filed lawsuits to maintain people’s access to contraception, reproductive healthcare, and abortion care.