Contraception
Opinion
Addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of trans and gender nonconforming patients
Understanding how trans or GNC patients have sex is essential to providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care.
Conference Coverage
Immediate postpartum LARC: ‘Agony and ecstasy’
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Dr. Eve Espey: Immediate postpartum LARC has the potential to be transformational – at least once reimbursement issues are...
Conference Coverage
2019 Update: Contraceptives and unintended pregnancy rates
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Unintended pregnancy rates are declining largely because of better and more contraceptive use,...
Conference Coverage
Liletta IUD efficacy extends to 6 years
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Nine pregnancies have occurred so far.
Feature
Courts temporarily block Title X changes
The Trump administration wants to restrict funding from clinics that provide abortion counseling or that refer patients for abortion services.
Feature
Supreme Court halts Louisiana abortion law from taking effect
Supreme Court justices temporarily barred a Louisiana law that would require stricter requirements for physicians who provide abortion care.
From the Journals
Delayed first contraception use raises unwanted pregnancy risk
Feature
Courts block Trump from eroding contraceptive mandate
Two federal judges have blocked the Trump administration from weakening the health care law’s contraceptive mandate.
News
FDA expands Essure’s postmarketing surveillance study
The study now will run for 5 years, and the cohort will be expanded to include any woman who receives the device before it’s pulled from U.S....
News from the FDA/CDC
Abortion measures continue to fall
The total number of abortions, along with the rate and ratio, declined steadily from 2006 to 2015.
From the Journals
Levonorgestrel implant right after delivery does not affect breastfeeding, infant growth
There were similar rates of infant growth in both groups at 6 months, and there were no significant between-group differences in time to...