Mar 21
Elena’s Aspiration Abortion Zine
Elena’s Aspiration Abortion is a zine that walks through one person’s experience with abortion options counseling and having a manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) in primary care, with their usual clinician.
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Mar 15
Contraceptive Pearl: Hormonal Birth Control & Weight Gain
Do hormonal contraceptives cause weight gain? One survey of American women indicated that concern about weight gain was the most common single reason for discontinuing combined OCPs.
Mar 09
Mifepristone Medication Guide
Here you can link to the required medication guide that clinicians need to use when providing medication abortion using mifepristone.
Feb 15
Contraceptive Pearl: Vasectomy Reversal
Written by Deyang Nyandak, MD. Vasectomy is a safe and effective permanent birth control method. Six to eight percent of married couples in the world rely on this method¹. Compared to vasectomy, tubal ligation has 20 times the risk of major complications and three times the cost². Some patients regret vasectomy and wish to conceive. People…
Feb 01
Protocol for Medication Abortion Using Methotrexate and Misoprostol
IBIS Reproductive Health website contains detailed clinical protocols for providing medication abortion using methotrexate and misoprostol.
Jan 20
LARC: Advanced
This presentation helps audiences anticipate and manage difficulties with LARC insertion and removals.
Jan 19
Well-Person Exam: Rethinking the Check Up
This presentation is a teaching tool that was created for a clinical audience to cover best practices for a well-person exam in order to promote health, identify risk factors and detect disease.
Jan 18
Contraceptive Pearl: Special Considerations for People with Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Written by Sheila Attaie, D.O. Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a treatable chronic illness. People with SUD have higher rates of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, infertility, and mortality related to pregnancy; and lower rates of contraceptive use¹. People with SUD face profound stigma, barriers to care, and even criminalization when interfacing with the medical industrial complex.…
Dec 21
Resources for Abortion Delivery (RAD)
RAD provides free legal compliance advice to eligible abortion providers in all U.S. states and territories through their Regulatory Assistance for Abortion Providers (RAAP) program on how to navigate restrictions and reduce the negative impacts of anti-abortion laws. Experts can help with questions about establishing or expanding services, complying with abortion-specific state laws, preparing for…
Dec 21
Contraceptive Pearl: Does Your Patient Need Backup Contraception After Progestin IUD Placement?
Written by Hannah Rosenfield, M.D. In the past, we suggested backup contraception for 1 week after insertion of a progestin IUD. Is this still necessary? A recent study examined one-month pregnancy rates among individuals who had an IUD placed as emergency contraception and reported intercourse within 7 days post-placement. This analysis included 268 participants who…