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Mar 26
COVID-19 is putting a strain on the entire health system, requiring clinicians to step into difficult roles and take on risks they may not have been expecting. To all health care workers out there, we stand with you and are grateful for the tireless work you are putting in to help end this pandemic. We…
Feb 18
Contraceptive counseling is an art. We adapt and improve as we learn from our patients and our colleagues. The SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective defines reproductive justice as the “human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.” The United States…
Jan 23
A 2019 policy resolution that calls for the AAFP to advocate for policies supporting the enforcement of legislation that supports the ability of working mothers to breastfeed and to advocate for additional legislation that supports the ability of working mothers to breastfeed.
The resolution was not adopted by the 2019 Congress of Delegates
Jan 23
A 2019 policy resolution that calls for the AAFP to oppose any law which would criminalize physicians for providing abortion care and to issue a position paper criminalizing physicians for providing abortion care.
The resolution was reaffirmed as current policy by the 2019 Congress of Delegates.
Jan 23
A 2019 policy resolution that calls for the AAFP to publicly oppose any law which would criminalize physicians for providing abortion care.
The resolution was reaffirmed as current policy by the 2019 Congress of Delegates.
Jan 23
A 2019 policy resolution that calls for the AAFP to affirm the legality of Roe v. Wade, support the right of family physicians to provide abortion care in the primary care setting, and participate in position papers to defend access to safe and legal abortion services across the U.S.
The resolution was reaffirmed as current policy by the 2019 Congress of Delegates.
Jan 23
A 2019 policy resolution that calls for the AAFP to support all clinicians who are trained in providing medication and first-trimester aspiration abortions.
A substitute resolution was adopted by the 2019 Congress of Delegates.
Jan 23
A 2019 policy resolution that calls for the AAFP to support the safety and efficacy of mifepristone as the most evidence-based care for medical management of early pregnancy loss and to reaffirm its efforts to overturn restrictions on the prescribing of Mifepristone, especially considering data supporting its use in early pregnancy loss.
A substitute resolution was adopted by the 2019 Congress of Delegates.
Jan 23
A 2019 policy resolution that calls for the AAFP to support ensuring coverage of all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and products as well as voluntary sterilization procedures by private and public entities as part of a minimum benefits plan. The resolution was reaffirmed as current policy by the 2019 Congress of Delegates.
Jan 21
IUDs are typically removed by clinicians during a pelvic exam in the office. There can be numerous barriers to this arrangement, such as difficulty scheduling an appointment, concern about appointment cost, and clinician refusal of patient’s request for removal. Unsurprisingly, these barriers can raise patients’ concerns about ability to retain control over their own reproductive…