This fact sheet explains how to use medication (mifepristone and misoprostol) for miscarriage (early pregnancy loss) with simple-to-follow steps and illustrations. Spanish: Updated 2024
Written by Meghan Hynes This Pearl is the third part of a three-part String of Pearls series that examines the effects of different substances on fetal development and recommends harm reduction strategies to reduce risks involved with substance use during pregnancy. You can read the first two parts on our website. Electronic cigarettes and marijuana…
This curriculum provides new staff to the provision of abortion care an opportunity to assess their attitudes and beliefs regarding the issues surrounding abortion.
Written by Rachel Chisausky, DO Missed-period pills are a new take on the age-old practice of “bringing down” a late period. Menstrual regulation (MR), or the use of a variety of methods to “establish nonpregnancy after a missed period,” was traditionally the purview of midwives, and was generally accepted until “quickening.”* Later, the self-help movement…
Written by Meghan Hynes This Pearl is the second part of a three-part String of Pearls series that examines the effects of different substances on fetal development and recommends harm reduction strategies to reduce risks involved with substance use during pregnancy. You can read the first part on our website. Numerous factors over recent years…
The Birth Control Pharmacist website is a hub for training programs, clinical resources, and implementation support for pharmacists prescribing contraceptives. Birth Control Pharmacist provides education and training, implementation assistance, resources, and clinical updates to pharmacists prescribing contraception and key stakeholders, as well as leading and stimulating advocacy, research, and policy efforts to expand the role…
This guide provides illustrations and descriptions of different options for pelvic exams. This resource was informed by Table Manners: A Guide to the Pelvic Examination for Disabled Women and Health Care Providers and conversations with disability justice advocates. Illustrations for this resource were created by Rachel Litchman.
Written by Sally Rafie, PharmD, BCPS, APh, FCCP, FCPhA Primary care clinicians can prescribe mifepristone and misoprostol to be dispensed by a pharmacy as a means to increase access to medication abortion. Patients can fill the prescriptions at a certified brick-and-mortar or mail-order pharmacy of their choice. In January 2023, pharmacies were granted the ability…