This publication describes the provision of early pregnancy loss (EPL) management and factors that inhibit or enable providing this care among family physicians trained in early abortion during residency. EPL is a common experience. Treatment options include expectant management, medication, and uterine aspiration. Although family physicians can offer comprehensive EPL treatment in their office-based settings,…
This job aid by the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning serves as a guide for clinicians performing physical examinations in sexual and reproductive health settings. In addition to defining trauma and trauma-informed care (TIC), this guide offers a roadmap to providing TIC before, during, and after a physical exam with action steps and sample phrases. A self-assessment checklist is available at the end of this guide.
This brief report describes the provision of early pregnancy loss (EPL) management in New York State Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and barriers to providing this care. Office-based early pregnancy loss (EPL) care is safe and suitable to FQHCs, yet the prevalence of provision in FQHCs is unknown. We found that few New York FQHCs…
The National Advocates for Pregnant Women designed this guide to educate and provide practical tools for law enforcement, defense attorneys, child welfare workers, healthcare providers, medical examiners, and legislators about the power they have to stop the criminalization of pregnancy.
If/When/How and Physicians for Reproductive Health created this one-pager for people experiencing or have experienced a first-trimester miscarriage or abortion and are wondering about what is safe to share with a clinician.
This patient fact sheet explains medication treatment (using misoprostol-only) and aftercare instructions for early pregnancy loss (miscarriage) and answers frequently asked patient questions.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, medical providers in states where abortion is banned or severely restricted have struggled to understand how state laws apply to them and their patients. This resource from the Abortion Defense Network aims to provide clarification, where possible, of what conduct is permitted in the states where the…
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