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Rates of teen pregnancies and abortions have plunged in Colorado thanks to a six-year program that distributed free LARCs -- long-acting reversible contraceptives -- to teens and young women.

Patient choice, contraceptive effectiveness, and medical eligibility all need to be incorporated into the contraceptive counseling for reproductive-age women who have cancer or are in remission.

A single half-day training that teaches medical clinics how to provide better birth control can radically improve outcomes for patients, cutting unplanned pregnancies by half according to research published in the prestigious medical journal, the Lancet.

Providing health workers with training on how to educate young women about intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants reduced the rate of unintended pregnancy by almost half in a study of women seeking family planning services.

Women are more likely to choose to get IUDs and other highly effective contraceptives at family planning clinics if the clinicians there have been educated about these methods, according to a new study.

Researchers assessed an intervention to increase access to long-acting, reversible contraceptives (LARCs) among women. From 2011-2013, 20 reproductive health clinics were randomly assigned to receive evidence-based training on providing counseling and insertion of intrauterine devices (IUDs) or progestin implants.

Study shows that if healthcare providers are educated about LARCs, they're more likely to tell patients about them.

Young women who talk with a doctor about long-term contraception may have fewer unintended pregnancies, a new study suggests.

Young women who talk with a doctor about long-term contraception may have fewer unintended pregnancies, a new study suggests.

Counseling clients at family planning clinics about the proven effectiveness of contraceptive methods results in more clients choosing more effective methods, and in turn, reducing unintended pregnancy.