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Feature: Sex Ed Programs & Clinical Services Awareness

July 12, 2023
Providing accurate information to adolescents about local sexual and reproductive health services can increase awareness, reduce misconceptions, and may help them use the services.

Decreasing egg donors’ risk for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

July 05, 2023
Donated eggs are used in roughly 12% of assisted reproductive technology cycles performed in the US, yet we have little information on the immediate health outcomes for egg donors. With growing demand for donor eggs, it’s crucial to learn more about donor experiences and outcomes.

Announcing season 4 of Coming Together for Sexual Health

June 28, 2023
Season 4 of Coming Together for Sexual Health, a podcast out of the California Prevention Training Center, has begun! Season 4 will include three mini-series. Their first mini-series is on harm reduction and sexual health, then family planning and reproductive justice, and third, pleasure.  

How Anti-‘Abortion Trafficking’ Laws Actually *Harm* Youth Trafficking Survivors

Ms. Magazine | June 16, 2023
Aisha Mays and Subasri Narasimhan write that legislators attempting to block minors from accessing abortion care harm young people, including sexually exploited youth. 

Family physicians agree abortion care aligns with the values of family medicine

June 15, 2023
Unlike other specialties defined by a focus on organ systems or other areas of expertise, family medicine is defined by core values of caring for the whole person and adapting to evolving needs of patients and communities. While many family physicians believe abortion is within their scope, the...

Young people who face structural inequities are less likely to use their preferred method of contraception

June 01, 2023
New research, using data from Beyond the Pill’s ongoing randomized control trial in community colleges, found that young people facing structural inequities face greater barriers to using their preferred contraceptive method.

How post-Roe laws are obstructing clinical care

May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023 A new report from Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health and TxPEP presents the preliminary findings of the Care Post-Roe Study. The report shows how health care providers have been unable to provide the standard of care in states with abortion bans since the Supreme Court...

Resource: Contraceptive counseling scale measures patient experience

May 17, 2023
The Quality of Contraceptive Counseling (QCC) Scale is now available to download and use in your contraceptive care research and programming.

Ob-gyn residents value working with underserved communities, yet those communities still lack providers

May 05, 2023
May 5, 2023 A workforce report from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists highlighted the lack of obstetricians and gynecologists in underserved rural and urban communities. They predicted increasing disparities in access to care if that trend continues. A new research letter...

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