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In 2019, ANSIRH documented 43 abortion depictions on television—more than they’ve seen in any previous year.

Choosing a birth control method can be complex, since most people have more than 10 methods that are medically appropriate. In order to promote a shared decision-making approach to contraceptive counseling and improve patient experiences selecting a birth control method, the Person-Centered Reproductive Health Care Program (PCRHP) created a decision support tool called My Birth Control, and tested its impact on both patients and providers.

Kelsey Holt of the Person-Centered Reproductive Health Program argues that focusing on family planning as a solution distracts from the fundamental causes of climate change and threatens reproductive autonomy.

Using information from North Carolina Women’s Hospital, Bixby member Dr. Ifeyinwa Asiodu and colleagues at the University of North Carolina, led by Dr. Jasmine Johnson, published the first study to explore whether a similar health inequity exists for pain treatment after cesarean birth.

Patience Afulani and Rebecca Griffin write about the importance of improving prenatal care in Kenya—both the services women receive and their experience of person-centered care.

New Bixby Center research aims to understand community-level factors associated with the substantial decline in adolescent births in California from 2000-2014.

ANSIRH researchers examined medical and midwifery students’ attitudes toward providing abortion care soon after abortion was decriminalized.

HIVE and colleagues offer ways to support transgender and gender-diverse patients in having a positive and gender-affirming experience before, during and after pregnancy.

New research from ANSIRH explores the accuracy and completeness of information about miscarriage on popular health websites.