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Feb 14
Valentine’s Day isn’t the only reason to to celebrate February 14th – it is also Condom Day! Celebrated in multiple countries around the world, Condom Day falls on Valentine’s Day as an ideal opportunity to promote healthy relationships and to remind people about the risks of STIs and unplanned pregnancies. Condom Day is a timely…
Nov 23
Linda Prine MD, Natalie Hinchcliffe DO, Shauna Gallagher MD How many times have we heard the refrain: “We don’t need to do abortions in our family medicine practice, we have a XXX (fill in the blank with the name of your local abortion care clinic) in town.”? Too many times. Comments like these reflect…
Sep 28
Starting next year, Oregon and California will be the first two states in the nation to offer birth control without a prescription. Women living in these states will be able to purchase birth control at the pharmacy after undergoing a short health screening performed by their pharmacist. The laws differ somewhat in the two states.…
Mar 24
99% of sexually active American women will use contraception in their lifetime. As key providers of primary care to women and families across the country, family physicians need to be able to provide evidence-based, patient-centered contraceptive care. In 2014 the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education recognized the importance of family planning as a part…
Jul 02
The development of safe, effective contraception is widely considered to be one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. Contraception reduces unintended pregnancy, improves birth outcomes, reduces maternal death and has been correlated with improved health and economic benefits for families and communities. Worldwide, contraception is considered basic health care and access…
Jul 01
I’m a pro-choice nurse practitioner and I am the only medical provider in the only clinic serving a community in the rural South. My clinic is run by a Catholic hospital. I want to share my story for a couple of reasons. One, I hope that other folks out there in similar situations (I know…
Apr 30
The concept of cervical barriers has been around for a long, long time. Some of these (pretty creative) objects have included partially squeezed lemon halves, oiled paper disks, algae and seaweed, sponges, and even balls of opium, just to name a few. However, the first official cervical barrier was invented by German gynecologist Friedrich Wilde,…
Mar 20
We’ve just released two new birth control fact sheets covering Natural Family Planning and Permanent Birth Control (Sterilization). The Natural Family Planning (NFP) fact sheet lays out seven common methods of natural family planning, and compares them by efficacy. The sheet explains how each NFP method works and lists common pros and cons. The Permanent Birth Control…
Dec 11
Apparently IUD users love their IUD so much they can’t help themselves from spreading the word about how great a contraceptive option it is. New York Magazine is calling this phenomena “IUD Evangelism.” Why is getting an IUD an almost spiritual experience? “..learning about the IUD is like discovering that some benevolent God has been listening to…
Nov 29
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Reproductive Health Access Project friend and supporter, Mary Joan Murphy, recently published an article blasting common contraception myths in Advance for Nurses. The article was written with help from RHAP’s education director Dr. Ruth Lesnewski and RHAP’s board president Barbara Kancelbaum. In the article, Mary Joan highlights the role nurses can…