Aug 22
Progestin-Only Pill (POP) User Guide
Explains the basics of how to use the progestin-only pill.
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Aug 21
How To Use Misoprostol Pills For Miscarriage (Early Pregnancy Loss) Fact Sheet
This fact sheet explains how to use medication (misoprostol only) for miscarriage (early pregnancy loss) with simple-to-follow steps and illustrations. Spanish: Updated 2024
Aug 21
How To Use Mifepristone and Misoprostol Pills For Miscarriage (Early Pregnancy Loss) Fact Sheet
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
Aug 20
Contraceptive Pearl: Marijuana, E-Cigarettes, and Pregnancy
Written by Meghan Hynes This Pearl is the third part of a three-part String of Pearls series that examines the effects of different substances on fetal development and recommends harm reduction strategies to reduce risks involved with substance use during pregnancy. You can read the first two parts on our website. Electronic cigarettes and marijuana…
Jul 30
FAQs On Integrating Abortion Into Community Health Centers
Addresses frequent staff questions and concerns when starting the process of integrating abortion into a community health care setting.
Jul 23
Insights: Period Pills
Written by Rachel Chisausky, DO Missed-period pills are a new take on the age-old practice of “bringing down” a late period. Menstrual regulation (MR), or the use of a variety of methods to “establish nonpregnancy after a missed period,” was traditionally the purview of midwives, and was generally accepted until “quickening.”* Later, the self-help movement…
Jul 16
Contraceptive Pearl: Opioids, Xylazine, and Pregnancy
Written by Meghan Hynes This Pearl is the second part of a three-part String of Pearls series that examines the effects of different substances on fetal development and recommends harm reduction strategies to reduce risks involved with substance use during pregnancy. You can read the first part on our website. Numerous factors over recent years…
Jun 28
The Pelvic Exam: Multiple Positions for Patient-Centered Care
This guide provides illustrations and descriptions of different options for pelvic exams. This resource was informed by Table Manners: A Guide to the Pelvic Examination for Disabled Women and Health Care Providers and conversations with disability justice advocates. Illustrations for this resource were created by Rachel Litchman. This resource is also available as a poster.
Jun 25
Insights: Primary Care Clinicians Can Partner with Pharmacies for Medication Abortion Care
Written by Sally Rafie, PharmD, BCPS, APh, FCCP, FCPhA Primary care clinicians can prescribe mifepristone and misoprostol to be dispensed by a pharmacy as a means to increase access to medication abortion. Patients can fill the prescriptions at a certified brick-and-mortar or mail-order pharmacy of their choice. In January 2023, pharmacies were granted the ability…
Jun 18
Contraceptive Pearl: Harm Reduction Approaches to Substance Use During Pregnancy
Written by Meghan Hynes Although health care professionals and institutions are evolving from treating addiction as a moral failing to treating it as a chronic disease in recent years, substance use during pregnancy remains misunderstood and heavily stigmatized. This stigmatization can negatively affect how health care professionals perceive patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) and…