Spotlight on a Donor

Dr. Nishant Shah is a family medicine and public health physician. He has worked in full-spectrum primary care, obstetrics, and abortion care for many years, as well as in behavioral health and addiction medicine. He is also a consultant supporting family planning programs and a trainer for the UCSF Bixby Beyond the Pill program. Dr.…

Network Meeting: Montana

Contraceptive Pearl: The Mirage of “Perfect Use”

Many contraceptive patient information materials report two types of efficacy: that with “perfect use” and that with “typical use.” Perfect use assumes that a contraceptive method is used exactly as directed. For example, this means taking a pill daily or using a barrier method correctly with every episode of vaginal intercourse over the span of…

Contraceptive Pearl: Progestin IUDs

We’re fortunate to have various options to offer patients desiring progestin intrauterine devices (IUDs) for contraception. Which IUD is best for each patient? Mirena, Liletta, Skyla, and Kyleena have a few differentiating characteristics, including dose, size, duration, and cost. Apart from the inserter device, Mirena and Liletta IUDs are nearly identical. Liletta’s federal 340b pricing…

#StopTheBans

It has been a tumultuous few weeks for reproductive rights. Nine states – Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Utah – now have anti-abortion laws that criminalize clinicians and patients. Several more states have similar bans that are likely to pass in the coming weeks. These cruel and unconstitutional laws are the…

Network Meeting: Maine

Algorithm to Diagnose and Treat Ectopic Pregnancy

Algorithm to help determine diagnosis and treatment of ectopic pregnancy.

June 2019

June 2019   #MifeNow: Expanding medication abortion training Thanks to all of our amazing supporters, we were able to reach our goal and raised more than $30,000 to support training clinicians to provide medication abortion! We are on our way to training 500 clinicians in medication abortion to increase access to abortion care across the…

#MifeNow: Expanding medication abortion training

Thanks to all of our amazing supporters, we were able to reach our goal and raised more than $30,000 to support training clinicians to provide medication abortion! We are on our way to training 500 clinicians in medication abortion to increase access to abortion care across the country. In 2019 alone, we have already trained…

Papaya Workshops for Everyone!

We host “Papaya Workshops” all the time. Usually, the workshops are for clinicians, students, or allies, but we thought it would be great to offer our donors a chance to experience a papaya workshop. Not only would they learn more about abortion care, but they’d see our approach to teaching and patient-centered counseling in action.…