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Online Data Could Be Used Against People Seeking Abortions if Roe v. Wade falls

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Anyone in a state where abortion becomes illegal who relies on the internet for information, products and services related to reproductive health would be subject to online policing.

Study Finds Infertility Associated With Future Risk of Heart Failure

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Women who had experienced infertility had a 16% increased risk of heart failure compared with women who did not have an infertility history.

Practitioners Trying to Prescribe Abortion Pills Across State Lines Stymied by Legislation

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Nurse practitioners who are getting licensed in multiple states so they can use telemedicine and mail-order pharmacies to help more women get medication abortions are being stymied by state regulations.

Abortion Pill Given Based on Patient Medical History as Safe as After an Exam: Study

Family Planning
Shifting toward remote screening means primary care providers who work in rural, low-income and other marginalized communities could conduct medication abortion screening and increase equitable access to abortion care.

Pregnancy With Infertility Treatments May Increase Risk of Vascular Complications

Cardio-Pulmonary
Researchers advise clinicians to educate patients about the risks associated with ART when they provide pre-pregnancy counseling

Covid Vaccine Doesn’t Reduce Conception Odds, But Getting Covid Does

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Couples who get vaccinated against Covid do not reduce their chances of conceiving a child, but men who get infected with Covid do reduce their odds slightly.

Conservative Justices Seem Poised to Overturn Roe’s Abortion Rights

Family Planning
Should Roe be overturned, more than half the states are likely to ban abortion almost immediately.

Streamlining a Carrier Screening Routine Into Practice: Proactive Prepregnancy Planning

Current Journal
Prepregnancy carrier screening enables individuals and couples to learn about their reproductive risk and consider the most complete range of reproductive options versus waiting until pregnancy when choices become more limited.

Role of the WHNP in providing care for the patient with recurrent pregnancy loss

Clinical Topics
RPL can be an intimidating entity for healthcare providers to evaluate and treat due to varying guidelines and pressure from patients to prevent future losses.

Campaign Honors NPs Fighting to Prevent FASD

Family Planning
A social media campaign has been launched to celebrate all the Women's Health Nurse Practitioners, midwives and nurses who do so much to champion the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).

Prevention of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies

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All sexually active women of reproductive age who could become pregnant and who drink alcohol need to be counseled about the potentially harmful effects of alcohol on a developing fetus.

Pandemic Highlights Need for Urgent Care Clinics for Women

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Urgent care OB-GYN clinics have begun popping up around the country in recent years, and the covid pandemic has increased demand.

Diabetic gastroparesis in pregnancy

Current Journal
WHNP may participate in the management of high-risk pregnancies when collaborating with other multidisciplinary providers.

PrEP for women: An update for healthcare providers

Current Journal
PrEP use among women has the potential to reduce new HIV infections by 61% (with ≥ 75% adherence), yet less than 10% of men and women who are “behaviorally indicated for PrEP” are utilizing this important prevention tool.

Implementation of the Maternal Mental Health Safety Bundle: Standardizing perinatal depression screening and response in a federally qualified health center

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A national survey of obstetricians and gynecologists reported that 53% universally screened pregnant patients for depression, but only 33.67% implemented guideline-congruent care.

Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control Rules

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The Biden administration Wednesday formally proposed the repeal of Trump-era regulations barring abortion referrals and making other changes intended to evict Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from the federal family planning program, Title X.
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