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Emergency Contraception Update

Contraceptives
Despite increases in availability Emergency Contraception (EC) remains an underutilized method of pregnancy prevention.

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

Contraceptives
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.

What’s Next if ‘Roe v. Wade’ Falls? More Than Half of States Expected to Ban or Restrict Abortion

News
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two dozen states.

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

Family Planning
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.

Privacy Rights in State Constitutions May Protect Their Abortion Access

News
In states where courts ruled their constitutions’ privacy rights extend to abortion rights, it could be legal even if Roe is overturned.

What is Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity and Why Does it Matter for Nurse Practitioners?

Current Journal
To fully meet patients’ needs, provide compassionate care that helps our patients thrive, and to create the best health outcomes possible, it is important to make SRHE a priority in our practice.

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Implications for WHNPs and Midwives

Current Journal
In the US, the incidence of PPCM is rising, possibly due to advanced maternal age, an increased rate of multifetal pregnancies secondary to modern fertility techniques, and increased recognition and awareness of the disease.

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.

Texas Providers See Increased Interest in Birth Control Since Near-Total Abortion Ban

Contraceptives
Medical staffs are doubling down on educating patients about birth control since Texas' near-total abortion ban took effect.

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

Family Planning
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

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

Biden Moves to Overturn Trump Birth Control Rules

Contraceptives
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.

Treatment Offers Fertility Hope for Early Menopausal Women

Aging
A small study suggests platelet-rich plasma and gonadotropins may help restore fertility in women who entered early menopause but want to become pregnant.

Biden Health Pick Must Tread Carefully on Abortion, Family Planning

Contraceptives
Clinics and women’s health advocates want to unwind Trump-era funding cuts and rules that decimated reproductive health providers.
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