Telemedicine is an effective modality for remote family planning care delivery. Telemedicine increases reach, reduces barriers to care, and facilitates person-centered care. This clinical guidance series offers evidence-informed, person-centered, and equity-driven recommendations to enhance telemedicine delivery of contraceptive services and medication abortion in the US.

This Clinical Recommendation serves as a revision to the Society of Family Planning’s 2010 Prevention of infection after induced abortion guidance. It examines infection risk, identifiable risk factors, and prophylactic measures for the prevention of infection associated with procedural and medication management of abortion and pregnancy loss to make evidence-based ... Read more >

Pregnancy of unknown location is a condition in which a pregnancy test is positive, but no intrauterine or extrauterine pregnancy is visualized using transvaginal ultrasonography. We recommend using standardized nomenclature and definitions to describe intrauterine pregnancy (IUP), probable IUP, pregnancy of unknown location (PUL), probable ectopic pregnancy (probable EP), and ... Read more >

Early pregnancy loss (EPL) occurs in 15% to 20% of clinically recognized pregnancies. We recommend that patients experiencing EPL have equal access to all treatment options, including expectant, medication, and procedural management, when urgent treatment is not necessary (GRADE 1A). We recommend a patient-centered approach that uses shared decision-making to ... Read more >

Understanding the relationship between contraception and body weight is an important clinical consideration. Body weight and size has the potential to affect fertility and the effectiveness of some contraceptive methods, although historically this association has not been applied within a person-centered context that would allow individuals to select their preferred ... Read more >