Schedule

Thursday, October 23
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmComplex Family Planning Fellowship Directors' meeting
Invitation only
5:00 pm - 7:00 pmComplex Family Planning Fellowship Directors' reception
Invitation only
Friday, October 24
8:00 am - 2:30 pmSociety of Family Planning Board of Directors meeting 
Invitation only
10:00 am - 1:00 pm Pre-conference workshops: $50
Paid sessions, pre-registration required
-Non-palpable contraceptive implant localization and removal: Simulation training
-Do no harm: Balancing risk and rigor to generate evidence in the post-Dobbs landscape
12:00 pm - 3:00 pmContraception Board lunch
Invitation only
1:05 pm - 2:30 pmEmerging Scholars lunch
Invitation only
2:30 pm - 5:30 pmPre-conference workshops: $50
Paid sessions, pre-registration required
-Incorporating fetal asystole into later abortion care: A hands-on simulation workshop
-Leaving the ivory tower: Social media to educate, advocate, and connect
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmFirst time attendee welcome tour
5:30 pm - 7:00 pmWelcome reception
6:30 pm - 8:00 pmCurrent Complex Family Planning fellows’ reception
Invitation only
6:30 pm - 8:30 pmChangemakers in Family Planning dinner
Invitation only
Saturday, October 25
7:00 pm - 7:50 amRunning club
7:15 am - 7:50 amEarly riser stroll
7:45 am - 9:00 amDiscovering Complex Family Planning breakfast
7:45 am - 9:00 amSpecial Interest Group working meetings
7:45 am - 9:00 amBreakfast in the Exhibit Hall
9:05 am - 9:35 amWelcome to the Society's Annual Meeting 
9:35 am - 10:50 amOpening plenary
Is there a bright line? Exploring peri-fertilization knowns and unknowns
11:10 am - 12:10 pmSpotlight on science
-Variation in Ob-Gyn residents’ abortion-related skills
-Brakes and accelerators to abortion access post-Dobbs: Where can we best intervene?
-Texas minors’ use of Title X services following a loss of confidentiality protections
-Abnormal coagulation studies and bleeding complications in second trimester IUFD
12:20 pm - 1:55 pmHosted luncheon
2:05 pm - 3:05 pmConcurrent block I
-Oral abstract group one: Examining structural racism as a driver of timing of abortion care in Washington; Criminalization concerns among people seeking facility-based abortion care post-Dobbs; Experiences with the M + A Hotline: Support along the spectrum of self-managed abortion; Establishing evidence-based cut-points on the desire to avoid pregnancy measure
-Understanding real-world data on the effectiveness of sterilization and IUDs
-Recruiting Black immigrant populations for family planning research studies
-ReproTechquity: Patient-centered digital tools to support reproductive autonomy
-How to diagnose/treat arteriovenous malformations vs. enhanced myometrial vascularity
3:05 pm - 3:35 pmCoffee break in the Exhibit Hall
3:05 pm - 3:35 pmSpecial Interest Group ice cream social
3:35 pm - 4:35 pmConcurrent block II
-Oral abstract group two: Associations between structural racism and delayed access to abortion in Minnesota; Postpartum permanent contraception access for noncitizens after expanding Medicaid; Reproductive governance and the role of uncertainty in contraceptive decision-making; Obstetric-related EMTALA Violations post-Dobbs: A difference-in-differences analysis
-Contextualizing “abortion pill reversal”: Scientific and legal landscape
-Driving institutional change through leadership in academic medicine
-The dignity of risk and the (adolescent) right to regret
-Adoption in the context of abortion politics: Research, ethics, and experience
4:35 pm - 5:05 pmNetworking break in the Exhibit Hall
5:05 pm - 6:20 pmAfternoon plenary
Maximizing care provision in a restrictive state
6:20 pm - 8:00 pmPoster reception
7:15 pm - 9:15 pmCenters of Experience dinner
Invitation only
Sunday, October 26
7:15 am - 7:50 amEarly riser stroll
7:45 am - 9:00 amSpecial Interest Group working meetings
7:45 am - 9:00 amBreakfast in the Exhibit Hall
9:05 am - 10:20 amMorning plenary 
What is measured, matters: Advancing the measurement of reproductive health equity
10:20 am - 10:50 amNetworking break in the Exhibit Hall
10:50 am - 11:50 amConcurrent block III
-Oral group three: Expulsion risk factors for a low-dose copper intrauterine device; Racial discrimination and person-centered contraceptive care in the US Southeast; Implementation of telehealth medication abortion at four academic institutions; Contraceptive and abortion interference by people assigned male at birth
-The problem(s) with counting abortions
-Stump the professor, SFP-style
-Medication abortion: Threats and opportunities in the time of Trump
-Reproductive justice in abortion care training
11:50 am - 12:20 pmNetworking break in the Exhibit Hall
12:20 pm - 1:20 pmConcurrent block IV
-Oral abstract group four: Provision of patient-centered contraceptive care for Baltimore Latina/é patients; Beyond unintended pregnancy: A novel measure of self-assessed pregnancy acceptability; Professional identity formation as an abortion provider amongst Black Ob-Gyn residents; Association of abortion restrictions and hysterotomy for previable delivery
-Defining complex abortion care: Who needs it, who provides it, and how we measure it
-Twin attacks on bodily autonomy: Family planning for trans and gender diverse people
-Engaging and reaching Latina/es in SRH care and research
-Person-centered contraceptive care workflows using performance measures
1:20 pm - 2:50 pmLunch on your own
1:20 pm - 2:50 pmCorporate Council lunch
Invitation only
2:50 pm - 4:05 pmAfternoon plenary
“Thankfully she didn’t bleed to death”: Emergency abortion care post-Dobbs
4:05 pm - 4:35 pmCoffee break in the Exhibit Hall 
4:35 pm - 5:35 pmConcurrent block V
-Complex Family Planning fellows research spotlight: How do California obstetrician-gynecologists understand the concept of viability?; Bleeding experience after medication abortion prior to fetal cardiac activity; Impact of Dobbs on severe early pregnancy morbidity at an academic hospital in Utah; Doctors, family, or peers? Who teens seek when navigating contraceptive side effects
-Understanding the holistic needs of abortion seekers beyond access to abortion
-Possibilities and limits - family planning research to advance reproductive justice
-Navigating abortion in the Midwest: Research, clinician, and abortion fund insights
-Contraception and body weight: A Society of Family Planning clinical guideline update
5:55 pm - 7:05 pmAwards presentation
Monday, October 27
7:45 am - 9:00 amBreakfast in the Exhibit Hall
9:00 am - 10:00 amConcurrent block VI
-Daniel R. Mishell, Jr outstanding article awards: Three-year efficacy, safety, and tolerability outcomes from a phase-3 study of a low-dose copper IUD; Low to nonexistent sperm content of pre-ejaculate in perfect-use contraceptive withdrawal, a pilot study; Comparing transcervical balloon with osmotic dilators for cervical preparation prior to procedural abortion
-Lemons into lemonade: Innovations in abortion training
-Beyond choice: Understanding pregnancy decision-making among young Black women
-Innovative methods for studying family planning through a structural lens
-The canary in the coal mine: What laws targeting trans minors mean for the rest of us
10:00 am  - 10:30 amNetworking break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 am - 10:35 amAnnouncement of Research Presentation Awards
10:35 am - 11:50 amClosing plenary
Advocating for family planning in a politically hostile climate
11:50 am - 12:00 pmClosing remarks

*Please note, all times listed are in Eastern Standard Time, reflecting the time zone of our meeting location. Times, topics, and speakers may shift as we build the best possible schedule for you.

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