Schedule

Thursday, October 26
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmComplex Family Planning Fellowship Directors’ meeting 
Invitation only
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmEmerging Scholars reception 
Invitation only
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmComplex Family Planning Fellowship Directors’ reception 
Invitation only
Friday, October 27
7:30 am- 3:30 pmSociety of Family Planning Board meeting 
Invitation only
9:00 am - 12:00 pmMorning pre-conference sessions
-Beyond burnout: Finding meaning and self-care when working in stressed systems
Invitation only
-Media and message training for researchers
Paid session, pre-registration required
10:00 am - 12:00 pmClinical Affairs Committee meeting
Invitation only
12:00 pm - 3:00 pmContraception Board lunch
Invitation only
12:30 pm - 4:00 pmAfternoon pre-conference sessions
-Abortion training in the US post-Dobbs
-Beyond burnout: Finding meaning and self-care when working in stressed systems
-Family planning coding and finance session
-Level up your advocacy: Legislative testimony training
-Now, more than ever: Navigating the NIH as a family planning researcher
-Re-thinking mentoring: How to build communities of inclusion, support, and accountability
Paid sessions, pre-registration required
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmFirst time attendee welcome tour
4:30 pm - 5:45 pmOpening panel
Interpreting changes in abortion volumes post-Dobbs: #WeCount in conversation with practice, policy, and research
5:45 pm - 7:15 pmWelcome reception
6:00 pm - 7:30 pmCurrent Complex Family Planning fellows' reception
Invitation only
6:30 pm- 8:30 pmChangemakers in Family Planning dinner
Invitation only
6:30 pm- 8:30 pmHonoring Community Based Organizations welcome dinner
Invitation only
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmAANHPI Launch Social hosted by the Sub-SIG of the BIPOC Special Interest Group
Saturday, October 28
7:15 am - 7:50 amEarly riser stroll
7:45 am - 9:00 amBreakfast in the Exhibit Hall
9:00 am - 9:30 amPresident’s welcome 
9:30 am - 10:45 amOpening plenary 
Breaking silos: Legal trends and clinical opportunities in abortion care and gender-affirming trans care
11:00 am - 12:00 pmSpotlight on science
The impact of Medicaid expansion on contraceptive use in neighborhoods of racialized socioeconomic deprivation and privilege; 12 months post-Dobbs: Tracking state-level trends in criminalization, legal protections, and litigation battles over abortion; Two different-sized copper IUDs: Three-year, single-blind randomized trial to compare discontinuation rates and related endpoints in a nulliparous population; AI and a self-managed abortion: Can ChatGPT provide assistance when no physician is present?
12:00 pm - 1:15 pmLunch on your own
12:05 pm - 1:05 pmSpecial Interest Group lunches
-Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
-Advocacy 
-Medical educators
-Medically complex pregnancies
-Telehealth practitioners
Pre-registration required
12:05 pm - 1:05 pmAsk a lawyer office hours
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm-Concurrent block I
-Oral abstract group one: Human fetal tissue donation: Abortion patient experience and perspectives; Improving estimates of medication abortion effectiveness: The impact of loss to follow-up; Comparing mortality risk of induced abortion with mortality risk of staying pregnant; Bleeding and pain over time with a novel low-dose copper intrauterine device with a flexible nitinol frame
-Medication abortion 14 0/7-27 6/7 weeks: Exploring real-world applications of the new Society guidelines
-A crisis in our communities: Strategies for protecting patients from crisis pregnancy centers/anti-abortion centers
-What is “contraceptive access”? Practical implications of a more expansive framework
-Media engagement and public scholarship post-Dobbs
2:15 pm - 2:45 pmNetworking break with Exhibitors 
2:45 pm - 3:45 pmConcurrent block II
-Oral abstract group two: Efficacy of oral levonorgestrel emergency contraception with same day etonogestrel contraceptive implant: A prospective observational study; The My Decision/Mi Decisión randomized controlled trial: Benefits of a web-based decision aid for patients enrolled on Medicaid and considering tubal sterilization; Functional recovery after surgical uterine evacuation; The Impact of Dobbs v. Jackson on Abortion Care Training in obstetrics and gynecology resident programs: A qualitative assessment among educators (ImpACT)
-Protecting scientific integrity in an era of misinformation and disinformation
-Differences in the use of period tracking apps for pregnancy prevention across languages and ethnicities
-We travel the path of our patients: Establishing Illinois-based abortion training for Wisconsin ob-gyn residents
-Updated Rh testing recommendations for abortion: Details, dilemmas, and adopters
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmSnack break with Exhibitors
4:15 pm - 5:30 pmAfternoon plenary
Supporting the reproductive health workforce in post-Roe America: Multidisciplinary perspectives from studies across the US
5:30 pm - 7:00 pmPoster reception
6:30 pm - 8:00 pmChangemakers in Family Planning reception
Invitation only
7:15 pm - 8:45 pmReading of The Turnaway Play by Lesley Lisa Greene
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmDinner with someone new
Sunday, October 29
7:15 am - 7:50 amEarly riser stroll
7:15 am - 8:45 amRISE program breakfast
Invitation only
7:45 am - 8:45 amComplex Family Planning fellows research spotlight
Comparing characteristics and outcomes of medication abortion at less than and greater than six weeks’ gestation; Procedural outcomes comparing transcervical balloon to osmotic dilators prior to surgical abortion: A non-inferiority randomized trial; Evaluation of health-related quality of life in the abortion care setting: A utility-score validation study; IUD self-removal: A randomized controlled trial of a self-removal guide in clinical and non-clinical settings
7:45 am - 9:00 amBreakfast in the Exhibit Hall
7:50 am - 8:50 amSociety of Family Planning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee breakfast
Invitation only
8:00 am - 9:00 amAsk a lawyer office hours
9:00 am - 10:15 amMorning plenary 
Mass incarceration as reproductive oppression
10:15 am - 10:45 amNetworking break with Exhibitors
10:45 am - 11:45 amConcurrent block III
- Oral abstract group three: The intersection of English proficiency and nativity in receipt of person-centered contraceptive counseling; The potential for expanding provision of misoprostol-only abortions by nurse practitioners and pharmacists: A legal analysis; The impact of type and timing of initiation of progestin-only contraceptive pills on lactation: A pilot study; Inhibition of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) promotes mucus hydration in rhesus macaque endocervical cells
-Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy: When is it safe to primarily aspirate?
-AI, chatbots, ChatGPT, what the ****?!?
-Person- and justice-centered measurement: Developing actionable tools to advance sexual and reproductive health equity
-Providing culturally competent reproductive healthcare to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients
11:45 am - 12:15 pmSnack break with Exhibitors
12:15 pm - 1:15 pmConcurrent block IV
-Oral abstract group four: The association between experiences of medical mistrust and mistreatment and ever considering self-managing an abortion; A randomized study of double- versus single-dose etonogestrel implant for women with HIV on efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy: The DoublET Study; Vasectomy or tubal? A qualitative assessment of postpartum permanent contraception decision-making by patients and ob-gyn physicians; Does contraceptive method dissatisfaction differ by type of disability?
-Moving forward in Michigan: Ob-gyn residency programs work together to improve abortion services and training
-The politics of adolescent pregnancy: Beyond prevention
-Mapping the margins of MAB: Medication abortion access for low-income communities after Dobbs and beyond
-Increasing access to later abortion: Dilation and evacuation provision to 26 weeks
1:15 pm - 2:30 pmLunch on your own
1:20 pm - 2:20 pmSpecial Interest Group lunches
-Black, Indigenous, and people of color
-Early pregnancy assessment clinics
-Family medicine
-Research implementation
-Substance use disorders
Pre-registration required
1:20 pm - 2:20 pmAsk a lawyer office hours
2:30 pm - 3:45 pmAfternoon plenary
The stigmatization of contraception: Theory, evidence, and action
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmNetworking break
4:15 pm - 5:15 pmConcurrent block V
-Daniel R. Mishell, Jr. Outstanding Article Awards
-BPD Thresholds - All in our head?
-Supervision of abnormal and ectopic pregnancies, an opportunity for leadership in the post-Dobbs era
-Self-managed abortion: Research and legal updates regarding experiences, frequency, criminalization, and information for providers
-What is a medical emergency? An interactive, critical analysis of medical exception language for abortion
5:30 pm - 6:40 pmAwards presentation
7:15 pm - 9:15 pmComplex Family Planning Fellowship reception
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmDinner with someone new
Monday, October 30
7:45 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 amConcurrent block VI
-Re-thinking the Pros in PROgestin-only oral contraceptives
-Reducing harm: Changing family planning and obstetric paradigms for people who use drugs
-Equity in telehealth contraceptive care: Insights from person-centered research
-Setting a research and advocacy agenda for terminations in the setting of severe fetal anomalies
-Pregnancy of unknown location: Medical evidence and legal approach for Patient-Centered Care
10:00 am  - 10:30 amNetworking break
10:30 am - 10:35 amAnnouncement of Research Presentation Awards
10:35 am - 11:50 amClosing plenary
Beyond the clinic: Family planning education when direct patient care is not an option
11:50 am - 12:00 pmClosing remarks

*Please note, all times listed are in Pacific Daylight 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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