Bayla Ostrach, MA, National Network of Abortion Funds

Women in Catalunya (an autonomous nation often seen by outsiders as part of Spain) currently have legal access to publicly funded abortion care for any reason in the first trimester, and under a set of qualifying circumstances in later trimesters, within a public health system. This makes Catalunya a rare departure from the overwhelming example ...Read more >

Maureen Baldwin, MD, MPH, Oregon Health & Science University

Objective: To identify whether early placental and endometrial biomarkers that can indicate intrauterine versus ectopic pregnancy can be detected in cervical mucus samples from women in early pregnancy and with pregnancy of unknown location. Methods: This study will be conducted at Oregon Health and Science University and Planned Parenthood of the Colombia-Willamette sites in Portland, ...Read more >

Sarah Baum, MPH, Ibis Reproductive Health

Transgender and gender expansive (TGE) individuals face multiple barriers to accessing health care, including higher rates of discrimination in health care settings, denials of care, limited provider knowledge, and lower rates of insurance coverage than the general US population. Further, transgender individuals report high rates of delaying care due to discrimination or lack of financial ...Read more >

Erin Pearson, PhD, MPH, Harvard University

Reproductive coercion and partner violence are associated with unwanted pregnancy and abortion globally. In Bangladesh, women reporting partner violence are more likely to access abortion outside the health system and less likely to access post-abortion contraception, especially if accompanied to the clinic by their partner, which suggests additional intervention is needed to support clients’ reproductive ...Read more >

Rachel Thompson, PhD, Dartmouth College

Background: Significant enthusiasm about immediate postpartum placement of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods has prompted concerns about the line between active promotion of LARC methods and coercion, particularly when caring for vulnerable or minority groups. A patient decision aid (DA) on postpartum contraception that women use during pregnancy may be an effective strategy for improving ...Read more >

Debra Stulberg, MD, MAPP, University of Chicago

We propose a partnership between the University of Chicago and the ACLU of Illinois to convene an interdisciplinary team on religious health systems in the Chicago metropolitan area. We will conduct background research and develop a subsequent project aimed at investigating the impact of religiously-affiliated hospital system policies on the provision of sexual and reproductive ...Read more >

Kate MacFarlane, MSc, Cambridge Reproductive Health Consultants

Objectives: This project explored the reproductive health of Rohingya women and girls in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and documented their experiences accessing sexual and reproductive health services in Malaysia. Areas of interest included contraception, abortion, sexual and gender-based violence, and adolescent reproductive health. We also interviewed key informants about Rohingya women’s experiences in Malaysia and mapped ...Read more >

Colleen McNicholas, DO, Washington University in St. Louis

Unintended pregnancy continues to be a significant public health problem in the US despite widespread use of contraception. Contraceptive counseling is an important mediator of contraceptive selection and use, but there is little data to indicate what constitutes effective contraceptive counseling. An intervention which improves patient education and counseling has the potential to improve contraceptive ...Read more >

Jillian Henderson, PhD, University of California, San Francisco

Background: With the historic legalization of abortion in Nepal in 2002, descriptive data on the prevalence of legal abortion services are now available, but little is known about access to contraception and method use, or reproductive behaviors and intentions following abortion. Our mixed-method study examined women’s contraceptive use and continuation after obtaining a legal abortion, ...Read more >

Abbey Berenson, MD, University of Texas at Austin

Purpose: This study examined whether 15-19 year old IUD users were more likely to experience complications, failure, or early discontinuation than older users and whether there were differences between users of levonorgestrel-containing IUDs (LNG-IUS) and copper-containing IUDs (CuT380A). Scope: Many US providers remain reluctant to prescribe intrauterine devices (IUDs) to teenagers due to concerns about ...Read more >

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