Objectives: To refine a counseling aide to help predict the acceptability of a given pain control regimen during first

Globally, 90 million unintended pregnancies occur each year, half of which end in abortion. The majority of all abortions in developing countries are performed in unsafe or illegal conditions, the consequences of which can be severe—including infection, infertility, and death. In Indonesia abortions are permitted only to save a woman’s life or to preserve a ...Read more >

Abortion serves an important role in society as access to safe abortion decreases maternal morbidity and mortality. It is also common; one in four American women will have an abortion by age 30 in the US. However, abortion is heavily stigmatized in US society and perceived as rare. Stigmatization jeopardizes access. Minimal information exists on ...Read more >

Objectives: The primary objective was to assess the safety and efficiency of dilatation and evacuation with and without feticide using intra-cardiac potassium chloride. Methods: We conducted a prospective service evaluation at 3 abortion clinics in England. We compared procedure duration, complications, and acceptability of dilation and evacuation before and after feticide was removed from organizational ...Read more >

Abortion funds raise money from individuals and foundations to provide financial and logistical assistance to people who need help accessing abortion care. Despite the increasing importance of abortion funds in ensuring that all individuals can access abortion care, this area remains dramatically under-studied in the literature. This novel, interdisciplinary study will employ empirical methods to ...Read more >

In today’s web–first world, the first source that many patients turn to for information and perspective on abortion is the internet. The internet is an easily accessible, unregulated source of information as well as a public space to disseminate messages and opinions. In the case of abortion, distortion, misinformation, and bias permeate through the digital ...Read more >

Many incarcerated women report interest in starting birth control while in jail or soon after release. Unfortunately, few correctional health facilities routinely provide contraception on-site. In a prior study, members of this research team found that almost all women interviewed at Rikers Island Jail thought contraception should be available at the jail, but many were ...Read more >

A major health care goal in the US is to increase the proportion of pregnancies that are planned. Research shows that women frequently report ambivalence about pregnancy, complicating expectations about planning pregnancy. However, we may not have a full picture of pregnancy intention, broadly construed, because of the narrowness of populations studied: usually poor, young, ...Read more >

New research suggests that sexual minority women have an increased risk of unintended pregnancy compared to their heterosexual peers. Little research, however, has investigated the pathways that lead to these disparities, including sexual orientation disparities in contraception counseling and use. Sexual minority women may face several unique barriers to receiving adequate contraceptive counseling, including both ...Read more >

The overarching goal of this study is to provide reliable, rigorous and scientifically grounded evidence on the need for safe abortion services in refugee settings, including as a result of rape and incest, and to use this evidence to inform the development and delivery of programs and policies for millions of refugee women worldwide. More ...Read more >