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Recent Clinical Guidance

Society of Family Planning clinical recommendations: Contraceptive care in the context of pandemic response
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Society of Family Planning committee consensus on self-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC)
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Society of Family Planning interim clinical recommendations: Self-managed abortion
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SFP Clinical Guidance

Society of Family Planning clinical recommendations: Contraceptive care in the context of pandemic response
Society of Family Planning committee consensus on self-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC)
Society of Family Planning interim clinical recommendations: Self-managed abortion
Committee statement on IUD nomenclature
Pain control in surgical abortion part 2 – moderate sedation, deep sedation, and general anesthesia
Management of individuals with bleeding or thrombotic disorders undergoing abortion
Contraceptive counseling for transgender and gender diverse people who were female sex assigned at birth
Cervical preparation for dilation and evacuation at 20–24 weeks’ gestation
Society of Family Planning interim clinical recommendations: Contraceptive provision when healthcare access is restricted due to pandemic response
Medical abortion reporting of efficacy: The MARE guidelines
Creinin M, Chen M
Use of intrauterine devices in nulliparous women
Lohr P, Lyus R, Prager S
Postplacental insertion of intrauterine devices
Whitaker A, Chen B
Pain control in surgical abortion part 1 — local anesthesia and minimal sedation
Allen R, Singh R
First-trimester abortion in women with medical conditions
Guiahi M, Davis A
Management of postabortion hemorrhage
Kerns J, Steinauer J
Surgical abortion prior to 7 weeks of gestation
Lichtenberg E, Paul M
Interruption of nonviable pregnancies of 24–28 weeks’ gestation using medical methods
Perritt J, Burke A, Edelman A
Cervical preparation for second-trimester surgical abortion prior to 20 weeks’ gestation
Fox M, Krajewski C
Cervical dilation before first-trimester surgical abortion (<14 weeks' gestation)
Allen R, Goldberg A
Labor induction abortion in the second trimester
Borgatta L, Kapp N
Cancer and contraception
Patel A, Schwarz E, Sreedevi M, Roston A
Contraceptive considerations in obese women
Edelman A
Induction of fetal demise before abortion
Diedrich J, Drey E
Prevention of infection after induced abortion
Achilles S, Reeves M
Contraception after surgical abortion
Roe A, Bartz D
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