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Learn more about evidence-based studies and insights from leaders in the field that highlight the importance of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care education and training.
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Implications of Overturning Roe v Wade on Abortion Training in US OB-GYN Residency Programs
Journal: Obstetrics & Gynecology, April 2022
Assesses the impact of abortion bans on OB-GYN residency programs, who found that nearly 44% of current residents are likely to lack access to in-state abortion training if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
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Implications of Overturning Roe v Wade on Abortion Training in US OB-GYN Residency Programs
Journal: Obstetrics & Gynecology, April 2022
Assesses the impact of abortion bans on OB-GYN residency programs, who found that nearly 44% of current residents are likely to lack access to in-state abortion training if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
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Implications of Overturning Roe v Wade on Abortion Training in US OB-GYN Residency Programs
Journal: Obstetrics & Gynecology, April 2022
Assesses the impact of abortion bans on OB-GYN residency programs, who found that nearly 44% of current residents are likely to lack access to in-state abortion training if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Abortion Training Workbook
TEACH / UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health 2022
This all-inclusive interactive curriculum includes tools to train new reproductive health providers to competence. This most recent version “has improved interactivity with options to use it as a Printable PDF and online with chapter navigation, links to original references, and click-to-enlarge images, as well as extensive new and updated evidence."
Abortion Training Workbook
TEACH / UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health 2022
This all-inclusive interactive curriculum includes tools to train new reproductive health providers to competence. This most recent version “has improved interactivity with options to use it as a Printable PDF and online with chapter navigation, links to original references, and click-to-enlarge images, as well as extensive new and updated evidence."
Abortion Training Workbook
TEACH / UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health 2022
This all-inclusive interactive curriculum includes tools to train new reproductive health providers to competence. This most recent version “has improved interactivity with options to use it as a Printable PDF and online with chapter navigation, links to original references, and click-to-enlarge images, as well as extensive new and updated evidence."
Abortion Policies in U.S. Teaching Hospitals
Journal: Obstetrics & Gynecology, June 2020
Reveals how restrictive abortion policies in teaching hospitals — especially in the Midwest — create barriers to clinical training and reinforce abortion stigma among medical trainees and staff.
Abortion Policies in U.S. Teaching Hospitals
Journal: Obstetrics & Gynecology, June 2020
Reveals how restrictive abortion policies in teaching hospitals — especially in the Midwest — create barriers to clinical training and reinforce abortion stigma among medical trainees and staff.
Abortion Policies in U.S. Teaching Hospitals
Journal: Obstetrics & Gynecology, June 2020
Reveals how restrictive abortion policies in teaching hospitals — especially in the Midwest — create barriers to clinical training and reinforce abortion stigma among medical trainees and staff.
manual for illinois medicaid providers of abortion and family planning services
Created by ACLU-IL and Health Management Associates April 2020
Recent legislation passed in Illinois expanded state Medicaid coverage to include abortion care. Patient-centered pregnancy options counseling includes educating and informing patients that prenatal care and pregnancy termination are now covered services in Illinois.
manual for illinois medicaid providers of abortion and family planning services
Created by ACLU-IL and Health Management Associates April 2020
Recent legislation passed in Illinois expanded state Medicaid coverage to include abortion care. Patient-centered pregnancy options counseling includes educating and informing patients that prenatal care and pregnancy termination are now covered services in Illinois.
manual for illinois medicaid providers of abortion and family planning services
Created by ACLU-IL and Health Management Associates April 2020
Recent legislation passed in Illinois expanded state Medicaid coverage to include abortion care. Patient-centered pregnancy options counseling includes educating and informing patients that prenatal care and pregnancy termination are now covered services in Illinois.
Updated Abortion Law Data
Policy Surveillance Project, Temple University December 2019
The Policy Surveillance project at Temple recently published a comprehensive database of state laws and regulations governing abortion.
Updated Abortion Law Data
Policy Surveillance Project, Temple University December 2019
The Policy Surveillance project at Temple recently published a comprehensive database of state laws and regulations governing abortion.
Updated Abortion Law Data
Policy Surveillance Project, Temple University December 2019
The Policy Surveillance project at Temple recently published a comprehensive database of state laws and regulations governing abortion.
An Examination of Local Policies Impacting Access to Reproductive Health
Read the latest Local Reproductive Freedom Index October 2019
Cities, counties, and other localities have a unique opportunity to mitigate a hostile climate created by the federal and state governments and to innovate in ways that advance reproductive freedom.
An Examination of Local Policies Impacting Access to Reproductive Health
Read the latest Local Reproductive Freedom Index October 2019
Cities, counties, and other localities have a unique opportunity to mitigate a hostile climate created by the federal and state governments and to innovate in ways that advance reproductive freedom.
An Examination of Local Policies Impacting Access to Reproductive Health
Read the latest Local Reproductive Freedom Index October 2019
Cities, counties, and other localities have a unique opportunity to mitigate a hostile climate created by the federal and state governments and to innovate in ways that advance reproductive freedom.
Resources for Clinicians Who Want to Moonlight as Abortion Providers
National Women’s Law Project March 2019
Many new clinicians believe that they don’t have power to negotiate employment contracts, especially when employers claim that the contract is boilerplate.
Resources for Clinicians Who Want to Moonlight as Abortion Providers
National Women’s Law Project March 2019
Many new clinicians believe that they don’t have power to negotiate employment contracts, especially when employers claim that the contract is boilerplate.
Resources for Clinicians Who Want to Moonlight as Abortion Providers
National Women’s Law Project March 2019
Many new clinicians believe that they don’t have power to negotiate employment contracts, especially when employers claim that the contract is boilerplate.
Midwives in Abortion Care: A Call to Action
Stephanie Tillman, CNM and Amy J. Levi, CNM, PhD, WHNP-BC In the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health 2019
Midwifery as a profession must be unwavering in its foundational support for a person’s bodily autonomy, access to evidence-based care, and a person’s right to choose their care provider.
Midwives in Abortion Care: A Call to Action
Stephanie Tillman, CNM and Amy J. Levi, CNM, PhD, WHNP-BC In the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health 2019
Midwifery as a profession must be unwavering in its foundational support for a person’s bodily autonomy, access to evidence-based care, and a person’s right to choose their care provider.
Midwives in Abortion Care: A Call to Action
Stephanie Tillman, CNM and Amy J. Levi, CNM, PhD, WHNP-BC In the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health 2019
Midwifery as a profession must be unwavering in its foundational support for a person’s bodily autonomy, access to evidence-based care, and a person’s right to choose their care provider.
abortion training in US OB-GYN residency programs
In the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology July 2018
This research sought to assess the current status of abortion training in US obstetrics and gynecology residency programs. The article concluded that 64% of residency programs offered routine abortion training, compared to 51% in a 2004 study.
abortion training in US OB-GYN residency programs
In the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology July 2018
This research sought to assess the current status of abortion training in US obstetrics and gynecology residency programs. The article concluded that 64% of residency programs offered routine abortion training, compared to 51% in a 2004 study.
abortion training in US OB-GYN residency programs
In the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology July 2018
This research sought to assess the current status of abortion training in US obstetrics and gynecology residency programs. The article concluded that 64% of residency programs offered routine abortion training, compared to 51% in a 2004 study.
Data and Statistics
Abortion Surveillance Data 2018
Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. Their last report was published in 2018.
Data and Statistics
Abortion Surveillance Data 2018
Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. Their last report was published in 2018.
Data and Statistics
Abortion Surveillance Data 2018
Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. Their last report was published in 2018.
An Abortion Provider Toolkit
A collaborative project between the Abortion Access Project, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Care at UCSF, and the National Abortion Federation (NAF), 2018
A professional guide for NPs, midwives, and PAs in the United States who are either currently providing or would like to offer abortion care. The Toolkit helps clinicians compile evidence to support the integration of early abortion care as an essential part of patients’ health care services.
An Abortion Provider Toolkit
A collaborative project between the Abortion Access Project, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Care at UCSF, and the National Abortion Federation (NAF), 2018
A professional guide for NPs, midwives, and PAs in the United States who are either currently providing or would like to offer abortion care. The Toolkit helps clinicians compile evidence to support the integration of early abortion care as an essential part of patients’ health care services.
An Abortion Provider Toolkit
A collaborative project between the Abortion Access Project, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Care at UCSF, and the National Abortion Federation (NAF), 2018
A professional guide for NPs, midwives, and PAs in the United States who are either currently providing or would like to offer abortion care. The Toolkit helps clinicians compile evidence to support the integration of early abortion care as an essential part of patients’ health care services.
An Assessment of MAP’s Clinical Training Model
Journal: Contraception, January 2018
Examines the effectiveness of our training model, showing that most alum provide full-scope contraception and pregnancy options counseling, and over half offer abortion care in their communities.
An Assessment of MAP’s Clinical Training Model
Journal: Contraception, January 2018
Examines the effectiveness of our training model, showing that most alum provide full-scope contraception and pregnancy options counseling, and over half offer abortion care in their communities.
An Assessment of MAP’s Clinical Training Model
Journal: Contraception, January 2018
Examines the effectiveness of our training model, showing that most alum provide full-scope contraception and pregnancy options counseling, and over half offer abortion care in their communities.
impact of catholic hospital affiliation on future provision of family planning
In the Journal of Graduate Medical Education August 2017
Catholic hospitals operate under the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, which for obstetrics and gynecology residents may create barriers to receiving adequate training in family planning.
impact of catholic hospital affiliation on future provision of family planning
In the Journal of Graduate Medical Education August 2017
Catholic hospitals operate under the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, which for obstetrics and gynecology residents may create barriers to receiving adequate training in family planning.
impact of catholic hospital affiliation on future provision of family planning
In the Journal of Graduate Medical Education August 2017
Catholic hospitals operate under the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, which for obstetrics and gynecology residents may create barriers to receiving adequate training in family planning.
Barriers and Enablers to Becoming Abortion Providers
In the Journal Family Medicine, Vol. 44(7) July – August 2012
This article studied the Reproductive Health Program (RHP) operated from 1999 until 2005 by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. RHP was a comprehensive elective abortion training site open to all US medical students, residents, APCs, and physicians in practice.
Barriers and Enablers to Becoming Abortion Providers
In the Journal Family Medicine, Vol. 44(7) July – August 2012
This article studied the Reproductive Health Program (RHP) operated from 1999 until 2005 by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. RHP was a comprehensive elective abortion training site open to all US medical students, residents, APCs, and physicians in practice.
Barriers and Enablers to Becoming Abortion Providers
In the Journal Family Medicine, Vol. 44(7) July – August 2012
This article studied the Reproductive Health Program (RHP) operated from 1999 until 2005 by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. RHP was a comprehensive elective abortion training site open to all US medical students, residents, APCs, and physicians in practice.
Nurse Practitioners and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: An Analysis of Supply and Demand
Rand Health 2012
This comprehensive research examined the barriers to increasing the supply and use of Nurse Practitioners (NP) delivering high-quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services.
Nurse Practitioners and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: An Analysis of Supply and Demand
Rand Health 2012
This comprehensive research examined the barriers to increasing the supply and use of Nurse Practitioners (NP) delivering high-quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services.
Nurse Practitioners and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: An Analysis of Supply and Demand
Rand Health 2012
This comprehensive research examined the barriers to increasing the supply and use of Nurse Practitioners (NP) delivering high-quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services.
family planning training in US family medicine residencies
In the Journal Family Medicine September 2011
This survey asked family medicine residency programs around the US about the availability of family planning and abortion training in their respective curricula.
family planning training in US family medicine residencies
In the Journal Family Medicine September 2011
This survey asked family medicine residency programs around the US about the availability of family planning and abortion training in their respective curricula.
family planning training in US family medicine residencies
In the Journal Family Medicine September 2011
This survey asked family medicine residency programs around the US about the availability of family planning and abortion training in their respective curricula.