Recent Research

February 2026 Report

Number of Brick-and-Mortar Abortion Clinics Declined Slightly Between 2024 and 2025

Rachel K. Jones, Ava Braccia and Emma Stoskopf-Ehrlich
January 2026 Research Article

Editorial: Contraception special issue on the emergence of "FemTech" within the sexual and reproductive health landscape

Chelsea Polis, Rebecca G. Simmons, Patty Cason, Angel M. Foster and Carolyn L. Westhoff Contraception
January 2026 Report

New Measure of Self-Defined Need for Contraceptive Services in the United States, 2023

Jennifer J. Frost, Ayana Douglas-Hall and Hannah Olson
January 2026 Research Article

Moving Toward a Population Level Measure of Person-Centered Contraceptive Need in the United States

Jennifer J. Frost, Megan L. Kavanaugh, Ayana Douglas-Hall and Anu Manchikanti Gómez Journal of Women's Health
January 2026 Research Article

“As it is about that, they do as they please”: Women’s experience of the accessibility and acceptability of postabortion care in Kaya, Burkina Faso

Rachidatou Compaoré, Clémentine Rossier, Onikepe Owolabi, Adama Baguiya, Caron Kim, Moussa Zan, Nazi Vincent Bagnoa, Martin Bangha and Seni Kouanda PLOS Global Public Health
December 2025 Research Article

Quality of medication abortion services from pharmacies and drugstores in Ethiopia: A two-stage study

Tesfaye Tufa, Stephanie Küng, Delayehu Bekele, Niguse Tadele, Mahari Yihdego, Kidist Lemma and Alice F. Cartwright BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
December 2025 Research Article

Reasons for contraceptive and LARC non-use: How preferences and access barriers shape decisions

Laura E.T. Swan, Jane W. Seymour, Allison Hung, Jenny Higgins and Megan L. Kavanaugh Contraception
December 2025 Research Article

“You're not necessarily pregnant”: Confusion about emergency contraception

Jennifer Mueller, Alicia VandeVusse and Laura D. Lindberg SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
December 2025 Research Article

Identifying women with poor experience of post-abortion care: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Estelle Pasquier, Pierre Debeaudrap, Lenka Benova, Richard Norbert Ngbale, Mariette Claudia Adame Gbanzi, Onikepe Owolabi, Timothy Williams, Veronique Filippi and Olivier Degomme BMC Public Health
December 2025 Research Article

Investing in Reproductive Health: Contraceptive Use and Preference Fulfillment Among Low-Income Individuals Across State Policy Contexts

Hannah Olson, Ayana Douglas-Hall, Madeleine Haas and Megan L. Kavanaugh Population Research and Policy Review
November 2025 Research Article

Rohingya women’s knowledge and perceptions about pregnancy termination in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A community-based study

Ann M. Moore, Kaosar Afsana, Pragna Paramita Mondal, Mira Tignor, Octavia Mulhern, Rubina Hussain, Altaf Hossain, Atiya Rahman and Joe Strong Global Public Health
November 2025 Research Article

Understanding patient perspectives on the quality of family planning care: a qualitative study

Alicia VandeVusse, Jennifer Mueller, Ayana Douglas-Hall, Samira M. Sackietey and Megan L. Kavanaugh BMC Women's Health
November 2025 Research Article

Who pays and what pays off in sexual and reproductive health? A review of the cost and cost-effectiveness of interventions and implications for future funding and markets

Prof Gesine Meyer-Rath, Lise Jamieson, Edinah Mudimu, Katherine Snyman, Prof Jason J Ong, Joseph Corlis, Mitchell Warren, Prof Virginia Wiseman, Katharine Kripke, Prof Ruanne Barnabas, Prof Andrew Phillips, Jennifer Head, Karin Stenberg and Elizabeth A. Sully The Lancet
November 2025 Research Article

Biomedical innovations in contraception: gaps, obstacles, and solutions for sexual and reproductive health

Prof Deborah J Anderson, Jonathan Bearak, Frances W Grimstad, Thesla Palanee-Phillips and Ariane van der Straten The Lancet
October 2025 Research Article

Contraceptive effectiveness: A synthesis of the literature

Chelsea Polis, Sarah E.K. Bradley, Elizabeth A. Micks and Markus J. Steiner Contraception
October 2025 Report

Adding It Up 2024: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Elizabeth A. Sully, Jessica D. Rosenberg, Mira Tignor, Christina E. Geddes, Ana Dilaverakis Fernandez and Chelsea Polis
October 2025 Report

Adding It Up 2024: inversión en salud sexual y reproductiva en países de ingresos bajos y medios

Elizabeth A. Sully, Jessica D. Rosenberg, Mira Tignor, Christina E. Geddes, Ana Dilaverakis Fernandez and Chelsea Polis
October 2025 Research Article

Call to action: Bringing sexual and reproductive health equity into how we quantify the impact of contraceptive access

Megan L. Kavanaugh, Sheila Desai, Sonya Borrero, Anu Manchikanti Gómez, Jenny Higgins, Kelsey Holt, Nikita Malcolm, Jenny O’Donnell, Alicia VandeVusse, Jeannette Wade, Mia R. Zolna and Jennifer J. Frost Contraception
October 2025 Research Article

How Health Insurance Instability Differentially Impedes Access to Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity

Hannah Olson, Ayana Douglas-Hall, Madeleine Haas and Megan L. Kavanaugh Health Services Research
October 2025 Research Article

Interface of perceived self-efficacy on safe abortion and lived experiences among women of reproductive age in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study

Wakgari B. Daga, Taklu M. Mokonnon, Niguse T. Atnafu, Amene A. Kerbo, Beimnet D. Kedida and Stephanie Küng African Journal of Reproductive Health

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