Recent Research

July 2025 Research Article
Measuring Unmet Need for Contraception Using a Person-Centered Algorithm: An Application With a Community-Based Sample of Married Rohingya Women in Bangladesh

Octavia Mulhern, Rubina Hussain, Joe Strong, Ann M. Moore, Mira Tignor, Kaosar Afsana, Pragna Paramita Mondal and Altaf Hossain Studies in Family Planning
June 2025 Research Article
Effects of the Dobbs Decision on Publicly Supported Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinics: Results from a National Study

Alicia VandeVusse, Jennifer Mueller and Marielle Kirstein Journal of Women's Health
June 2025 Research Article
Assessing the Impact of Dobbs on Abortion Perceptions and Attitudes in More Restrictive Versus Less Restrictive State Policy Environments: Evidence from Arizona, Wisconsin, and New Jersey

Alice F. Cartwright, Rubina Hussain, Ashley C. Little and Megan L. Kavanaugh Journal of Women's Health
June 2025 Research Article
Prevalence of crisis pregnancy center attendance among women in four U.S. states

Teresa J.K. Yang, Mikaela H. Smith, Megan L. Kavanaugh, JaNelle M. Ricks and Maria F. Gallo PLOS ONE
May 2025 Research Article
Undesired Births, Contraception, and Abortion Before and After the Cairo Consensus: Trends in Conditional Undesired Birth Rates and the Impact of Contraception and Abortion

Jonathan Bearak, Ellie Leong, Jewel Gausman, Jessica D. Rosenberg, Mariah Menanno, Samira M. Sackietey, Octavia Mulhern, Vladimíra Kantorová and Joseph Molitoris Studies in Family Planning
May 2025 Report
Publicly Supported Family Planning Services in the United States: Likely Need, Availability and Use, 2020

Jennifer J. Frost, Nakeisha Blades, Ayana Douglas-Hall, Mia R. Zolna, Audrey Maynard, Samira M. Sackietey, Tamrin Ann Tchou and Bashiru Mohammed
April 2025 Research Article
Assessing the Provision of Person-Centered Contraceptive Care at Publicly Supported Clinics Providing Contraceptive Services in the United States

Jennifer Mueller, Priscille Osias, Madeleine Haas and Alicia VandeVusse Women's Health Issues
April 2025 Report
Stability in the Number of Abortions from 2023 to 2024 in US States Without Total Bans Masks Major Shifts in Access

Isaac Maddow-Zimet and Kimya Forouzan
March 2025 Research Article
Unintended pregnancy and gender inequality worldwide: an ecological analysis

Gilda Sedgh and Jonathan Bearak BMJ Global Health
February 2025 Research Article
The Role of Medication Abortion Provision in US States Without Total Abortion Bans, 2023

Isabel DoCampo , Rachel K. Jones and Isaac Maddow-Zimet Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (University of Ottawa)
February 2025 Report
Young People's Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Uganda: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators

Justine N. Bukenya, Tonny Ssekamatte, Robina Komuhendo and Melissa Stillman
January 2025 Research Article
Where do female contraceptive users get their methods, and does this differ by insurance coverage? A state-level examination.

Hannah Olson and Megan L. Kavanaugh Contraception
January 2025 Research Article
Abortion and unintended pregnancy in Pakistan: New evidence for 2023 and trends over the past decade

Zeba A. Sathar, Susheela Singh, Iqbal H. Shah, Muhammad Rehan Niazi, Tahira Parveen, Octavia Mulhern and Ali Mohammad Mir BMJ Global Health
January 2025 Research Article
Contraceptive care post-Dobbs: A qualitative study of clinic staff perspectives

Alicia VandeVusse, Jennifer Mueller, Octavia Mulhern and Sidney Cech SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
January 2025 Research Article
Seeking abortion medications online: experiences from a mystery client study in Colombia

Daniel Arango Arango, Alice F. Cartwright, Ava Braccia, Ann M. Moore and María Mercedes Vivas BMJ Open
November 2024 Report
Publicly Supported Family Planning Clinics in 2022–2023: Trends in Service Delivery Practices and Protocols

Alicia VandeVusse, Jennifer Mueller, Madeleine Haas, Priscille Osias and Tamrin Ann Tchou
November 2024 Research Article
Differential Associations Between Access to Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare and Subsequent Contraceptive and Pregnancy Outcomes by Ethnicity Among Family Planning Patients in Arizona

Megan L. Kavanaugh, Ellie Leong and Christina E. Geddes Women's Reproductive Health
October 2024 Research Article
Progress towards sustainable development goals related to sexual health

Onikepe Owolabi, Jonathan Hopkins, Akinrinola Bankole and Jonathan Bearak Bulletin of the World Health Organization
October 2024 Research Article
Use of Preferred Source of Contraception Among Users of the Pill, Patch, and Ring in the US

Anu Manchikanti Gómez, Ariana H. Bennett, Alex Schulte, Jennet Arcara, Lisa Stern, Angela D. Aina, Jamie Bardwell, Denicia Cadena, Aisha Chaudhri, Laura Davis, Christine Dehlendorf, Brittni Frederiksen, Elizabeth Jones, Megan L. Kavanaugh, Catherine Labiran, Raegan McDonald-Mosley, Ellen Pliska, Whitney S. Rice, Ena Suseth Valladares and Cassondra Marshall Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
October 2024 Research Article
Differential associations between experiences of contraceptive care and subsequent contraceptive access and preferences among family planning patients by racial and ethnic identity: Evidence from Arizona, Iowa, and Wisconsin

Megan L. Kavanaugh, Madeleine Haas and Ayana Douglas-Hall PLOS ONE

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