Recent Research

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 Research Article

Estimating incidence of induced abortion and unintended pregnancy among women in refugee settlements in Uganda

George Odwe, Peter Kisaakye, Francis Obare, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Bonnie Wandera, Stephanie Küng, Caitlin Rich and Margaret Giorgio Studies in Family Planning
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
March 2025 Research Article

Abortion-related morbidity and mortality in Sierra Leone: results from a 2021 cross-sectional study

Stephanie Küng, Francis Moses, Kenneth Juma , Esther Mutuku, Mohamed Koblo Kamara, Margaret Giorgio and Boniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie BMC Public 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
November 2024 Research Article

Estimating the social visibility of abortions in Uganda and Ethiopia using the game of contacts

Margaret Giorgio, Solomon Shiferaw, Fredrick Makumbi, Assefa Seme, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Sarah Nabukeera, Selena Anjur-Dietrich, Mahari Yihdego, Niguse Tadele and Elizabeth A. Sully Studies in Family Planning
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
October 2024 Report

Pregnancies, Births and Abortions in the United States, 1973–2020: National and State Trends by Age

Doris W. Chiu, Isaac Maddow-Zimet and Kathryn Kost

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