Source for Science

Special episode - recorded at the 2023 Society of Family Planning Meeting.

This episode features meeting highlights and exclusive interviews with #SFP2023 faculty:

• Kelly Pfeifer, MD discussing opening plenary panel "Interpreting changes in abortion volumes post-Dobbs: #WeCount in conversation with people, practice, and policy"
• Bhavik Kumar, MD, MPH summarizing "Breaking silos: Legal trends and clinical opportunities in abortion care and gender-affirming trans care"

Special episode - recorded at the 2023 Society of Family Planning Meeting.

This episode features meeting highlights and exclusive interviews with #SFP2023 faculty:

• Kara Janssen, AD discussing opening plenary panel presentation from "Mass incarceration as reproductive oppression"
• Cazembe Jackson discussing abortion story telling on the plenary "Breaking silos: Legal trends and clinical opportunities in abortion care and gender-affirming trans care"

Special episode - recorded at the 2023 Society of Family Planning Meeting.

This episode features meeting highlights and exclusive interviews with #SFP2023 faculty:

• Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH discussing opening plenary panel "Interpreting changes in abortion volumes post-Dobbs: #WeCount in conversation with people, practice, and policy"
• Carolyn Sufrin, PhD, MD, summarizing her presentation from "Mass incarceration as reproductive oppression"
• April Bell, PhD, MPH discussing 2nd place winning poster presentation "Digital storytelling (DST) as a tool to bolster solidarity and support among Black women who have had abortions"

In the latest episode of the Society's podcast, Source for Science, Jennifer Salcedo, MD, MPH, MPP; Kelly Cleland, MPA, MPH; Ivana Thompson, MD, MSCI; and Nikita Kakkad discuss best practices in the provision of emergency contraception (EC), how healthcare providers support access to EC, and recommendations for addressing current barriers to care.

Additional resources:

• Society of Family Planning Clinical Recommendation: Emergency Contraception
• American Society for Emergency Contraception informational guide for pharmacy staff
• American Society for Emergency Contraception (ASEC) report on EC access in pharmacies
• Commentary in Contraception on the urgency of EC in the post-Dobbs era and solutions for access
• ACES' Emergency Contraception for Every Campus program
• ASEC mechanism of action of levonorgestrel EC fact sheet
• EC efficacy and body weight fact sheet
• UK Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare comprehensive guidelines on EC

This episode features Anitra Beasley, MD, MPH; Sadia Haider, MD, MPH; and Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD discussing the benefits of supporting self-administration of DMPA, the practical ways clinicians can offer their support, and how clinicians can overcome common challenges for supporting self-administration of DMPA.

Additional resources:

• Science Says – DMPA-SC
• Society of Family Planning committee consensus on self-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC)
• NCTCFP toolkit: User-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC)
• NFPRHA: Self-administration of injectable contraception
• "This is How I Teach" DMPA-SC video
• Patient-facing resources:
  • RHAP: Depo-Provera Sub-Q User Guide
  • Bedsider: Depo SubQ: The do-it yourself birth control shot

This episode features Nisha Verma, MD, MPH, FACOG; Sarah Prager, MD, MAS; and Tania Serna, MD with a discussion of clinician experiences with self-managed abortion. Our expert faculty explores the role that clinicians can play in interacting with patients who have chosen to self-manage their abortion, and strategies for ensuring equitable abortion access both in and outside of the formal healthcare system.

Additional resources:

• Society of Family Planning interim clinical recommendations: Self-managed abortion
• Repro Legal Helpline from If/When/How

Welcome to Source for Science, the official podcast series of the Society of Family Planning. This series will cover the latest in abortion and contraception science and clinical care. Visit our website at SocietyFP.org to learn more about our work and become a member.