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