Recent Research

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
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
October 2024 Report
Postabortion Care in Pakistan: 2023 Assessment of the Health System’s Capacity to Provide Care

Octavia Mulhern, Rehan Niazi, Tahira Parveen and Susheela Singh
September 2024 Report
Research on the Early Impact of Dobbs on Abortion, Births and Contraception: What We Know So Far

Rachel K. Jones and Lisa Remez
August 2024 Research Article
Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity Into Public Health Goals and Metrics: Comparative Analysis of Healthy People 2030’s Approach and a Person-Centered Approach to Contraceptive Access Using Population-Based Data

Anu Manchikanti Gómez, Reiley Diane Reed, Ariana H. Bennett and Megan L. Kavanaugh JMIR Publications
August 2024 Research Article
Assessing post-abortion care using the WHO quality of care framework for maternal and newborn health: a cross-sectional study in two African hospitals in humanitarian settings

Estelle Pasquier, Onikepe Owolabi, Bill Powell, Tamara Fetters, Richard Norbert Ngbale, Daphne Lagrou, Claire Fotheringham, Catrin Schulte-Hillen, Huiwu Chen, Timothy Williams, Ann M. Moore, Mariette Claudia Adame Gbanzi, Pierre Debeaudrap, Veronique Filippi, Lenka Benova and Olivier Degomme Reproductive Health
July 2024 Research Article
Characteristics of foreign-born abortion patients in the United States, 2021–2022

Alice F. Cartwright, Ava Braccia, Doris W. Chiu and Rachel K. Jones Contraception
June 2024 Report
The Number of Brick-and-Mortar Abortion Clinics Drops, as US Abortion Rate Rises: New Data Underscore the Need for Policies that Support Providers

Rachel K. Jones, Candace Gibson and Jesse Philbin
June 2024 Research Article
Motivations for using misoprostol for abortion outside the formal healthcare system in Colombia: a qualitative study of women seeking postabortion care in Bogotá and the Coffee Axis

Juliette Ortiz, Nakeisha Blades and Elena Prada Reproductive Health
April 2024 Report
Evidence for Ending the Global Gag Rule: A Multiyear Study in Two Countries

Patty Skuster, Elizabeth A. Sully and Amy Friedrich-Karnik
April 2024 Research Article
Characteristics and Circumstances of Adolescents Obtaining Abortions in the United States

Doris W. Chiu, Ava Braccia and Rachel K. Jones International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
April 2024 Research Article
An estimate of lifetime incidence of abortion in the United States using the 2021-2022 Abortion Patient Survey

Rachel K. Jones Contraception
March 2024 Report
State-Level Contraceptive Use and Preferences: Estimates from the US 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Hannah Olson, Madeleine Haas and Megan L. Kavanaugh
March 2024 Research Article
Co-creation strategies for identifying abortion research gaps in Nigeria towards research capacity strengthening for early to midcareer abortion researchers

Akanni Akinyemi, Adesegun Fatusi, Ojo Agunbiade, Olaitan Oyedun, Oladimeji Ogunoye, Melissa Stillman, Onikepe Owolabi and Akinrinola Bankole African Journal of Reproductive Health
March 2024 Research Article
Decision-making and social network support around ending unwanted pregnancies using misoprostol in Lagos state, Nigeria

Grace Kumolu, Melissa Stillman, Onikepe Owolabi, Akinrinola Bankole, Ann M. Moore, Akanni Akinyemi and Adesegun Fatusi African Journal of Reproductive Health
March 2024 Research Article
Unfulfilled and method-specific contraceptive preferences among reproductive-aged contraceptive users in Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin

Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rubina Hussain and Ashley C. Little Health Services Research
March 2024 Report
Any Restrictions on Reproductive Health Care Harm Reproductive Autonomy: Evidence from Four States

Rachel Easter, Amy Friedrich-Karnik and Megan L. Kavanaugh

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