Background Birth control is the conscious control of the birth rate by methods which
temporarily prevent conception by interfering with the normal process of ovulation …

No validated measures are currently available to assess women's ability to achieve their
reproductive intentions, also referred to as “reproductive autonomy.” We developed and …

Objectives To understand women's preferences for specific features of contraceptive
methods, the extent to which features of existing methods match women's preferences and …

Steady progress in contraception research has been achieved over the past 50 years.
Hormonal and nonhormonal modern contraceptives have improved women's lives by …

Objectives This study aimed to measure the incidence and identify predictors of postpartum
visit non-attendance, using medical records of women who received prenatal care and went …

Objective Disparities in unintended pregnancy in the United States are related, in part, to
black and Hispanic women being overall less likely to use effective contraceptive methods …

Women of lower socioeconomic status and women of color in the United States have higher
rates of abortion than women of higher socioeconomic status and White women. Opponents …

Seven in 10 women with unmet need in the three regions cite reasons for nonuse that could
be rectified with appropriate methods: Twenty-three percent are concerned about health …

In what ways do childbearing patterns in the contemporary United States vary for white,
black, and Hispanic women? Why do these differences exist? Although completed family …

Contraceptive failure is a major contributor to unintended pregnancy worldwide. DHS
retrospective calendars, which are the most widely used data source for estimating …