Over the past decade, women in Western countries have taken to various social media
platforms to share their dissatisfactory experiences with hormonal contraception, which may …

Socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes exist among women,
particularly those of minority racial or ethnic backgrounds. Barriers to optimal cardiovascular …

Problem/Condition: CDC conducts abortion surveillance to document the number and
characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and number of abortion-related …

Background The rate of unintended pregnancy in the United States is much higher than in
other developed nations. Approximately half of unintended pregnancies are due to …

BACKGROUND: The incidence of unintended pregnancy is among the most essential health
status indicators in the field of reproductive health. One ongoing goal of the US Department …

Background The rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States is higher than in other
developed nations. Teenage births result in substantial costs, including public assistance …

In recent years, enthusiasm about long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods has
skyrocketed among US reproductive health care providers because of these methods' …

Objective—This report describes current contraceptive use among women of childbearing
age (ages 15–44) during 2011–2013. Current contraceptive use is defined as use during the …

OBJECTIVE: To promote the use of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods
(intrauterine devices [IUDs] and implants) and provide contraception at no cost to a large …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate 12-month satisfaction and continuation rates of intrauterine device
(IUD) and implant users enrolled in the Contraceptive CHOICE Project and compare these …