UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
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RT @IWPResearch: Over 9 million young people seek higher education through community colleges each year, but their reproductive health need….
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RT @CaliforniaPTC: Earlier this month, the CAPTC released the December 2024 Newsletter. In honor of World AIDS Day, the newsletter focuses….
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.@gesisson of @ANSIRH discusses her book "Relinquished" and how our culture decides who deserves to be a parent on @NPR
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Our culture loves to celebrate adoption stories - and a lot of state governments put millions into promoting it. But adoptees and birth parents are opening up online about "coming out of the fog" - a...
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RT @CaliforniaPTC: Our second episode with Rachel Gross is out! Take a listen to learn more about the #clitoris, #menopause, the pelvic flo….
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RT @ANSIRH: Television this year featured at least 67 abortion plotlines, the highest number recorded since we started tracking plotlines y….
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Television this year featured at least 67 abortion plotlines, the highest number recorded since we started tracking plotlines yearly in 2016. For the first time, characters of color, when grouped...
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.@CaliforniaPTC is hiring a Communications Intern for Spring 2025 to work on projects like social media, podcast production, and online course production. Learn more and apply here:
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Communications Intern We have 2-3 cohorts of undergraduate interns each year. Positions have been filled for Spring 2025. Please check back to apply for the next cohort. The California Prevention...
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RT @ANSIRH: People who have experienced medical mistreatment are more likely to consider having a self-managed abortion, says ANSIRH resear….
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New research with fishermen in western Kenya found that the "promoter" model, with known peers sharing HIV self-testing information and test kits, shows promise for engaging men in testing
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While few fishermen had ever used HIVST, this study found high awareness, positive perceptions, and substantial willingness to use and distribute HIVST to other men. The "promoter" model, with known...
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Misinformation and legislative attacks on contraception threaten progress to make birth control more accessible. Cynthia Harper talked about recent wins and challenges in @NewYorker
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You can now buy a pill over the counter, but a conservative backlash is promoting anti-contraceptive disinformation.
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RT @ANSIRH: Abortion care and gender-affirming care both have very, very low rates of regret. The Turnaway Study found that after five ye….
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RT @garnethenderson: In 2022, I reported that many experts were concerned the Dobbs decision could lead to a rise in coercive or overly dir….
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A climate of misinformation and fear has people feeling they are making their contraceptive choices under duress.
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.@MarshallProj reports that hospitals give pregnant patients medications, then report them for positive drug tests. @triciaewrightmd highlighted the lack of clarity around reporting: "It’s all up to individuals who make their own interpretations."
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Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.
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RT @ANSIRH: “Research has shown … policies that stigmatize and punish pregnant people for their substance use actually seem to make things….
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Cannabis is not recommended in pregnancy, but experts say stigmatizing mothers for it introduces additional risks
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Ob-gyn residents struggle to get the training they need in states that ban abortion. "This will certainly have an impact on the communities where they practice medicine, " Dr. Emma Chew Murphy told @namesjules in @MDLinx
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Republicans are set to take control of all three branches of government, and with an already strong grip on the courts, the country may see a new wave of abortion and LGBTQ+ healthcare restrictions.
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“Contraception is not directly implicated in these abortion restrictions, and yet it's profoundly impacted.". Yasaman Zia talked about her new research on the impacts of the Dobbs decision on birth control with @nicolekarlis at @Salon
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Contraception is not directly implicated by limited abortion access, yet it's profoundly impacted, researchers say
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RT @CaliforniaPTC: 🚨New Episode Alert!🚨 The Coming Together Podcast has released the long awaited second part of our discussion with @rache….
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"Every strategy to overcome barriers and expand avenues to this essential health care service must be explored.". @DrDGrossman & Emma Chew Murphy write about over-the-counter medication abortion to expand access in @JAMAInternalMed
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This Viewpoint discusses the growing body of evidence that indicates that mifepristone and misoprostol meet the US Food and Drug Administration’s criteria for over-the-counter sale.
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“That creates this sort of vacuum where there can be the potential for more coercive or directive counseling when it comes to contraception.". Yasaman Zia talked with @CodyMcDevitt about new research on the impacts of the Dobbs decision on birth control
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RT @ANSIRH: Providing abortion pills before someone is pregnant – aka advance provision – reduces delays in accessing abortion care. @DrDG….
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A Canadian non-profit that helps women obtain the abortion pill in countries with restrictions says it saw a fourfold increase in U.S. requests after the presidential election. The majority of...
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