Abortion
Explore recent abortion-related grants, publications, clinical recommendations, and Society news.
Abortion policy and practice should be based upon the best available science. As a community, we build knowledge to increase and improve the delivery of and access to evidence-based care and align policy with evidence.

News and Updates

Innovations in medication abortion service delivery
In an effort to support research capturing innovations prompted by COVID-19 that may be uniquely positioned to contribute to the future of medication abortion service… READ MORE
The most-talked-about family planning publications of 2020
We are excited to share that 33 Society of Family Planning members are listed as key authors on our fourth-annual list of the most-talked-about abortion-… READ MORE
Announcing the 2020 Emerging Scholar awardees
The Society of Family Planning Research Fund is excited to announcethe 2020 Emerging Scholars in Family Planning grantees. The aim of the Emerging Scholars in… READ MORE

Recent Grants

Factors associated with an increased grief response following abortion for fetal or maternal indications
Isa Ryan, MD, Northwestern University
$15,000
Pharmacist provision of medication abortion: Toolkit development and pilot
Selina Sandoval, MD, University of California, San Diego
$14,916
The impact of intimate partner violence on abortion type choice
Lauren Sobel, DO, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital
$15,000
Shifting the abortion narrative for the Latinx patient
Josephine Urbina, MD, University of California, San Francisco
$15,000
Effect of prophylactic tranexamic acid on bleeding outcomes in women undergoing dilation and evacuation
Marit Pearlman Shapiro, MD, MPH, University of Hawaii
$14,967
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Publications

Contraception after surgical abortion in patients with opioid use disorder
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Contraceptive receipt among first-trimester abortion clients and postpartum women in urban Mexico
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Association of Medicaid expansion with access to abortion services for women with low incomes in Oregon
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Non-pharmacological anxiety reduction with immersive virtual reality for first-trimester dilation and curettage: A pilot study
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The abortion web ecosystem: Cross-sectional analysis of trustworthiness and bias
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Clinical Guidance

Medication abortion up to 70 days of gestation
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Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Consult Series #49: Cesarean scar pregnancy
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Reproductive services for women at high risk for maternal mortality: A report of the workshop of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Fellowship in Family Planning, and the Society of Family Planning
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Cervical preparation for dilation and evacuation at 20–24 weeks’ gestation
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Medical abortion reporting of efficacy: The MARE guidelines
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