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

Announcement: Innovations in medication abortion service delivery awards
The Society of Family Planning Research Fund is proud to announce the awardees of the Innovations in medication abortion service delivery funding opportunity. These projects are well-positioned… READ MORE
2021 Changemakers in Family Planning and Emerging Scholars in Family Planning
The Society of Family Planning Research Fund is committed to intentionally supporting scholars of color and cultivating new, emerging scholars. To that end, we are… READ MORE
Announcing the 2021 SFP NIH Navigation Cohort
We are delighted to announce the 2021 SFP NIH Navigation Cohort, an NIH proposal development program led by Vanessa Dalton, Cynthia Gomez, and David Turok.… READ MORE

Recent Grants

Generating evidence to help sustain the no-test medication abortion strategy post-pandemic
Laura Frye, MPH, Gynuity Health Projects
$99,996
Signed, sealed, delivered: Patient experiences of innovative telehealth medication abortion services at Cedar River clinics
Emily Godfrey, MD, MPH, University of Washington
$100,000
Self-determination of gestational age for early medication abortion using a history-based screening tool – LMP-SURE
Courtney Kerestes, MD, University of Hawai'i
$51,537
Access to and acceptability of telemedicine medication abortion in primary care
Silpa Srinivasulu, MPH, Reproductive Health Access Project
$94,454
Putting the power in patients’ hands: Person-centered abortion care and clinical health outcomes for no-test telemedicine and clinic-based medication abortion in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May Sudhinaraset, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
$99,074
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Publications

Preventing first births among adolescents in Mexico City’s public abortion programme
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Pregnancy prevalence and outcomes in 3 United States juvenile residential systems
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Distance to an abortion provider and its association with the abortion rate: A multistate longitudinal analysis
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Abortion attempts without clinical supervision among transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive people in the United States
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Auricular acupressure and auricular acupuncture as an adjunct for pain management during first trimester aspiration abortion: A andomized, double-blinded, three-arm trial
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Clinical Guidance

Management of individuals with bleeding or thrombotic disorders undergoing abortion
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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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