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

Society of Family Planning signs on in support of Protecting Cures Act of 2020
On April 1st, the Society of Family Planning joined our colleagues at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, International Society for Stem Cell Research, Medical… READ MORE
The Society joins amicus brief to fight Texas abortion ban
Despite medical consensus that family planning is essential care, state governments continue to enact bans on abortion in light of the pandemic. Recent anti-abortion efforts… READ MORE
Joint Statement on Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Outbreak
We joined the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG), the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL),… READ MORE

Recent Grants

The oral reproductive and sexual herstories of Black Protestant Christian women
Toni Bond, MA, Interfaith Voices for Reproductive Justice
$7,501
Creating evidence and consensus in support of over-the-counter mifepristone-misoprostol
Daniel Grossman, MD, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH)
$4,190,525
Leveraging family medicine’s core values to increase access to medication abortion in the US
Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS, University of California, San Francisco
$594,063
Quality of information available online for medication abortion self-referral
Laura Dodge, ScD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
$119,833
Project SANA: The self-managed abortion needs assessment project
Abigail Aiken, MD, PhD, MPH, The University of Texas at Austin
$1,944,597
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Publications

Distance traveled for Medicaid-covered abortion care in California
Upadhyay U, Johns NE, Foster DG 
Travel for abortion services in Alabama and delays obtaining care
White K, Turan JM, Grossman D 
Health policy in a time of crisis: Abortion, austerity, and access
Ostrach B, Turan JM, Grossman D 
The effects of preabortion depressive symptoms on postabortion contraceptive effectiveness level chosen among women seeking abortions
Steinberg J, Vafai Y 
Abortion-related emergency department visits in the United States: An analysis of a national emergency department sample
Upadhyay U, Johns NE, Barron R, Cartwright AF, Tapé C, Mierjeski A, McGregor AJ 
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Clinical Guidance

Medical abortion reporting of efficacy: The MARE guidelines
Creinin M, Chen M
Pain control in surgical abortion part 1 — local anesthesia and minimal sedation
Allen R, Singh R
Online Training: Medication Abortion in Primary Care
Schwarz E, Sobota M, Goodman S, Beaman J, Benedict C, Casas R, Chuang C, Grossman D, McLean I, Prifti C
First-trimester abortion in women with medical conditions
Guiahi M, Davis A
Management of postabortion hemorrhage
Kerns J, Steinauer J
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