Powerful Contraception, Complicated Programs: Preventing Coercive Promotion of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives

Key Points: Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), which are highly effective and low maintenance, are increasingly popular among birth control users—and policymakers. The United States’ history of coercive and racist family planning programs serves as a strong warning to those seeking to promo te LARCs as a panacea. As policy and clinical innovations, as well as new programs, encourage LARC use, reproductive justice advocacy and improved clinical guidance offer ways to ensure patient autonomy and contraceptive equity.
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news