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Annual Meeting - Society of Family Planning The Society of Family Planning is the source for abortion and contraception science.

Registration for this year's Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting closes October 6, 2025 at 8:59 pm PT/11:59 pm ET.

Onsite registration is not available. Individuals who have not registered in advance will not be able to attend the meeting.

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We have updated our list of resources for understanding and responding to attacks on US federal research funding.

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Use these tools to stay informed, organize your networks, and protect research that drives access to evidence-informed, person-centered healthcare.

📣 Our #AbortionJustice Playbook is here, a comprehensive resource to dismantle barriers to reproductive freedom at every level of government. This is how we fight back and create lasting change! bit.ly/aj-playbook

On its 25th birthday, mifepristone is more under attack than ever The FDA's approval of the revolutionary drug in 2000 helped change abortion access nationwide.

"One in four abortions are now provided via pills prescribed through telehealth, and half of telehealth abortions last year were provided under shield laws, according to research from the Society of Family Planning."

“CONGRATULATIONS DR. LINDBERG! YRE Director of Research, Laura Lindberg, PhD, MA, is the 2025 recipient of the Society of Family Planning Mentor Award”. On the left there is a picture of Dr. Lindberg that has a white trim frame. Underneath the photo, there is the Society of Family Planning logo and a quote that reads “In recognition of demonstrated dedication to supporting and furthering the careers of a new generation of clinicians and scholars in the field of family planning”

YRE is proud to announce that our Director of Research, @lauralindberg.bsky.social was recently awarded @societyfp.bsky.social mentor of the year! Thank you Dr. Lindberg for everything you to do to support YRE’s trainees and other young scholars. Your continued guidance never ceases to amaze us!

Happy #WorldContraceptionDay!

Today, we’re celebrating Opill on store shelves across the US–no Rx or ID needed! #FreeThePill 👏did 👏that👏!

Now, we’re continuing our work to ensure it is equitably accessible to *everyone* who wants it: freethepill.org/even...

Funding Opportunities - Society of Family Planning The Society of Family Planning Research Fund (SFPRF) provides grants for research on abortion and contraception. Previous and current funding opportunities listed here.

We are accepting proposals on a rolling basis for our Bridging investments in abortion + contraception research funding opportunity. The purpose is to support the completion/partial completion of terminated NIH grants focused on abortion and/or contraception in the US.

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Read our amicus brief, filed alongside colleague organizations, highlighting the research on the safety and effectiveness of telehealth for medication abortion.

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Members can join the Telehealth Special Interest Group for telehealth providers and individuals interested in providing care via telehealth.

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Browse recent research from grantees of our Contraceptive equity in telehealth and Understanding people's experiences with remote provision of medication abortion grants.

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Implement our clinical guidance, Rh testing in early pregnancy, paired with related continuing education resources

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#WeCount report, April 2022 to December 2024 - Society of Family Planning The Society of Family Planning is the source for abortion and contraception science.

Create tailored tables showing the national and state-level shifts in the number of abortions delivered via telehealth with our #WeCount data explorer.

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Use our Science Says: Telehealth medication abortion care is safe and effective to support advocacy and decision-making informed by the evidence base.

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It is Telehealth Awareness Week, an opportunity to celebrate innovation and support our community’s collective efforts to advance the science and medicine of telehealth in family planning.

Explore the Society’s telehealth-related clinical, scholarly, and community-building resources. 🧵

Resources for Providers to Prepare for ICE Presence at Health Care Facilities With health care settings vulnerable to immigration enforcement actions, it’s time to get prepared.

Prepare for potential immigration enforcement actions at health care facilities using @prh.org’s new resource page, which aims to support your efforts to protect patients and communities.

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A person holds up a protest sign: Abortion is healthcare. Privacy is a right.

Various regions need more trained abortion and reproductive healthcare providers. Abortion bans create fewer providers and more barriers for pregnant patients in the future.

We're here to assist medical students with abortion advocacy and curriculum reform on campus.

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Why telehealth works: High acceptability among patients and providers This blog post is the third in a series written by Ibis researchers for Telehealth Awareness Week. Learn more about this portfolio of work…

This #TelehealthAwarenessWeek, Ibis researchers have launched a blog series diving into the history of telemedicine, exploring the impact of #VirtualCare, and demonstrating how #IbisDrivesChange by contextualizing study findings.

One key takeaway: #TelehealthWorks ⬇️

Meta is Censoring Abortion Pill Information 9.15.25

"Reports from organizations like Guttmacher and the Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount project indicate that abortion has persisted—and even increased—in banned states since Dobbs. That’s in large part thanks to abortion medication, telehealth, and shield laws." - @jessicavalenti.bsky.social

Considerations for Contraceptive Care for During and After Cancer New guidelines for contraception during and after cancer emphasize the importance of shared decision-making.

"This year, the Society published updated guidelines in the journal Contraception, emphasiz(ing) the importance of providing person-centered recommendations and shared decision-making."

Mitchell Creinin Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award SACRAMENTO) Mitchell Creinin Mitchell Creinin, a UC Davis Health distinguished professor and director of the complex family planning fellowship, has

"I have always worked with the idea that I can help an individual patient and I can also help countless others with important research so we can all provide better care," Creinin said.

Mitchell Creinin, MD is this year's recipient of the Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award.

Society of Family Planning Research Practice Support: Strategies and considerations for addressing race and racism in quantitative family planning studies Family planning researchers have not critically engaged with topics of race, racism, and associated concepts like ethnicity. This lack of engagement contributes to the reproduction of research that re...

The Society has also published a Research Practice Support on Strategies and considerations for addressing race and racism in quantitative family planning studies

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Register for @academyhealth.bsky.social's webinar on 9/25.

From Theory to Practice - Addressing Race and Racism in Quantitative Reproductive Health Research

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There is one last week to reserve your organization's booth in the Social of Family Planning Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall! #SFP2025

Email Info@SocietyFP.org for contracting details by 9/19.

Our partners at RHITES (Reproductive Health Initiative for Telehealth Equity & Solutions) is hosting a webinar, What You Need to Know: The Changing Landscape of Telehealth for Abortion Care on Wednesday, September 17 at 12 PM ET.

Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Despite Threats, Mail-Order Abortions Aren’t Slowing Down In many ways, it’s easier to get an abortion in the US today than it was before the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision.

"According to data published this summer by the Society of Family Planning, there were 1.14 million abortions in 2024, up from 1.05 million abortions in 2023." #WeCount

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#sfp2025 | Society of Family Planning Congratulations to the 2025 Society of Family Planning’s annual awards recipients. We hope you will join us in honoring Mitchell Creinin, MD; Jamila Perritt MD MPH FACOG; Laura Lindberg, PhD, MA; and ...

Incredibly honored to be receiving the 2025 Society of Family Planning annual mentorship award. Huge thanks to the many people who supported this nomination. societyfp.org/community/aw...

Society Award Winners - Society of Family Planning We honor the contributions of the recipients of the Society of Family Planning’s annual awards. Our field is crowded with those deserving of recognition. Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievemen...

Congratulations to the 2025 Society of Family Planning’s annual awards recipients.

Please join us in honoring Mitchell Creinin, MD; Jamila Perritt MD, MPH; Laura Lindberg, PhD, MA; and Lucrecia Mena Meléndez, PhD, MA at the awards presentation on 10/26 at #SFP2025.

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We are seeking to hire a Senior Communications Manager. The deadline to apply is October 2. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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A New Front Emerges in the Legal Battle Over Abortion Pill Access On Monday, New York AG Letitia James announced she’s intervening in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit challenging New York’s shield laws—a case that could reach the Supreme Court.

"According to the Society of Family Planning, by the end of 2024, 1 in 4 abortions were provided via telehealth."

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