Characteristics Associated With Physician Bias in Contraceptive Recommendations.

Objective: We aimed to examine associations between obstetrician-gynecologist (OBGYN) contraceptive recommendations and sociodemographic characteristics of patients and recommending physicians.

Methods: OBGYNs affiliated with residency programs across the United States were recruited via email to participate in an online exploratory survey depicting scenarios of reproductive-age women of differing race and socioeconomic status, all other factors identical, and were asked to provide contraceptive recommendations. The χ test, Fisher's exact tests, and logistic regression were used to analyze recommendation differences based on physician and patient characteristics.

Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy: nuances in diagnosis and treatment.

A cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy (CSEP) occurs when the embryo implants on the scar of a previous cesarean delivery. The number of births delivered by cesarean section has climbed by 50% over the last decade, from a nadir of 20.7% in 1996 to 32.

Who gets to decide? Assessing contraceptive coercion in health care settings.

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Active COVID-19 infection as a barrier to postpartum tubal ligation.

Objectives: To identify patients unable to obtain postpartum bilateral tubal ligations (ppBTLs) due to policy prohibiting "elective" procedures for COVID-positive patients at a single academic medical center in New Jersey.

Results: Upon retrospective chart review of patients requesting ppBTLS, of 110 ppBTL requests between identified via retrospective chart review between February 1, 2020, and February 28, 2022, 24 (22%) were canceled due to COVID infection. Of these patients, 10 (42%) were uninsured, 13 (54%) had Medicaid, and 22 (92%) were Hispanic/Latinx.