By Georgia Scott Progress Educational Trust (PET)’s annual conference was held at Amnesty International headquarters in December 2019. This one-day event titled “Reality Check: A Realistic Look at Assisted Reproduction” explored the limitations of the evidence base for interventions in assisted reproductive technology (ART). We Need To Talk About Add-Ons Assisted hatching, endometrial scratching and […]
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Women’s concerns about telling their partner that they have HPV
By Kirsty Bennett and Laura Marlow In England and other countries, a new way of looking at cervical screening samples called primary HPV testing is being introduced. Women attending cervical screening programmes where primary HPV testing is used will be told that they are either HPV positive or HPV negative. HPV (human papillomavirus) is a […]
Capacity-based decision-making for transgender adolescents
This blog by Timothy F. Murphy is part of a series on ethical and legal perspectives in sexual and reproductive health. Readers may be interested in the companion piece ‘Transgender children: limits on consent to permanent interventions‘ by Heather Brunskell-Evans. Academics, clinicians, and trans people have focused a great deal of attention recently on so-called […]
Transgender children: limits on consent to permanent interventions
This blog by Heather Brunskell-Evans is part of a series on ethical and legal perspectives in sexual and reproductive health. Be sure to check out the companion piece ‘Capacity-based decision-making for transgender adolescents’ by Timothy F. Murphy. When we talk about ‘transgender children’, we are referring to those children allegedly born with an innate transgender identity […]
Adverse effects of Male Contraception: How Much is Too Much?
By Carmen Abbe and Alison Roxby A clinical trial on a novel male contraceptive was recently terminated early due to participant side effects, or adverse events. Yet it is well known that many contraceptives used by women cause significant adverse effects. Our recent paper in BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health sought to better appreciate the […]
What do we know about sexual and reproductive health among recently incarcerated youth?
by Elizabeth Barnert, Ava Sun, Laura Abram, and Paul J Chung Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among incarcerated youth are 10 times higher than the general adolescent population. One-third of incarcerated girls in the United States report having been pregnant. Clearly young people who have contact with the juvenile justice system are in great […]
Exploring the low uptake of sexual health services among trans people
By Matthew Hibbert and Aedan Wolton The sexual health needs of trans people remain understudied in the UK and internationally. It is estimated that the worldwide prevalence of HIV among trans women is around 19%, but there is currently no research in the UK regarding HIV prevalence among trans people. Previous research into trans sexual […]
Sexual healthcare and contraception provision after sexual assault
by Sinead Cook People who attend Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) have a variety of acute and longer-term sexual health and contraceptive needs. In Cardiff, we introduced a local policy in 2017 that aimed to ensure high-quality immediate care within the SARC and onwards referral to the local integrated sexual health clinic. A year later, […]
Climate change and contraception
John Bongaarts and Regine Sitruk-Ware Global climate change represents a grave threat to the future of human welfare and our natural environment. The contentious ongoing policy debate about potential interventions focuses on switching to renewable energy sources and increasing energy use efficiency. But, given the urgency of the problem and the lack of political will, […]
Why neglect of STIs and infertility could be undermining family planning programmes
Why do people still not use effective contraceptive methods? One reason is that many women and their families in low- and middle-income countries fear the most effective contraceptives can cause infertility. A conventional response to this is that people simply need more information to put them on the right track – that women who, […]