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Objective: To estimate the proportion of obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns) who provided induced abortion in the prior year, disaggregated by surgical and medication methods, and document barriers to provision of medication abortion.Methods: In 2016-2017, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of a national sample of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Fellows and Junior Fellows who were part of the Collaborative Ambulatory Research Network. We sent the survey by email, and mailed nonresponders paper surveys. We performed descriptive statistics, χ tests, and logistic regression analyses.Results: Sixty-seven percent (655/980) of Collaborative Ambulatory Research Network members responded. Ninety-nine percent reported seeing patients of reproductive age, and 72% reported having a patient in the prior year who needed or wanted an abortion. Among those seeing patients of reproductive age, 23.8% (95% CI 20.5%-27.4%) reported performing an induced abortion in the prior year; 10.4% provided surgical and medication abortion, 9.4% surgical only, and 4.0% medication only. In multivariable analysis, physicians practicing in the Midwest (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.31, 95% CI 0.16-0.60) or South (AOR 0.22, 95% CI 0.11-0.42) had lower odds of provision compared with those practicing in the Northeast, whereas those practicing in an urban inner city (AOR 2.71, 95% CI 1.31-5.60) or urban non-inner-city area (AOR 2.89, 95% CI 1.48-5.64 vs midsize towns, rural areas, or military settings) had higher odds of provision. The most common reasons for not providing medication abortion were personal beliefs (34%) and practice restrictions (19%). Among those not providing medication abortion, 28% said they would if they could write a prescription for mifepristone.Conclusion: Compared with the previous national survey in 2008-2009, abortion provision may be increasing among practicing ob-gyns, although important geographic disparities persist. Few provide medication abortion, but uptake might increase if mifepristone could be prescribed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which estimated unintended pregnancy rates among 7,225 active-duty women in the U.S. military in 2008. Based on cross-sectional data from the 2008 Department of Defense Survey of Health Related Behaviors Among Active Duty Military Personnel, the age-standardized rate was 78 per 1,000 women, 50% higher than the general U.S. population. It concludes that unintended pregnancy rates in the military are high and have increased in most key subgroups since the 2005 survey.