Society guideline links: Contraception

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Abortion care guideline (2022)

●Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM): Clinical protocol #13 – Contraception during breastfeeding, revised (2015)

●WHO: Guidance and recommendations on ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services (2014)

●WHO: Guidelines on preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in developing countries (2011)

Canada

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC): Canadian contraception consensus (part 4 of 4) – Combined hormonal contraception (2017)

●SOGC: Addendum to the Canadian consensus on contraception – Emergency contraception: 1) Excluding pre-existing pregnancy when inserting copper IUD and 2) Initiation of hormonal contraception after emergency contraception (2016)

●SOGC: Canadian contraception consensus (part 3 of 4) – Intrauterine contraception (2016)

●SOGC: Canadian contraception consensus (part 3 of 4) – Progestin-only contraception (2016)

●SOGC: Canadian contraception consensus (part 2 of 4) (2015)

●SOGC: Canadian contraception consensus (part 1 of 4) (2015)

●SOGC: Committee opinion for best practices to minimize risk of infection with intrauterine device insertion (2014)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on oral contraceptives and the risk of venous thromboembolism – An update (2010)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Birth control (contraception) – Resources for Ob-Gyns and women's health care providers

●ACOG: Sterilization – Resources for Ob-Gyns and women's health care providers

●American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Contraception

●Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM): Sexual and reproductive health – Adolescent and young adult clinical care resources: Pregnancy

●Society of Family Planning (SFP): Clinical recommendations

●US Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Essure permanent birth control (updated 2022)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on contraception for adolescents (2014, reaffirmed 2021)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on the risk of venous thromboembolism among users of drospirenone-containing oral contraceptive pills (2012, reaffirmed 2020)

●AAP: Policy statement on emergency contraception (2019)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin on the use of hormonal contraception in women with coexisting medical conditions (2019)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on counseling adolescents about contraception (2017)

●AAP: Clinical report on contraception for HIV-infected adolescents (2016)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on clinical challenges of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (2016)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (2016)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): US medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (2016)

●CDC: US selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use (2016)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't require a pelvic exam or other physical exam to prescribe oral contraceptive medications (2013)

United Kingdom

●Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH): Standards & guidance

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on long-acting reversible contraception (2005, updated 2019)

●NICE: Quality standard on contraception (2016)

●RCOG: Consent advice on female sterilisation (2016)

●NICE: Public health guideline on contraceptive services for under 25s (2014)

●RCOG: Clinical guidance for the management of unscheduled bleeding in women using hormonal contraception (2009)

Australia-New Zealand

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Combined hormonal contraceptives (2019)

●RANZCOG: Emergency contraception (2019)

●RANZCOG: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (2018)

●RANZCOG: Intrauterine contraception (2017)

●RANZCOG: Long acting reversible contraception (2017)

●RANZCOG: Female sterilisation by Filshie clip tubal occlusion (2014)

Japan

●Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Guidelines for office gynecology in Japan, 2017 (published 2019)