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  • Use a reproductive justice–oriented and shared decision-making approach to reproductive planning that focuses on patient preferences and goals.

  • Teach patients about nonhormonal, hormonal, and permanent contraception options, discussing effectiveness, potential risks, adverse effects, and noncontraceptive benefits.

  • Summarize short-acting and long-acting reversible contraceptive options, their use in special populations, and the duration of use for long-acting reversible contraceptives.

  • Advise patients about safe and effective options for emergency contraception.

  • Counsel patients with an unintended pregnancy, presenting all options (ie, parenting, adoption, and abortion) in a manner that allows them to pursue an informed and value-concordant decision for themselves.

  • Answer patient questions about medication abortion and procedural abortion.

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