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Some pediatricians lack training with IUDs – teenage girls miss out on safe birth control option

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a 99 percent effective, insertable form of long-acting contraception (lasts for years), which use copper or hormones to block sperm from fertilizing eggs. They have become an increasingly popular form of contraception, but many pediatricians providing birth control for teens haven’t been trained to insert them. Gynecologists are up-to-date with the […]