BEYOND BARRIERS: REIMAGINING ACCESS TO POST-PREGNANCY CONTRACEPTION A GUIDE FOR BEST PRACTICE
opportunity to address gendered attitudes to PPC care that may perpetuate outdated views around who is responsible for pregnancy prevention. A key theme of PPC research is whether targeted, ‘high risk’ models of PPC provision might also result in care that could be considered prejudiced or coercive. Historical abuses of reproductive autonomy have cast a long shadow over attitudes to contraception provision, and the international literature still points to differential experiences of PPC care in which marginalised women report feeling pressured to accept particular methods. 10 What we need is person-centred provision that helps women to make informed, considered decisions about what works for them. Making our PPC offer universal and giving everyone access to culturally appropriate, evidence-based information
and services, helps to address any danger that new parents feel directed towards a particular model of PPC care due to perceived fitness for parenthood. With this Government’s shift in focus to prevention in the NHS and their commitment that “never again will women’s health be neglected”, the time is ripe for an ambitious reset in terms of our approach to PPC care.
If realised, the benefits are likely to be significant. As the Government’s Women’s Health Ambassador, Dame Lesley Regan says, “when we get it right for women, everybody in society benefits.” As we look forward, let’s aim to get it right for all women.
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