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
Canada
●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)
United States
●ACOG: Sterilization – Resources for Ob-Gyns and women's health care providers
●American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Contraception
●Society of Family Planning (SFP): Clinical recommendations
●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)
●US Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Essure permanent birth control (updated 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)
●CDC: US selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use (2016)
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: Female sterilisation – Consent advice (2016)
●NICE: Public health guideline on contraceptive services for under 25s (2014)
Australia-New Zealand
●RANZCOG: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (2018)
●RANZCOG: Intrauterine contraception (2017)
●RANZCOG: Long acting reversible contraception (2017)
●RANZCOG: Combined hormonal contraceptives (2016)
●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)