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How does an IUD, aka an intrauterine device, work? And can it cause an abortion? Do doctors even know?? Watch this video and you might be VERY surprised to learn what we do know...and what some doctors are getting wrong. You deserve the facts! Board-certified OBGYN Dr. Jennifer Lincoln explains this and has references below so you can also see for yourself.

0:00 Intro
0:40 IUD overview - hormonal and nonhormonal types
1:12 But HOW do they work??
2:02 Do they cause abortions?
3:02 This fact about IUDs and abortions will blow your mind
4:04 How doctors are getting it wrong

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REFERENCES and RESOURCES to go deeper:
1. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin 186: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Implants and Intrauterine Devices. November 2017, reaffirmed 2024. https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinica....
2. María Elena Ortiz, Horacio B. Croxatto. Copper-T intrauterine device and levonorgestrel intrauterine system: biological bases of their mechanism of action. Contraception, Volume 75, Issue 6, Supplement, 2007, Pages S16-S30, ISSN 0010-7824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contracepti....
3. Guttmacher Institute. The Implications of Defining When a Woman Is Pregnant. May 2005. https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2005/0...
4. Laura ET Swain, et al. Physician beliefs about contraceptive methods as abortifacients. AJOG Volume 228, ISSUE 2, P237-239, February 2023. https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-93...


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