Hanks talks about LARC requests with WQOW

Laura Hanks, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology, joined WQOW for a recent story about an increase in patient requests for long-acting reversible contraception (LARCs) within the UW Health system.

In “Doctors see influx of requests for long-acting reversible contraception,” Hanks talked about recent contraceptive trends after the Dobbs Decision and the November 2024 presidential election.

"I will tell you that we all received an email within the first month after Trump was elected, asking if we would be willing to open up more clinic time to accommodate the huge influx of requests for lark and permanent sterilization.”

She also talked about how to effectively manage pain before and after an IUD insertion.

You can read the full article here.

**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson