'We can't afford to not educate ourselves about contraception and its efficacy for different bodies.' —NiaPatterson333
. So, why don't we have effective contraceptive options for people in larger bodies?
"It's not lack of access, but a lack of guidance," Dr. Lindberg explains. There hasn't been a lot of information up until recently because clinical studies excluded larger bodies, and clinical research is what steers doctors' recommendations."You end up with a lot of individual providers using their best readings of very limited literature to counsel their patients," she says.
pressing need for qualitative research exploring larger-bodied people's experiences with routine and emergency contraception, as well as receiving contraceptive counseling and care."At the very least, medical providers who are providing fat people with these contraceptive devices have an ethical right to inform their patient of the weight efficacy standards," Patterson says.
"Fatphobia, diet culture, and pretty much all health and beauty standards are first and foremost rooted in a system of control — the control of bodies.
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