Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinics: Expanding Patient-Centered and Equitable Early Pregnancy Care

Purpose of ReviewThis review provides an overview of how early pregnancy assessment clinics (EPACs) provide patient-centered and evidence-based early pregnancy care, increase access to abortion care, and reduce health disparities.Recent FindingsThere is growing evidence that early pregnancy care provided in an EPAC is cost-effective, patient centered, and highly valued by patients.Patients in the USA who have clinical needs in early pregnancy often do not have a standard location to seek care. EPACs have been shown to provide early pregnancy care that is efficient and compassionate while also promoting patient autonomy and increasing access to standardized early pregnancy loss and abortion care. EPACs, while underutilized in the USA, should be integrated into the health system to expand the availability of quality early pregnancy care.