Navigating Choices: Pregnancy Options Counseling Experiences in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder

Although no guidelines exist to guide pregnancy options counseling in addiction medicine settings, efforts should be made to integrate all pregnancy options counseling-parenting, adoption, and abortion-and/or referrals into the care of pregnant patients at OUD treatment centers. Effective discussions should be conducted in a nonbiased and nonjudgmental fashion. Our findings can be used to develop patient-centered counseling aimed at improving pregnancy decision-making while in treatment for OUD.