Who Can and Cannot Use the Copper-Bearing IUD
Safe and Suitable for Nearly All Women
Most women can use IUDs safely and effectively, including women who:
- Have or have not had children
- Are not married
- Are of any age, including adolescents and women over 40 years old
- Have just had an abortion or miscarriage (if no evidence of infection)
- Are breastfeeding
- Do hard physical work
- Have had ectopic pregnancy
- Have had pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Have vaginal infections
- Have anemia
- Are infected with HIV or on antiretroviral therapy and doing well (see IUDs for Women With HIV)
Women can begin using IUDs:
- Without STI testing
- Without an HIV test
- Without any blood tests or other routine laboratory tests
- Without cervical cancer screening
- Without a breast examination
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