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About the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE)

Current CORE Research Projects

Four years after Dobbs: What research reveals about abortion access in Wisconsin

Abortion care in Wisconsin: New data shows growing role of telehealth

CORE brief: How shield laws expand abortion access for Wisconsinites

Three years after Dobbs, what’s the state of abortion in Wisconsin?

Contraceptive care and method use by sexual and gender minority status: insights from a longitudinal panel of sexual and reproductive healthcare patients in Wisconsin

Do Sexual Minorities Receive Appropriate Sexual and Reproductive Health Care and Counseling?

Coercion in contraceptive care: Differences based on racial/ethnic identity, sexual orientation, and gender identity

Critical Gaps in U.S. Adolescent and Young Adult Contraceptive Knowledge

Study Points to Contraceptive Knowledge Gaps in Young Women

Adolescents and Young Adults’ Sources of Contraceptive Information

Navigating a new frontier: An exploratory study of clinicians’ confidence in their ability to help adolescents access abortion post-Dobbs - ScienceDirect

CORE brief: Abortion care for minors in a post-Roe Wisconsin

New CORE brief presents evidence on crisis pregnancy centers’ operations and impact in Wisconsin and beyond

Prevalence of crisis pregnancy center attendance among women in four U.S. states | PLOS One

Crisis Pregnancy Centers in the United States: Post-Dobbs Characteristics and Changes | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 6

Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive Use and Initiation of Contraception | Obstetrics and Gynecology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network

Provision of Abortion Medications Using Online Asynchronous Telemedicine Under Shield Laws in the US | Health Policy | JAMA | JAMA Network

Changes in Abortion Access, Travel, and Costs Since the Implementation of State Abortion Bans, 2022–2024 | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 10

Differences in Abortion Use by Sexual Orientation in 3 National Cohorts

Where do female contraceptive users get their methods, and does this differ by insurance coverage? A state-level examination

New cuts to the nation’s family planning program will worsen access to contraceptive care in Wisconsin

Removing family planning organizations from Medicaid would harm tens of thousands of Wisconsinites

Implications of Abortion Restrictions for Adolescents

CORE brief: Abortion care for minors in a post-Roe Wisconsin

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer+ Patients’ Preferences for Contraceptive Counseling and Experiences of Coercion in Contraceptive Care

Suicide deaths among reproductive-aged women in the US post-Dobbs: a national time-series analysis - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

The impact of the SB 8 Texas abortion ban on pregnancy duration at time of abortion in a large volume Colorado clinic

Sterilization Rates of Pregnancy-Capable People at a Single Institution in Wisconsin Before and After Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Changes in Support for Advance Provision and Over-the-Counter Access to Medication Abortion

Perceived Impact of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade on Queer Parents’ Reproductive and Sexual Lives - Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Healthcare Provider-Based Contraceptive Coercion: Understanding U.S. Patient Experiences and Describing Implications for Measurement

The importance of patient-centered contraceptive care: Linking provider contraceptive coercion to patient psychological distress and mental well-being

Differential associations between experiences of contraceptive care and subsequent contraceptive access and preferences among family planning patients by racial and ethnic identity: Evidence from Arizona, Iowa, and Wisconsin

“It Was So Easy in a Situation That’s So Hard”: Structural Stigma and Telehealth Abortion

CORE brief details harms of gestational abortion bans

Why Six-Week Abortion Bans Make It Impossible for Many People to Get Care

Window to access legal abortion may close before many women know they are pregnant

Youth Reproductive Health Access Survey

Post-Dobbs Abortion Restrictions and the Families They Leave Behind | AJPH | Vol. 114 Issue 10

The Swing Six Issue Surveys: Abortion | Program for Public Consultation

Black People’s Pregnancy Preferences Study (BoPPs)

Characteristics of people obtaining medication versus procedural abortions in clinical settings in the United States: Findings from the 2021–2022 Abortion Patient Survey

Experiences of delay-causing obstacles and mental health at the time of abortion seeking

CORE brief: Impacts of abortion restrictions on pregnant people, their partners, families, and communities

Use of Oral and Emergency Contraceptives After Dobbs Decision

CORE Brief: How does contraception work? Not through inducing abortion (long form)

Use of preferred contraceptive method among young adults in Texas and California: A comparison by state and insurance coverage

Access to Reproductive Health Services Among People With Disabilities

What are the Implications of the Dobbs Ruling for Racial Disparities? | KFF

CORE brief: The impact of the Dobbs decision on the ob-gyn workforce in Wisconsin

Study: Wait time and cost strongly influence abortion care decision-making

CORE brief documents impacts of abortion restrictions on individuals, families, and communities

Study details barriers to legislative advocacy on abortion for reproductive health experts

Study: Access to contraceptive care has worsened in Wisconsin post-Dobbs

Wisconsinites prefer a diversity of contraceptive sources

Wisconsin women report barriers to accessing contraception services

Contraceptive Coercion | Women’s Healthcast

Maternal care deserts overlap with lack of abortion access, analysis shows

Op-ed: Even if Wisconsin abortion ban overturned, women will face obstacles to care

New report shows nearly 600 fewer abortions each month in Wisconsin following Dobbs

Wisconsin a year after the Dobbs decision - As Goes Wisconsin

CORE Research Projects

Study: Expert participation in 25 years of Wisconsin abortion policymaking

Contraception has a new weight post-Roe in Madison

Consequences of sudden changes to abortion access: Study illuminates abortion seekers’ pandemic struggles

CORE brief and infographic: What it costs Wisconsinites to obtain abortion care in the post-Roe landscape

CORE update on latest mifepristone ruling by U.S. Supreme Court

CORE Brief: Post-Dobbs Changes in Abortion Access in Wisconsin and Nationally

CORE Brief: Medication Abortion Access Update

CORE Brief: Pharmacists Providing Contraception

“Am I the Only One Who Feels Like This?”: Needs Expressed Online by Abortion Seekers

Department statement on Supreme Court's Dobbs decision

Exploring financial stress and resource deprivation as barriers to preferred contraceptive use in Wisconsin

Potential Impact of Telemedicine for Medication Abortion

CORE Brief: Medical Student Education on Abortion

Roe v. Wade's Fall: Consequences for Wisconsin

STAT News article highlighting CORE

CORE Brief: Self-Managed Abortion

NEJM: A Preview of the Dangerous Future of Abortion Bans

How Does Contraception Work? Fact Sheet

The State of Abortion Rights in 2022

Turnaway Study Director Diana Greene Foster: The Court Is Ignoring Science

New Yorker: The Devastating Economic Impacts of an Abortion Ban (Quoting Dr. Tiffany Green)

CORE Brief: Wisconsin State Laws Impacting Abortion Access

Opinion: Ending access to legal abortion has potentially deadly health consequences for Wisconsin

The Relationship Between Sexual Acceptability and Contraceptive Satisfaction: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

New article in The Lancet: Abortion travel within the United States

CORE Brief: Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy

Socioeconomics and Erotic Inequity

Sex, Poverty, and Public Health

Are Experiences of Racial Discrimination Associated with Postpartum Depressive Symptoms?

PNAS: Menstrual irregularity as a biological limit to early pregnancy awareness

Expert participation in 25 years of Wisconsin abortion policymaking

Cap Times article: Anti-abortion bills get the ink while reproductive justice gets ignored

CORE Brief: Physician Support of Abortion Services in Wisconsin

CORE Brief: Proposed changes to Wisconsin's reproductive health funding

CORE Brief: Who testifies in abortion hearings?

Cost Barriers to Abortion: New Study Using Reddit Data

Op-Ed in the Wisconsin State Journal: Texas abortion ban could happen here

CORE Brief: The New Texas Abortion Ban and Its Implications for Wisconsin

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