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The Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) is an initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. CORE supports and translates rigorous, policy-relevant research on reproductive health, equity, and autonomy in Wisconsin and beyond.
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CORE’s Survey of Doctors Highlights Widespread Support for Abortion Access
Our recent series of studies here at UW CORE, Collaborative for Reproductive Equity, document overwhelming support of abortion services among faculty physicians at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. More than three-quarters of …
New Brief: Wisconsin’s Proposed Changes to Reproductive Health Funding
NEW CORE BRIEF: What would happen if reproductive healthcare providers were unable to participate in the Wisconsin Medicaid program? Members of the Wisconsin state legislature recently passed new legislation that would prohibit healthcare organizations that …
Ending Abortion Access Will Have Significant Harmful Consequences for Individual and Families, CORE Researchers and Other Social Science Experts Tell Supreme Court
CORE Researchers and other social science experts provided information to the Supreme Court indicating their concerns about the consequences of ending abortion access.
New CORE study documents serious financial barriers to abortion care
CORE researchers published an innovative new paper that finds that cost is of the largest obstacles to abortion care in the U.S. The new study was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and …
CORE Publishes New Brief on Texas’s Abortion Ban—and What It Means for Wisconsin
We invite you to read and share the latest CORE Brief, “The New Texas Abortion Ban and Its Implications for Wisconsin.” Why does Texas SB 8 matter to Wisconsin? A similar ban would essentially stop …
Schmuhl, Rice, Wautlet, and Higgins published in Contraception
The journal Contraception has published new research by UW-Madison’s Nicholas B. Schmuhl, PhD, Laurel W. Rice, MD, Cynthia K. Wautlet, MD, and Jenny A. Higgins, PhD. The article is part of a larger research project based at UW CORE, …
Rural Wisconsin Women Expect Local Hospitals to Offer Full Range of Reproductive Services, Study Shows—But Many Catholic Hospitals Limit Patients’ Options
New CORE research, led by Dr. Renee D. Kramer and colleagues, sheds light on Wisconsin women’s expectations about whether they can access a range of reproductive healthcare options at a Catholic hospital—and whether those expectations …
Reddit data provides new source for exploring how people make decisions about their abortions – New AJOG Publication
A new article published by CORE Researchers Laura Jacques, MD, Emma Carpenter, PhD, Taryn Valley, MA, Barbara Alvarez, MS, and Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH was recently published in the prestigious American Journal of Obstetrics and …
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