Collaborative for Reproductive Equity

CORE Research: Latest Updates

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  New Methods in a Millennia-Old Practice: Self-Managed Abortion

  Self-managing abortion is a millennia-old practice, and newer, FDA-approved medications have increased its safety and efficacy. In CORE’s latest brief on Self-Managed Abortion, we consider the methods, legality, and implications of this approach.

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  Current Laws Impacting Abortion In Wisconsin

  There’s a lot going on in the abortion policy landscape. Here at UW CORE, Collaborative for Reproductive Equity, we are keeping track of the current policies, and will continue to provide updates should these policies …

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  What Will Happen In Wisconsin If Roe Falls?

  CORE has paid close attention to the leaked draft opinion in the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that suggests Roe v Wade will be overturned. The opinion is not final; abortion …

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  Contraceptives’ Effects on Sexual Experiences Play a Huge Role in Satisfaction, Study Finds

  Sexual acceptability – how birth control methods affect users’ sexual well-being – is likely an important component of contraceptive satisfaction, but hasn’t been systematically examined until now. Dissatisfaction with a contraceptive method leads many people …

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  Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in Wisconsin: Opportunity to Expand Access by Enabling Family Planning Providers to Bill Medicaid

  There is an opportunity in Wisconsin to expand access to gender-affirming care for low-income, transgender people in our state. Rachel Dyer, a CORE researcher and a PhD student in the UW-Madison Department of Counseling Psychology, …

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  CORE Review Finds Close Association Between Economic and Sexual Wellbeing

  A new analysis led by CORE Director Jenny A. Higgins, Madison Lands, Mfonobong Ufot, and Sara McClelland reviewed 47 studies from over 22 countries, and found nearly universal associations between socioeconomic constraints and poorer sexual …

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  Sexual Health and Flourishing Negatively Impacted by Economic Constraints

  New research by CORE investigators documents that poverty and other financial constraints undermine people’s ability to have positive sexual experiences. All major public health organizations in the United States underscore that sexual health involves both …

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