Numerous scholars affiliated with the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) will present at the 2026 Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting, held October 17-19 in San Francisco, California.
The annual gathering brings together experts who produce and inform research on abortion and contraception to share new findings, consider emerging questions, learn from one another, and strengthen the ability to provide evidence-informed, person-centered care.
Registered attendees can view the full conference schedule.
Saturday, October 17
- Dana Johnson, PhD, MPaff, assistant professor of public policy, University of Massachusetts Boston (former CORE trainee), and Brooke Whitfield, PhD, CORE Lab member and Reproductive Equity Action Lab (REAL) postdoctoral research associate
Spotlight on science presenters: Post-abortion care seeking among individuals who used telehealth medication abortion (Johnson) and National estimates of contraceptive use and preferred method use from the RHEA survey (Whitfield)
- Jenna Nobles, PhD, professor of demography, University of California, Berkeley (former CORE investigator)
Presenting: Pregnancy recognition: How, when, and why it matters
- Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW, CORE investigator and REAL senior research scientist
Presenting: Experiences of clinical contraceptive coercion: National prevalence and inequities
Poster Presentations
- Jenny Higgins, PhD, CORE director and professor of obstetrics and gynecology
“Google doesn’t say what’s legal where”: Abortion seekers’ grasp of dynamic laws
- Jane Seymour, PhD, MPH, CORE research scientist
Applying a model of abortion access to Midwestern abortion considerers’ experiences
- Brooke Whitfield, PhD, CORE Lab member and REAL postdoctoral research associate
Abortion bans and care-seeking for pregnancy loss: Evidence from a national survey
- Lindsay Cannon, PhD, MPH, MSW, assistant professor of sociology, Florida State University (former CORE trainee)
Timely access to desired contraception and reasons for delay by disability status
- Diana Carvajal, MD, MPH, CORE investigator and assistant professor of family medicine and community health
The language of coercion: Contraception conversations with Latine patients
- Klaira Lerma, MPH, REAL associate director
Healthcare discrimination compounds racial and ethnic reproductive health inequities
- Ellen Schenk, MPP, REAL data analysist
Who can access permanent contraception? National estimates of inequity in unmet need
Sunday, October 18
- Abigail Cutler, MD, CORE investigator and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Panelist: Pregnancy of unknown location in the post-Dobbs era: Policy, protocols, and practice
- Dana Johnson, PhD, MPaff, assistant professor of public policy, University of Massachusetts Boston (former CORE trainee)
Awards presentation: Next Generation award