Welcome to UW CORE
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.
Updates from CORE
Study: Non-use of contraception is often about choice, not access
A new study by researchers from the Reproductive Equity Action Lab, UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity, and Guttmacher Institute, published in the journal Contraception, reveals that most people who aren’t using contraception — and many who have never used long-acting reversible contraception — say it’s because of personal preferences, not because they cannot access contraception.
Abortion care resumed at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin after pause
On October 27, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed providing abortion care at its clinics. That announcement followed a nearly monthlong pause in abortion care by the organization as it navigated recently enacted federal legislation excluding Medicaid coverage for family planning clinics providing abortion care.
Wisconsin scholars to present at 2025 Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting
Numerous scholars affiliated with the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity, along with colleagues from other Wisconsin institutions and communities, will present at the Society of Family Planning 2025 Annual Meeting October 25–27.
Study: Reduced abortion access linked to increased involvement in child welfare system
A study published recently in the Journal of Health Economics links the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which curtailed abortion access in many states, to an uptick in child protective services (CPS) involvement, particularly among communities already marginalized and under-resourced.
Three years after Dobbs, what’s the state of abortion in Wisconsin?
Following the July 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that rejected an 1849 state abortion law, a new CORE brief reviews the latest research on the state of abortion in Wisconsin.
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CORE in the Media: The Latest
- Isthmus: The next fight for reproductive rights
- PBS News: A look inside the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children
- WPR: State Supreme Court rules against 19th-century abortion law, saving the doomsday glacier, Great Lakes map
- WORT FM: Abortion legal in Wisconsin, but access still difficult
- WPR: Planned Parenthood, family planning clinics in Wisconsin face cuts under new federal law
- Wisconsin Health News: Report sheds light on OB-GYNs’ struggles after overturn of Roe v. Wade
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