In a new study published in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity researchers found that physicians’ beliefs about the safety of abortion are linked to their abortion care behaviors. Specifically, physicians who underestimated the safety of abortion were less likely to have referred patients for abortion care.
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Access to Abortion Clinics Post Roe
Study finds links between resource deprivation and reproductive autonomy
Inadequate insurance coverage and high costs of healthcare are established barriers to contraceptive access. However, we know little about the ways that broader, structural socioeconomic barriers may impact people’s ability to access their preferred contraceptive …
Over 3.5 million more people could have access to abortion services if telemedicine for medication abortion were expanded and bans rescinded, research shows
New research from CORE postdoctoral scholar Jane Seymour in the American Journal of Public Health suggests that over 3.5 million more people in the U.S., and 250,000 people in Wisconsin, could have access to abortion …
CORE Fact Sheet: Seymour article in AJPH
What Would Happen In Wisconsin If Roe v. Wade Falls?
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 …
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 …
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 …
Study Finds Over Half of Physicians Who Are Willing to Refer for Abortion Care Don’t Know How to Do So
A new study by CORE researchers shows that physicians want to refer patients for abortion services, but many lack the knowledge on how to do so. Published in in Social Science and Medicine – Population …