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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.

On September 10, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit challenging two state abortion restrictions that it argues are medically unnecessary and violate the state constitution’s guarantee of personal liberty and bodily autonomy.

CORE is delighted to introduce a new member of our team — Aisha Anderson, program coordinator. In this role, Aisha keeps CORE’s work running smoothly across research, engagement, dissemination, and training initiatives.

This Wednesday, September 9, a federal appeals court will hear arguments in Louisiana v. FDA, a lawsuit that could block access to medication abortion via telehealth and mail. The litigation before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could sharply reduce patient access to safe, effective, and essential healthcare.

CORE is proud to sponsor Jardines de Espacios: Picturing the Latino/e Perinatal Journey in Dane County on September 17. The event, hosted by Roots4Change (Raices para el Cambio Co-Op), explores how community-led research and photo narratives can drive systemic change in Latina and Indigenous maternal care.

Four years after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states to determine the legality of abortion, abortion care is available in Wisconsin, but highly restricted by state laws.

On May 14, the U.S. Supreme Court maintained access to the abortion medication mifepristone through telehealth. The action pauses, for now, a lower-court ruling that would have blocked mail orders for mifepristone and required in-person visits with clinicians for medication abortion nationwide.

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.

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.

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.