Topical Briefs
Wisconsin State Laws Impacting Abortion Access
The Potential Impact of Pharmacists Prescribing Hormonal Contraceptives In Wisconsin
The New Texas Abortion Ban and Its Implications for Wisconsin
Family Planning Services are Essential
Is Depo-Provera Safe to use Immediately After Birth?
CORE Research Briefs
Wisconsin’s “Unborn Child Protection Act” (Act 292): Implementation and Consequences
Physician Support of Unrestricted Abortion Services in Wisconsin
Ideological Bias in Abortion-Related Legislation and Public Hearings in Wisconsin
Religious Restrictions on Reproductive Care: Wisconsin Patient Perspectives
Medication Abortion Care Regulations in Wisconsin: Healthcare Provider Perspectives
How Medication Abortion Legislation in Wisconsin Impedes Access to Safe Care. Scholars Strategy Network.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Maclean, Witman, Piette Durrance, Atkins, & Meinhofer. Prenatal Substance Use Policies And Infant Maltreatment Reports. Health Affairs. May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01755
Trinitapoli, Chilungo, Zhao, adams, & Yeatman. Visualizing Young Men’s Fertility Desires: A View from Balaka, Malawi. Socius. April 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221094752
Higgins, Lands, Ufot, & McClelland. Socioeconomics and Erotic Inequity: A Theoretical Overview and Narrative Review of Associations between Poverty, Socioeconomic Conditions, and Sexual Wellbeing. The Journal of Sex Research. March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2044990
Senderowicz & Maloney. Supply-Side Versus Demand-Side Unmet Need: Implications for Family Planning Programs. Population and Development Review. March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12478
Smith, Muzyczka, Chakraborty, Johns-Wolfe, Higgins, Bessett, & Norris. Abortion Travel within the United States: An Observational Study of Cross-state Movement to Obtain Abortion Care in the United States in 2017. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas. March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100214
Anderson, Cowan, Higgins, Schmuhl, & Wautlet. Willing but Unable: Physicians’ Referral Knowledge as Barriers to Abortion Care. Social Science and Medicine: Population Health. March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.101002
Kramer, Higgins, Everett, Turok, & Sanders. A Prospective Analysis of the Relationship Between Sexual Acceptability and Contraceptive Satisfaction Over Time. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2021.10.008
Higgins, Kramer, Senderowicz, Everett, Turok, & Sanders. Sex, Poverty, and Public Health: Connections between Sexual Wellbeing and Economic Resources and Sexual Wellbeing Among US Reproductive Health Clients. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. February 2022. https://doi.org/10.1363/psrh.12189
Nobles, Cannon & Wilcox. Menstrual Irregularity as a Biological Limit to Early Pregnancy Awareness. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. January 2022. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113762118
Romell, Mansbach, Dyer & Von Hagel. Expert Participation in 25 Years of Wisconsin Abortion Policymaking. Contraception. December 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.11.005
Higgins, Lands, Valley, Carpenter & Jacques. Real-Time Effects of Payer Restrictions on Reproductive Healthcare: A Qualitative Analysis of Cost-Related Barriers and Their Consequences among U.S. Abortion Seekers on Reddit. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. August 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179013
Senderowicz, Pearson, Hackett, Huber-Krum, Msafiri Francis, Ulenga & Bärnighausen. “‘I haven’t heard much about other methods:’ Quality of Care and Person-Centredness in a Programme to Promote the Postpartum Intrauterine Device in Tanzania.” BMJ Global Health. June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005775
Kramer, Higgins, Burns, Stulberg & Freedman. Expectations about Availability of Contraception and Abortion at a Hypothetical Catholic Hospital: Rural-Urban Disparities among Wisconsin Women. Contraception. May 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.05.014
Kramer, Higgins, Burns, Freedman & Stulberg. Prevalence and Experiences of Wisconsin Women Turned Away from Catholic Settings Without Receiving Reproductive Care. Contraception. May 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.05.007.
Ward. Dirty Work and Intimacy: Creating an Abortion Worker. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. May 2021. doi:10.1177/00221465211016440
Jacques, Carpenter, Valley, Alvarez & Higgins. Medication or Surgical Abortion? An Exploratory Study of Patient Decision-making on a Popular Social Media Platform. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. May 2021. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2021.05.011
Schmuhl, Rice, Wautlet & Higgins. Physician Attitudes about Abortion and their Willingness to Consult in Abortion Care at a Midwestern Academic Medical Center. Contraception. May 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.04.030
Higgins, Kramer, Everett, Wright, Turok & Sanders. Association Between Patients’ Perceptions of the Sexual Acceptability of Contraceptive Methods and Continued Use Over Time. JAMA Internal Medicine. April 26, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.1439
Zwerling, Rousseau, Ward, Olshansky, Lo, de Bocanegra & Harken. “It’s a Horrible Assignment”: A Qualitative Study of Labor and Delivery Nurses’ Experience Caring for Patients Undergoing Labor Induction for Fetal Anomalies or Fetal Demise. Contraception. April 21, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.04.014
Kramer, Gangnon & Burns. Provision of Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Before and After Wisconsin Medicaid’s Payment Change. Women’s Health Issues. April 10, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2021.02.009
Green, Zapata, Brown & Hagiwara. Rethinking Bias to Achieve Maternal Health Equity. Obstetrics & Gynecology. April 8, 2021. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004363
Higgins, Cannon, Rice & Turok. The Need For Accurate Contraceptive Awareness And Advocacy Among Health Care Providers. Health Affairs. 2021. doi:10.1377/hblog20210326.734068.
Higgins, Kramer, Wright, Everett, Turok & Sanders. Sexual Functioning, Satisfaction, and Well-being Among Contraceptive Users: a Three-month Assessment from the HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative. The Journal of Sex Research. 2021. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1873225.
Higgins, Schmuhl, Wautlet & Rice. The Importance of Physician Concern and Expertise in Increasing Abortion Health Care Access in Local Contexts. American Journal of Public Health. 2021; 111(1):33-36.
Higgins, Schmuhl, Wautlet & Rice. The silent majority: Physicians’ knowledge of and attitudes toward restrictive abortion policies in a battleground state. October 2020.
doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2020.07.051
Higgins, Wright, Turok & Sanders. Beyond Safety and Efficacy: Sexuality-related Priorities and their Associations with Contraceptive Method Selection. Contraception. 2020;2:2:100038. doi: 10.1016/j.conx.2020.100038.
Senderowicz & Higgins. Reproductive Autonomy is Nonnegotiable, Even in the Time of COVID‐19. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2020;52(2).
Schmuhl, Rice, Wautlet & Higgins. Physician Attitudes About Abortion at a Midwestern Academic Medical Center. medRxiv doi: 10.1101/2020.05.08.20094540; 2020.
Jacques, Heinlein, Ralph, Pan, Nugent, Kaljo & Farez. Complication Rates of Dilation and Evacuation and Labor Induction in Second-trimester Abortion for Fetal Indications: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Contraception. 2020;102(2):83-86.
Wautlet, Schmuhl, Higgins, Zukin & Rice. Physician Attitudes toward Reproductive Justice: Results from an Institution-wide Survey. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2020;135:108s. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000664320.33209.fa
Senderowicz. Contraceptive Autonomy: Conceptions and Measurement of a Novel Family Planning Indicator. Studies in Family Planning. 2020;51(2):161-176.
Schmuhl, Higgins, Rice, Wautlet, Wright & Zukin. Pluralistic Ignorance and Interdisciplinary Physicians’ Attitudes About Abortion. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2020;54(Supp 1):S442.
Senderowicz. “I was obligated to accept”: A Qualitative Exploration of Contraceptive Coercion. Social Science & Medicine. 2019;239:112531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112531
Research Posters
Alvarez & Higgins. Unhappily Pregnant in the Pandemic: The Effects of COVID-19 on Wait Times and Abortion Services for Wisconsin Residents Compared to Bordering States. Women’s Health and Health Equity Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2020.
Dyer, Von Hagel & Mansbach. Who Testifies? Characteristics of Experts who Speak on Abortion-related Bills in Wisconsin. Women’s Health and Health Equity Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2020.
Hale, Valley, Jacques & Higgins. Provider Perspectives: Abortion Exceptionalism and the Compound Negative Effects of Medication Abortion Legislation on Patients in Wisconsin. Women’s Health and Health Equity Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2020.
Higgins, Schmuhl, Wautlet & Rice. The Silent Majority: Physician’s Attitudes Toward Restrictive Abortion Policies in Battleground Wisconsin. Women’s Health and Health Equity Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2020.
Romell & Cannon. County-level HPV Vaccination Rates and Title X Clinic Closures in Wisconsin. Women’s Health and Health Equity Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2020.
Schmuhl, Higgins, Rice & Wautlet. Physician Attitudes About Abortion and Willingness to Consult in Abortion Care at UW School of Medicine & Public Health. Women’s Health and Health Equity Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2020.
Valley, Nacev, Taboada & Higgins. Medical Student Attitudes and Understanding of Reproductive Health and Justice: An Institution-wide Survey. Women’s Health and Health Equity Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2020.