Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Am I the only one who feels like this?”: Needs expressed online by abortion seekers. Lands et al., Social Work, 2023.
“The biggest problem with access”: Provider reports of the effects of Wisconsin 2011 Act 217 medication abortion legislation. Valley et al., Wisconsin Medical Journal, 2023.
Characterizing physician concerns with publicly supporting abortion at Wisconsin’s largest medical school. Cutler et al., Perspectives in Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2023.
Improving our estimates: Assessing misclassification of abortion accessibility in the United States. Seymour et al., Annals of Epidemiology, 2022.
Patient and provider experiences using a site-to-site telehealth model for medication abortion. Ruggiero et al., mHealth, 2022.
Abortion travel within the United States: An observational study of cross-state movement to obtain abortion care in the United States in 2017. Smith et al., The Lancet Regional Health, 2022.
Complication rates of dilation and evacuation and labor induction in second-trimester abortion for fetal indications: A retrospective cohort study. Jacques et al., Contraception, 2020.
Difficult questions with many gray areas: Nuanced abortion attitudes among physicians. Greene et al., Wisconsin Medical Journal, 2022.
Dirty work and intimacy: Creating an abortion worker. Ward, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2021
Effectiveness and safety of a direct-to-patient telehealth service providing medication abortion targeted at rural and remote populations: Cross-sectional findings from Marie Stopes Australia. Seymour et al., Contraception, 2022.
Expectations about availability of contraception and abortion at a hypothetical Catholic hospital: Rural-urban disparities among Wisconsin women. Kramer et al., Contraception, 2021.
Expert participation in 25 years of Wisconsin abortion policymaking. Romell et al., Contraception, 2022.
“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. Swerling et al., Contraception, 2021.
Medication or surgical abortion? An exploratory study of patient decision-making on a popular social media platform. Jacques et al., American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021.
Menstrual irregularity as a biological limit to early pregnancy awareness. Nobles et al., PNAS, 2021.
Patient and provider experiences using a site-to-site telehealth model for medication abortion. Ruggiero et al., mHealth, 2022.
Physician attitudes about abortion and their willingness to consult in abortion care at a midwestern academic medical center. Schmuhl et al., Contraception, 2021.
Physician attitudes about abortion at a midwestern academic medical center. Schmuhl et al., medRxiv, 2020.
Potential impact of telemedicine for medication abortion policy and programming changes on abortion accessibility in the United States. Seymour et al, American Journal of Public Health, 2022.
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. Higgins et al., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021.
Reproductive autonomy is nonnegotiable, even in the time of COVID‐19. Senderowicz & Higgins. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2020.
The importance of physician concern and expertise in increasing abortion health care access in local contexts. Higgins et al., American Journal of Public Health, 2020.
The silent majority: Physicians’ knowledge of and attitudes toward restrictive abortion policies in a battleground state. Higgins et al., Contraception, 2020.
Undue burden beyond Texas: An analysis of abortion clinic closures, births, and abortions in Wisconsin. Venator et al., Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020.
Willing but unable: Physicians’ referral knowledge as barriers to abortion care. Anderson et al., SSM – Population Health, 2021.
Research Briefs
Assessing access to abortion services for Wisconsin residents post-Roe (research brief)
Assessing access to abortion services for Wisconsin residents post-Roe (summary)
Ideological bias in abortion-related legislation and public hearings in Wisconsin
Medication abortion care regulations in Wisconsin: Healthcare provider perspectives
Physician support of unrestricted abortion services in Wisconsin
Topical Briefs
Abortion care for minors in a post-Roe Wisconsin (May 2023)
Changes to abortion access in Wisconsin following the June 2022 Dobbs decision (December 2022)
How does contraception work? Not through inducing abortion (long form)
How does contraception work? Not through inducing abortion (summary)
How medication abortion legislation in Wisconsin impedes access to safe care
Impacts of abortion restrictions on pregnant people, their partners, families, and communities (July 2023)
Medical student education on abortion: The current landscape
Medication abortion access update (February 2023)
Medication abortion and restrictions in Wisconsin (2018)
Post-Dobbs changes in abortion access in Wisconsin and nationally (April 2023)
Reproductive options abortion care information (English)
Reproductive options abortion care information (Spanish) / Opciones reproductivas: Información sobre la atención para el aborto
Reproductive options abortion care information (Hmong) / Kev xaiv txog muaj me nyuam: Ntawv qhia txog kev tu ntaus me nyuam tawm
Roe v. Wade’s fall: Consequences for Wisconsin
The new Texas abortion ban and its implications for Wisconsin
What is costs Wisconsinites to obtain abortion care in the post-Roe landscape (brief)
What is costs Wisconsinites to obtain abortion care in the post-Roe landscape (infographic)
Wisconsin state laws impacting abortion access (revised September 2023)