It's Thanks, Birth Control Day! ✔️ Everyone deserves access to the birth control method that works best for their body, life, and goals. ✔️ Removing barriers to contraception improves health outcomes, reduces inequities, and strengthens communities. 📖 CORE resources: buff.ly/cJuXGY1 #ThxBirthControl

A recent research survey led by @ibisrh.bsky.social highlights significant barriers 🚧 in accessing preferred contraceptive methods among Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in the U.S. ⚠️ 37% of respondents were not using their method of choice. Study: buff.ly/FaGHxSw #TeachingTuesday

New research in @jamanetworkopen.com finds that over-the-counter (OTC) oral contraceptives may improve equitable access 📈 to contraception. 💊 OTC pill users were more likely than prescription users to be uninsured, adolescent, and residents of rural areas. buff.ly/oNvFvV7 #TeachingTuesday

Numerous CORE scholars, along with colleagues from other Wisconsin institutions and communities, will present at the 2025 Society of Family Planning @societyfp.bsky.social Annual Meeting, held Oct. 25–27 in Pittsburgh. We look forward to sharing and learning! 📝 🗓️ View the list: buff.ly/SAEoc7C

📢 @guttmacher.org's @megankavanaugh.bsky.social, with CORE Director Jenny Higgins and others, propose a new method to assess contraceptive access impact, focusing on individual needs and perspectives for better sexual and reproductive health equity. In @contraceptionjl.bsky.social! ➡️ buff.ly/qcfjxBJ

📢 UW-Madison's Social Science Research Services (SSRS) is coordinating with @uwsoc.bsky.social to hire a communications and events specialist! SSRS staff support the Center for Demography and Ecology and the Center for the Demography of Health and Aging. Interested? Learn more and apply by Oct. 16 ➡️

Telemedicine 💊 has significantly increased abortion access in the Midwest and South, especially in areas with restrictive laws, a new study shows. 📝 Key finding: 84% of a telemedicine service's prescriptions went to patients in states with significant restrictions. buff.ly/SjJiVNk #TeachingTuesday

A new CORE study links abortion restrictions to higher rates of referrals to child protective services. ➡️ buff.ly/fpt4jYE 🔍 Zooming in: Abortion restrictions result in negative health outcomes, stress, financial strain, and the potential for family violence, raising child welfare concerns.

Congratulations🎉 to CORE investigator and @wifamilymedicine.bsky.social's Diana Carvajal and other recipients of 2025 @societyfp.bsky.social grants to document the composition of clinicians providing abortion care. The projects aim to track and strengthen the abortion care workforce.

Planned Parenthood of #Wisconsin will pause abortion care at its clinics beginning October 1. 📢 This comes as the organization adapts to federal legislation that excludes Medicaid coverage for family planning clinics providing abortion care. Read more about the legislation and evidence of impact. ⬇️

New research underscores how hurdles to abortion access have soared since the #Dobbs decision. Between 2022-2024: 💰 Travel costs for abortion ⬆️ from $179 to $372 🕰️ Avg. travel time ⬆️ from 2.8 to 11.3 hours 🌙 Overnight stays ⬆️ from 5% to 58% 📈 Second-trimester abortions ⬆️ from 8% to 17%

The Reproductive Equity Action Lab (REAL) led by @tiffanygreen.bsky.social at @wiscobgyn.bsky.social is hiring a research coordinator in Madison, Wisconsin! This role supports a project on racial disparities in postpartum pain treatment and REAL’s broader research portfolio. Details: buff.ly/vM4AHPM

📢 An @amjpublichealth.bsky.social editorial from CORE scholars Jenny Higgins, @lsenderowicz.bsky.social and Diana Carvajal celebrates how a new measure of sexual and reproductive wellbeing from Christine Dehlendorf and team could improve equity and science. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

Recent research finds that #LGBTQ+ individuals’ pregnancies are comparatively more likely to end in abortion than heterosexual individuals'. 🚧 The study also documents the barriers LGBTQ+ people face in accessing reproductive care. 📝: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #TeachingTuesday

A new CORE brief reviews the latest research on the state of abortion in #Wisconsin.⚖️🔍 🚧 Although the Wisconsin Supreme Court last month rejected the state’s 1849 abortion ban, many other restrictive #WI laws hinder abortion access. 📝Read more: go.wisc.edu/ABinWI #reproductivehealth #healthpolicy

A new @prbdata.bsky.social scorecard gives #Wisconsin a mixed grade for how our state's policies protect or restrict access to #contraception. buff.ly/xyhfppo Protections include: ✅ Expanded Medicaid coverage for family planning services 🏥 Accessible emergency contraception in ERs (1/2)⬇️

🎉 Congrats to CORE investigator @tiffanylgreen.bsky.social and @wiscobgyn.bsky.social colleague India Anderson-Carter on receiving a Wisconsin Partnership Program grant to explore clinician bias in postpartum pain care and reduce disparities for Black birthing people. buff.ly/FeTcLjA

Hi Bluesky!👋🏼 We are the Collaborative for Reproductive Equity at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 🦡 We conduct and share research focused on Wisconsinites' access to abortion and contraception. Follow us for trustworthy, policy-relevant evidence. 📝 🔗 core.wisc.edu