Physician beliefs about abortion safety and their participation in abortion care
Swan et al. Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. Dec. 2023. Highlights READ MORE
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE
Category Abortion
The Two Front War on Reproductive Rights—When the Right to Abortion is Banned, Can the Right to Refuse Obstetrical Interventions Be Far behind?
Minkoff, Unmesha Vullikanti, and Marshall. The American Journal of Bioethics. Oct. 13th 2023 The loss of the federally protected constitutional right to an abortion is a threat to the already tenuous autonomy of pregnant people, and may augur future challenges…
How Governors Used Executive Orders to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe United States
Fairbanks. Guttmacher Institute. July 2023. Though some states had previously enacted abortion protections, many states with elected officials supportive of abortion rights did not begin to prepare for the loss of federal abortion protections until a draft of the Dobbs decision was leaked,…
Consent for trainee participation in abortion care: A qualitative study of patient experiences and preferences in the United States
Crystal-Orenlas et al. Contraception. May 2023. Patient-centered approaches to seeking consent for trainee involvement in abortion care must reduce potential for coercion. A standardized consent before the procedure room by a trained staff member without the trainer or trainee present…
FACT SHEET: What it costs Wisconsinites to obtain abortion care out of state in the post-Roe landscape
University of Wisconsin Collaborative for Reproductive Equity April 2023 In this brief, we outline costs of seeking out-of-state abortion care for Wisconsinites in the post-Roe landscape. Our analyses demonstrate the everyday impacts of restricting access to reproductive healthcare. READ MORE
‘The Biggest Problem With Access’: Provider Reports of the Effects of Wisconsin 2011 Act 217 Medication Abortion Legislation
Valley et al. WMJ. March 2023. Abortion legislation in the United States determines people’s access to services, including the abortion modality of their choice. In 2012, Wisconsin legislators passed Act 217, banning telemedicine for medication abortion and requiring the same…
Historical Resources Abortion Rights, Health, and Justice Organizations
The Smith College Libraries house an extensive collection of historical records related to abortion. The records include organizational documents from, for example, the organization then known as the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), Choice USA, and the Chico Feminist…
Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Amicus Briefs
The Center for Reproductive Rights website houses an extensive database on court cases that impact the ability of people to decide when, if, and how to have a family. Following are links to the Amicus Briefs filed in the Dobbs…