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CORE researchers Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW, Jenny Higgins and others found that WI physicians’ beliefs about the safety of abortion are linked to their abortion care referral behaviors. 1 in 5 physicians in the 2019 survey believed abortion was somewhat, a little, or not at all safe. (2/4)

Eugenics never went away Greenland women seek compensation over involuntary birth control - “At least 4,500 women, some teenagers, were fitted with coils to limit birth rates among the indigenous population” bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Please read this piece on child welfare abolition. "The abolitionists...want to dismantle the surveillance and punishment aspects of the child welfare system — which research shows decrease neighborhood trust — and replace them with a robust support network that isn’t punitive."

The data is clear. People who are denied abortion care and their families often needlessly suffer consequences. Abortion is essential. Learn more about our groundbreaking Turnaway Study here: ansirh.org/research/ongoi…

📣The Green Inequality Lab is expanding! We're excited to announce that we are hiring a clinical research manager to help support multiple funded projects and repro equity educational programming for med students. Ask me any ❓ you'd like! Apply by 11/1. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/clinical-…

So great to see UW CORE- The Collaborative for Reproductive Equity investigators, trainees, and research at #SFP2023. Shoutout to Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW presenting a poster on contraceptive coercion.

Listen to Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW, research scientist in UW CORE- The Collaborative for Reproductive Equity and UW Pop Health Sci, talk about her contraceptive coercion research and why it’s important for patients and providers to understand reproductive coercion and autonomy: womenshealthcast.podbean.com/e/coercion/

Such important news that Dane and Milwaukee counties will end birth cost recovery, a policy that holds unmarried, non-custodial fathers responsible for Medicaid birthing expenses. bit.ly/41BUMz7 ❗ Wisconsin is the top birth cost recovery enforcer in the U.S. ❗ (1/2)

.UW CORE- The Collaborative for Reproductive Equity investigators Tiffany Green is now tiffanylgreen.bsky.social, Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW and collaborators are documenting how birth cost recovery impacts Black Wisconsin families' health and well-being. They're now interviewing Black parents about their experiences. To participate: bit.ly/48aVDsg (2/2)

With telehealth abortion under attack, our research shows that in addition to being safe and effective, telehealth is vital for maintaining and increasing timely access to abortion care. ansirh.org/research/resea…

Jan. 12 – SSWR’s #SSWR2024: Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW (Ph.D.’21), #VCUSSW alum & UW Pop Health Sci; Lindsay Cannon, MPH, MSW, UW–Madison; Madison Lands, UW School of Medicine and Public Health. vcussw.info/SSWR2024

Jan. 13 – SSWR's #SSWR2024: Social Work and Reproductive Justice Special Interest Group Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW (Ph.D.’21), #VCUSSW alum & UW Pop Health Sci; Jessica Liddell, University of Montana School of Social Work. vcussw.info/SSWR2024

Jan. 13 – SSWR's #SSWR2024: Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW (Ph.D.’21), #VCUSSW alum & UW Pop Health Sci; Lindsay Cannon, MPH, MSW, UW–Madison; Madison Lands, UW School of Medicine and Public Health. vcussw.info/SSWR2024

As people honor what was Roe v. Wade today, I want to take a moment to share with you images that you may not have seen and illustrate a different picture of who protested for abortion access and what our movement's demands once were.

So long as criminalization exists as a punishment for pregnancy outcomes we will never be free. Liberation cannot exist so long as there are limiting laws on abortion. The state should not be involved. We must abolish all abortion laws and demand abortion, any time, any reason.

Come work with me and my research team! Our lab is the BEST place to work. We're looking for an entry/early career Research Coordinator to support our qualitative research. uwmadison.app.box.com/s/8wp15bb52ux7…

Bravo to CORE friends Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW and Lindsay Cannon, MPH, MSW on their innovative measurement approach to a critical topic: contraceptive coercion. Their new research publication details this novel measure plus the frequency and impact of contraceptive coercion: buff.ly/3z9Xxx2

Learn more about contraceptive coercion from Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW on this episode of the Women's Healthcast, and check out the publication below to learn more about their novel measure to understand contraceptive coercion! womenshealthcast.podbean.com/e/coercion/

We are thrilled to welcome Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW of UW Pop Health Sci to the network! Swan's work is focused on improving reproductive health equity and increasing access to contraception and abortion. Learn more: buff.ly/3yugb2L