Higgins, Green co-author commentary in Wisconsin Medical Journal

Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH, director of the Division of Reproductive and Population Health and the Collaborative for Reproductive Equity, and Tiffany Green, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, co-authored a new commentary article published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal. Co-authors include Jane Seymour, PhD.

In “Abortion Access and Birth-related Outcomes and Inequities: A Call to Dismantle Abortion Restrictions in Wisconsin to Improve Health and Well-being,” Higgins and Green discuss how abortion access fits into the domain of reproductive and birth equity, as well as the consequences associated with a lack of access to abortion.

“Abortion restrictions disproportionately affect the communities that experience the worst birth outcomes, which amplifies existing inequities. Both abortion access and complication-free births are most out of reach for individuals and communities facing social oppression, systemic racism, and socioeconomic scarcity: people of color, rural residents, and/or people living on low incomes.”

Read the full article here.

**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson