Higgins talks about telehealth abortion with Wisconsin Public Radio

Jenny Higgins, PhD, MPH, director of the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity and the Division of Reproductive and Population Health, spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio for a story about the impact of telehealth abortions in Wisconsin.
In “Despite state restrictions, Wisconsinites are receiving abortions via telehealth,” Higgins helped explain “shield laws,” which allow clinicians to offer abortion care by telehealth to patients in states with restrictive abortion policies.
“These telehealth services offer something really important to people, regardless of whether brick and mortar facilities offer care in our state … telehealth is a great choice for folks who lack access to care through physical distance or have other reasons that it might be hard for them to get in person to a brick and mortar facility,” Higgins said.
You can read the full article here.
**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson