Recent Research

June 2024 Research Article

Motivations for using misoprostol for abortion outside the formal healthcare system in Colombia: a qualitative study of women seeking postabortion care in Bogotá and the Coffee Axis

Juliette Ortiz, Nakeisha Blades and Elena Prada Reproductive Health
April 2024 Report

Evidence for Ending the Global Gag Rule: A Multiyear Study in Two Countries

Patty Skuster, Elizabeth A. Sully and Amy Friedrich-Karnik
April 2024 Research Article

Characteristics and Circumstances of Adolescents Obtaining Abortions in the United States

Doris W. Chiu, Ava Braccia and Rachel K. Jones International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
April 2024 Research Article

An estimate of lifetime incidence of abortion in the United States using the 2021-2022 Abortion Patient Survey

Rachel K. Jones Contraception
March 2024 Report

State-Level Contraceptive Use and Preferences: Estimates from the US 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Hannah Olson, Madeleine Haas and Megan L. Kavanaugh
March 2024 Research Article

Co-creation strategies for identifying abortion research gaps in Nigeria towards research capacity strengthening for early to midcareer abortion researchers

Akanni Akinyemi, Adesegun Fatusi, Ojo Agunbiade, Olaitan Oyedun, Oladimeji Ogunoye, Melissa Stillman, Onikepe Owolabi and Akinrinola Bankole African Journal of Reproductive Health
March 2024 Research Article

Decision-making and social network support around ending unwanted pregnancies using misoprostol in Lagos state, Nigeria

Grace Kumolu, Melissa Stillman, Onikepe Owolabi, Akinrinola Bankole, Ann M. Moore, Akanni Akinyemi and Adesegun Fatusi African Journal of Reproductive Health
March 2024 Research Article

Unfulfilled and method-specific contraceptive preferences among reproductive-aged contraceptive users in Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin

Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rubina Hussain and Ashley C. Little Health Services Research
March 2024 Report

Any Restrictions on Reproductive Health Care Harm Reproductive Autonomy: Evidence from Four States

Rachel Easter, Amy Friedrich-Karnik and Megan L. Kavanaugh
March 2024 Research Article

Perceptions and attitudes of Rohingya community stakeholders to pregnancy termination services: a qualitative study in camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Atiya Rahman, Joe Strong, Pragna Paramita Mondal, Audrey Maynard, Tasnima Haque, Ann M. Moore and Kaosar Afsana BMC Conflict and Health
February 2024 Research Article

Medicaid's role in alleviating some of the financial burden of abortion: Findings from the 2021–2022 Abortion Patient Survey

Rachel K. Jones Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (University of Ottawa)
February 2024 Research Article

Has the fall of Roe changed contraceptive access and use? New research from four US states offers critical insights

Megan L. Kavanaugh and Amy Friedrich-Karnik Health Affairs Scholar
January 2024 Research Article

Contraceptive Needs and Services in the United States, 1994-2016

Jennifer J. Frost ICPSR
January 2024 Research Article

Estimates of use of preferred contraceptive method in the United States: a population-based study

Anu Manchikanti Gómez, Ariana H. Bennett, Jennet Arcara, Lisa Stern, Jamie Bardwell, Denicia Cadena, Aisha Chaudhri, Laura Davis, Christine Dehlendorf, Brittni Frederiksen, Catherine Labiran, Raegan McDonald-Mosley, Whitney S. Rice, Tara B. Stein, Ena Suseth Valladares, Megan L. Kavanaugh and Cassondra Marshall The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
December 2023 Report

Advocacy Case Study: Ensuring Safe Abortion Provision at the Local Level—Madhesh Province, Nepal

Mahesh Puri, Anand Tamang, Susheela Singh and Lisa Remez
November 2023 Research Article

Cost-related barriers to sexual and reproductive health care: Results from a longitudinal qualitative study in Arizona

Alicia VandeVusse, Rubina Hussain, Melissa Stillman, Cynthia Beavin, Marielle Kirstein and Megan L. Kavanaugh SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
November 2023 Research Article

Incarceration Status Among Individuals Obtaining Abortion in the United States, 2020

Marielle Kirstein, Liza Fuentes and Carolyn Sufrin American Journal of Public Health
October 2023 Research Article

Measuring the Relationship Between the 2019 Title X Final Rule and Patients’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Access and Behavior in Iowa Using a Difference-in-Difference Approach

Megan L. Kavanaugh, Ellie Leong and Madeleine Haas Sexuality Research and Social Policy
September 2023 Research Article

“Technically an abortion”: Understanding perceptions and definitions of abortion in the United States

Alicia VandeVusse, Jennifer Mueller, Marielle Kirstein, Joe Strong and Laura D. Lindberg Social Science and Medicine
September 2023 Research Article

Self-reported abortion experiences in Ethiopia and Uganda, new evidence from cross-sectional community-based surveys

Margaret Giorgio, Fredrick Makumbi, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Solomon Shiferaw, Assefa Seme, Suzanne Bell and Elizabeth A. Sully Global Public Health

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