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“I felt like I was a bad person… which I’m not”: The Role of Stigma in Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Content: Social Science and Medicine

Authors: Evangeline Warren, Alexandra Kissling, Alison Norris, Priya Gursahaney, Danielle Bessett, Maria Gallo

Topic: Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers)

Published: 2/17/22

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Medical Mistrust and Preferences for Telemedicine Among Ohio Residents

Content: Social Science and Medicine

Authors: Katy Rivlin, Jeremy Brenner-Levoy, Tamika Odum, Zoe Muzyczka, Alison Norris, Abigail Norris Turner, Danielle Bessett

Topic: Abortion - Attitudes and Beliefs (papers)

Published: 7/19/22

“We Have to Respect that Option”: The Abortion Aversion Complex in Ohio’s Contraceptive Safety Net

Content: Social Science and Medicine

Authors: Emily Kim, Sachika Singh, Aalap Bommaraju, Alison Norris, Danielle Bessett

Topic: Contraception

Published: 10/28/21

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A Qualitative Analysis of Beliefs about Abortion Safety

Content: Contraception

Authors: Juliana Madzia, Meghana Kudrimoti, Abigail Norris Turner, Danielle Bessett, Maria Gallo

Topic: Abortion - Attitudes and Beliefs (papers)

Published: 12/28/21

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Abortion Access in Ohio's Changing Legislative Context, 2010-2018

Content: American Journal of Public Health (AJPH)

Authors: Alison Norris, Payal Chakraborty, Kaiting Lang, Robert Hood, Sarah Hayford, Lisa Keder, Danielle Bessett, Mikaela Smith, Jessie Hill, Molly Broscoe, Carolette Norwood, Michelle McGowan

Topic: Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 5/21/20

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Abortion and the Politics of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Content: Ohio Under COVID

Authors: Hillary Gyuras, Mikaela Smith, Danielle Czarnecki, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris, Michelle McGowan

Topic: Abortion - Provider Experiences (papers), Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 4/5/23

Abortion in Indiana: An Analysis of Abortion-Related Laws and Concurrent Patterns in Abortion Incidence from 2010-2019

Content: American Journal of Public Health

Authors: Heidi Moseson, Mikaela Smith, Payal Chakraborty, Hillary Gyuras, Abigail Foster, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris

Topic: Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 3/4/22

Abortion Travel within the United States: An Observational Study of Cross-State Movement to Obtain Abortion Care in 2017

Content: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

Authors: Mikaela Smith, Zoe Muzyczka, Payal Chakraborty, Elaina Johns-Wolfe, Jenny Higgins, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris

Published: 5/21/20

Abortion in Indiana: An Analysis of Abortion-Related Laws and Concurrent Patterns in Abortion Incidence from 2010-2019

Content: American Journal of Public Health

Authors: Heidi Moseson, Mikaela Smith, Payal Chakraborty, Hillary Gyuras, Abigail Foster, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris

Topic: Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 3/4/22

Abortion Travel within the United States: An Observational Study of Cross-State Movement to Obtain Abortion Care in 2017

Content: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

Authors: Mikaela Smith, Zoe Muzyczka, Payal Chakraborty, Elaina Johns-Wolfe, Jenny Higgins, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris

Topic: Abortion - Travel (papers)

Published: 5/21/20

Assessing Psychosocial Costs: Ohio Patients’ Experiences Seeking Abortion Care

Content: Contraception

Authors: Tamika Odum, Orlaith Heymann, Katherine Rivlin, Abigail Norris Turner, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris, Michelle McGowan

Topic: Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers)

Published: 9/8/22

Association of Medicaid Reimbursement Policies with Provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception in the Postpartum Period, 2012–2018

Content: Journal of Women's Health

Authors: Saira Nawaz, Kyle Moon, Lenisa Chang, Ian Bryant, Kathryn Hasenstab, Alison Norris

Topic: Contraception (papers)

Published: 3/15/24

Care Churn — Why Keeping Clinic Doors Open Isn’t Enough to Ensure Access to Abortion

Content: New England Journal of Medicine

Authors: Michelle McGowan, Alison Norris, Danielle Bessett

Topics: Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers), Abortion - Provider Experiences (papers), Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 8/6/20

Community-Based Systems Dynamics for Reproductive Health: An Example from Urban Ohio, USA

Content: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action

Authors: Ayaz Hyder, Mikaela Smith, Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Robert Hood, Shibani Chettri, Ashley Dundon, Abigail Underwood, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris

Topic: other (papers)

Published: 2/22/22

Comparison of abortion incidence estimates derived from direct survey questions versus the list experiment among women in Ohio

Content: PLoS One

Authors: Robert Hood, Maria Gallo, Alison Norris, Mikaela Smith, Payal Chakraborty, Heidi Moseson

Topic: Other (papers)

Published: 6/3/22

COVID-19 and abortion in the Ohio River Valley: A case study of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia

Content: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Authors: Mikaela Smith, Molly Broscoe, Payal Chakraborty, Jessie Hill, Robert Hood, Michelle McGowan, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris

Topics: Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers), Abortion - Travel (papers), Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 8/14/23

Experiences of Reproductive Genetic Counselors with Abortion Regulations in Ohio

Content: Journal of Genetic Counseling

Authors: Anne Heuerman, Nicki Smith, Leandra Tolusso, Armand Antommaria, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris, Michelle McGowan

Topic: Abortion - Provider Experiences (papers)

Published: 11/9/21

Factors Associated with Never-Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Among Adult Reproductive-Aged Women in Ohio

Content: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Authors: Payal Chakraborty, Shibani Chettri, Maria Gallo, Mikaela Smith, Robert Hood, Danielle Bessett, John Casterline, Alison Norris, Abigail Norris Turner

Topic: Contraception (papers)

Published: 11/6/22

Federal, state, and institutional barriers to the expansion of medication and telemedicine abortion services in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Content: Contraception

Authors: Kelsey Mello, Mikaela Smith, Jessie Hill, Payal Chakraborty, Katherine Rivlin, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris, Michelle McGowan

Topic: Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 4/27/22

Filling a Federal Void: Promises and Perils of State Law in Addressing Women's Health Disparities

Content: Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Authors: Michelle McGowan, Valarie Blake

Topic: Other (papers)

Published: 10/6/20

Forced to Birth: A Case Study of Ohio’s Six-Week Abortion Ban, Its Impact on Black Women in Cincinnati and Its Relevance for Reproductive Justice in Ohio and Beyond

Content: Case Western Reserve's Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine

Authors: Carolette Norwood

Topics: Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers), Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 5/7/24

Free, But At What Cost? How Crisis Pregnancy Centers Provide Services

Content: Culture, Health & Sexuality

Authors: Alex Kissling, Maria Gallo, Priya Gursahaney, Alison Norris, Danielle Bessett

Topic: Crisis Pregnancy Centers (papers)

Published: 9/5/22

From the Front Lines: the Need for Stakeholder Coalitions in Preserving Reproductive Autonomy

Content: American Journal of Bioethics

Authors: Michelle McGowan, Megan Allyse, Niamh Condon, Jason Wheatley, Meredith Pensak

Topic: Other (papers)

Published: 1/31/24

Housing Stability and Access to General Healthcare and Reproductive Healthcare Among Women in Ohio

Content: Maternal and Child Health Journal

Authors: Robert Hood, Abigail Norris Turner, Mikaela Smith, Payal Chakraborty, Shibani Chettri, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris, Maria Gallo

Topic: Other (papers)

Published: 9/17/22

How Ohio’s Proposed Abortion Bans Would Impact Travel Distance to Access Abortion Care

Content: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Authors: Payal Chakraborty, Stef Murawsky, Mikaela Smith, Michelle McGowan, Alison Norris, Danielle Bessett

Topics: Abortion - Policy (papers), Abortion - Travel (papers)

Published: 4/20/22

Kentucky’s Abortion Landscape, 2010 to 2019: An analysis of Pre-Dobbs abortion disparities in a rural, restrictive state

Content: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

Authors: Mikaela Smith, Michelle McGowan, Payal Chakraborty, Robert Hood, Danielle Bessett, Carolette Norwood, Meredith Field, Alison Norris

Topic: Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 3/20/23

Mapping Abortion Access: Teaching about Abortion through Geography

Content: TRAILS

Authors: Molly Broscoe, Elaina Johns-Wolfe, Michelle McGowan

Topics: Abortion - Policy (papers), Other (papers)

Published: 4/3/23

More than Abortion: Why Reproductive Justice Matters in Cincinnati Post-Roe

Content: Journal of Women, Politics & Policy

Authors: Carolette Norwood, Thembi Carr

Topics: Abortion - Attitude and Beliefs (papers), Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers)

Published: 1/25/24

Ohio Abortion Regulations Generate Ethical Dilemmas for Obstetrician-Gynecologists

Content: Obstetrics & Gynecology

Authors: Meredith Field, Hillary Gyuras, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris, Meredith Pensak, Michelle McGowan

Topics: Abortion - Policy (papers), Abortion - Provider Experiences (papers)

Published: 5/31/22

Opinions on Abortion Among Reproductive-Age Women in Ohio

Content: Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Authors: Mikaela Smith, Abigail Norris Turner, Payal Chakraborty, Robert Hood, Danielle Bessett, Maria Gallo, Alison Norris

Topic: Abortion - Attitudes and Beliefs (papers)

Published: 10/30/21

Passage of Abortion Ban and Women’s Accurate Understanding of Abortion Legality

Content: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG)

Authors: Maria Gallo, John Casterline, Payal Chakraborty, Alison Norris, Danielle Bessett, Abigail Norris Turner

Topics: Abortion - Attitudes and Beliefs (papers), Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 2/10/21

Prior knowledge and experience with self-managed abortion among people seeking abortion care in US midwestern states

Content: Contraception

Authors: Tamika Odum, Marta Bornstein, Abigail Norris Turner, Hillary Gyuras, Katherine Rivlin, Sarah Bostic, Annie McGhee, Danielle Bessett

Topics: Abortion - Attitudes and Beliefs (papers), Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers)

Published: 6/20/24

Reproductive Justice, Public Black Feminism in Practice: A Reflection on Community-Based Participatory Research in Cincinnati

Content: Societies

Authors: Carolette Norwood, Farrah Jacquez, Thembi Carr, Stef Murawsky, Key Beck, Amy Tuttle

Topic: Other (papers)

Published: 1/28/22

Seeking abortion care in Ohio and Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic

Content: Contraception

Authors: Emma Carpenter, Michelle McGowan, Hillary Gyuras, Danielle Bessett, Danielle Czarnecki, Kari White, Kristen Burke

Topics: Abortion - Policy (papers), Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers), Other (papers)

Published: 10/11/22

Seeking financial and practical support in an abortion-hostile state: Analysis of abortion fund data in Kentucky, 2014–2021

Content: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Authors: Mikaela Smith, Melissa Eggen, Ann Alexis Prestrud, Kathryn Lafferty-Danner, Hillary Gyuras, Danielle Bessett, Lizz Perkins

Topics: Abortion - Patient Experiences (papers), Other (papers)

Published: 6/21/24

Selecting an Abortion Clinic: The Role of Risk Perception in Seeking Abortion Care

Content: Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Authors: Orla Heymann, Tamika Odum, Alison Norris, Danielle Bessett

Topic: Abortion - Attitudes and Beliefs (papers)

Published: 10/4/21

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Service trends among non-obstetrics/gynecology providers in the U.S.: Long-acting reversible contraception insertions, removals, and re-insertions

Content: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Authors: Saira Nawaz, Kyle Moon, Kathryn Hasenstab, Ian Bryant, Lenisa Chang, Eric Seiber, Alison Norris

Topic: Contraception (papers)

Published: 9/29/23

State of Confusion: Ohio’s restrictive abortion landscape and the production of uncertainty in reproductive healthcare

Content: Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Authors: Danielle Czarnecki, Danielle Bessett, Hillary Gyuras, Alison Norris, Michelle McGowan

Topics: Abortion - Policy (papers), Abortion - Provider Experiences (papers)

Published: 6/2/23

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The double-edged sword of abortion regulations: Decreasing training opportunities while increasing knowledge requirements

Content: Medical Education Online

Authors: Hillary Gyuras, Meredith Field, Olivia Thornton, Danielle Bessett, Michelle McGowan

Topics: Abortion - Policy (papers), Abortion - Provider Experiences (papers)

Published: 11/14/22

Unlimited Discretion: How Unchecked Bureaucratic Discretion Can Threaten Abortion Availability

Content: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Authors: Orla Heymann, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris, Jessie Hill, Danielle Czarnecki, Hillary Gyuras, Meredith Pensak, Michelle McGowan

Topic: Abortion - Policy (papers)

Published: 1/25/23

Use of non-preferred contraceptive methods among women in Ohio

Content: Contraception

Authors: Payal Chakraborty, Maria Gallo, Saira Nawaz, Mikaela Smith, Robert Hood, Shibani Chettri, Danielle Bessett, Alison Norris, John Casterline, Abigail Norris Turner

Topic: Contraception (papers)

Published: 2/16/21

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