ABORTION IN WISCONSIN AND BEYOND: EXPLORING MEDICAL, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MED SC-M 810 , 811 , 812 , and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize contemporary abortion-related terminology and medical practice. Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the evolution of abortion care in the United States and Wisconsin from the 19th-21st centuries. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify legal and structural barriers to abortion care both before and after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health U.S. Supreme Court decision. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe racial/ethnic-, SES, nativity-, disability, and sexual/gender identity-based inequities in access to abortion care. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify how population health and social scientists establish linkages between barriers to abortion care access and population health and wellbeing. Audience: Graduate 6. Analyze the contemporary landscape of pro-choice and reproductive justice movements. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize contemporary abortion-related terminology and medical practice. Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the evolution of abortion care in the United States and Wisconsin from the 19th-21st centuries. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify legal and structural barriers to abortion care both before and after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health U.S. Supreme Court decision. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe racial/ethnic-, SES, nativity-, disability, and sexual/gender identity-based inequities in access to abortion care. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify how population health and social scientists establish linkages between barriers to abortion care access and population health and wellbeing. Audience: Graduate 6. Analyze the contemporary landscape of pro-choice and reproductive justice movements. Audience: Graduate