Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW

Research Scientist @UWPopHealthSci advocating for health equity & reproductive autonomy | 2022 @SocietyFP Emerging Scholar | she/her

[Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW @LauraETSwan]

How accurate are doctors' beliefs about contraception? Check out our research letter in
@AJOG_thegray at https://t.co/knByWk6SQU

[UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @WiscCORE]

A new @WiscCORE study led by @LauraETSWan surveyed 893 Wisconsin physicians about how contraception works. 17% incorrectly believed that IUDs work by causing abortion, and 39% incorrectly believed that emergency contraception works by causing abortion. (1/3)

[Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars]

We are thrilled to welcome @LauraETSwan of @UWPopHealthSci to the network! Swan's work is focused on improving reproductive health equity and increasing access to contraception and abortion.

Learn more: https://t.co/1rfaSEwZkG

[UW Dept. of Ob-Gyn @WiscObGyn]

Learn more about contraceptive coercion from @LauraETSwan on this episode of the Women's Healthcast, and check out the publication below to learn more about their novel measure to understand contraceptive coercion! https://t.co/pKwvhOL6WE

[UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @WiscCORE]

Bravo to CORE friends @LauraETSwan and @lindsaymcannon_ on their innovative measurement approach to a critical topic: contraceptive coercion. Their new research publication details this novel measure plus the frequency and impact of contraceptive coercion: https://t.co/aLaUKN6RrN

[Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW @LauraETSwan]

Come work with me and my research team! Our lab is the BEST place to work. We're looking for an entry/early career Research Coordinator to support our qualitative research. https://t.co/nOVCLZC77j

[Renee Bracey Sherman @RBraceySherman]

So long as criminalization exists as a punishment for pregnancy outcomes we will never be free. Liberation cannot exist so long as there are limiting laws on abortion. The state should not be involved.

We must abolish all abortion laws and demand abortion, any time, any reason.

[Renee Bracey Sherman @RBraceySherman]

As people honor what was Roe v. Wade today, I want to take a moment to share with you images that you may not have seen and illustrate a different picture of who protested for abortion access and what our movement's demands once were.

[VCU Social Work @VCUSocialWork]

Jan. 13 – @SSWRorg's #SSWR2024: @LauraETSwan
(Ph.D.’21), #VCUSSW alum & @UWPopHealthSci;
@lindsaymcannon_, @UWMadison; Madison Lands,
@uwsmph. https://t.co/1N86r7CRMX

[VCU Social Work @VCUSocialWork]

Jan. 13 – @SSWRorg's #SSWR2024: Social Work and Reproductive Justice Special Interest Group
@LauraETSwan (Ph.D.’21), #VCUSSW alum & @UWPopHealthSci; Jessica Liddell, @umontana School of Social Work. https://t.co/1N86r7CRMX

[VCU Social Work @VCUSocialWork]

Jan. 12 – @SSWRorg’s #SSWR2024: @LauraETSwan (Ph.D.’21), #VCUSSW alum & @UWPopHealthSci; @lindsaymcannon_, @UWMadison; Madison Lands, @uwsmph. https://t.co/1N86r7DpCv

[ANSIRH @ANSIRH]

With telehealth abortion under attack, our research shows that in addition to being safe and effective, telehealth is vital for maintaining and increasing timely access to abortion care.
https://t.co/WHY2T55SPA

[UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @WiscCORE]

.@WiscCORE investigators @Tiffany_L_Green, @LauraETSwan and collaborators are documenting how birth cost recovery impacts Black Wisconsin families' health and well-being. They're now interviewing Black parents about their experiences. To participate: https://t.co/URqr72lSDh (2/2)

[UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @WiscCORE]

Such important news that Dane and Milwaukee counties will end birth cost recovery, a policy that holds unmarried, non-custodial fathers responsible for Medicaid birthing expenses. https://t.co/kLC3xDHyFL

❗ Wisconsin is the top birth cost recovery enforcer in the U.S. ❗
(1/2)

[UW Dept. of Ob-Gyn @WiscObGyn]

Listen to @LauraETSwan, research scientist in @WiscCORE and @UWPopHealthSci, talk about her contraceptive coercion research and why it’s important for patients and providers to understand reproductive coercion and autonomy: https://t.co/pKwvhOL6WE

[UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @WiscCORE]

So great to see @WiscCORE investigators, trainees, and research at #SFP2023. Shoutout to @LauraETSwan presenting a poster on contraceptive coercion.

[Tiffany Green is now tiffanylgreen.bsky.social @Tiffany_L_Green]

📣The Green Inequality Lab is expanding! We're excited to announce that we are hiring a clinical research manager to help support multiple funded projects and repro equity educational programming for med students. Ask me any ❓ you'd like! Apply by 11/1. https://t.co/Q2U3JWnpwN

[ANSIRH @ANSIRH]

The data is clear.

People who are denied abortion care and their families often needlessly suffer consequences.

Abortion is essential.

Learn more about our groundbreaking Turnaway Study here:
https://t.co/6pgZpLk92K

[Laura Swan, PhD, LCSW @LauraETSwan]

Please read this piece on child welfare abolition.

"The abolitionists...want to dismantle the surveillance and punishment aspects of the child welfare system — which research shows decrease neighborhood trust — and replace them with a robust support network that isn’t punitive."

[Alan Dettlaff @AlanDettlaff]

This is the most thorough and well-done piece I’ve read on the movement to abolish the child welfare system & social work’s escalating crisis over its complicity in upholding this system. Thank you & congratulations @strawburriez for this excellent piece!

https://t.co/bPFGProkpG

[Rebecca Sear @RebeccaSear]

Eugenics never went away

Greenland women seek compensation over involuntary birth control - “At least 4,500 women, some teenagers, were fitted with coils to limit birth rates among the indigenous population” https://t.co/UQG2MjTLn9

[UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @WiscCORE]

CORE researchers @LauraETSwan, @Jenny_A_Higgins and others found that WI physicians’ beliefs about the safety of abortion are linked to their abortion care referral behaviors. 1 in 5 physicians in the 2019 survey believed abortion was somewhat, a little, or not at all safe. (2/4)