Jenny Higgins

About

Jenny Higgins is the Bissell Professor of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, where she also directs the Division of Reproductive and Population Health. Higgins leads the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (www.core.wisc.edu), an interdisciplinary research initiative that focuses on abortion, contraception, and other aspects of reproductive autonomy in Wisconsin and beyond. Several CDE faculty and trainees are involved in CORE’s research and community. While much of Higgins’s scholarship has focused on fertility, pregnancy ambivalence, sexuality, and contraceptive use, recent research focuses more squarely on the role of abortion restrictions in shaping people’s health and well-being. You can learn more at jennyhiggins.net.

CDE research theme area affiliations

Fertility, Families & Households; Health & the Life Course; Demography of Inequality; Biodemography; Spatial & Environmental Demography; Fertility, Health & the Life Course

Selected Publications

Visit Dr. Higgins’ Google Scholar Page for her latest publications.