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June 30, 2014
Experts on reproductive health in light of Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision
In light of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Hobby Lobby case, please find below a list of women experts able to discuss the impact of the decision on various populations of America.
You may also find <a href="http://bit.ly/141sJ9I">The Women's Media Center's Media Guide to Covering Reproductive Issues</a> useful in covering this and other reproductive issues.
Expert Spotlight
Marcia Greenberger
Former Co-President
National Women's Law Center
For interviews on Women and the law.
Described as "guiding the battles of the women's rights movement" by the New York Times, Marcia Greenberger is the founder and Co-President of the National Women's Law Center. A recognized expert on women and the law, particularly in the areas of education and employment, health and reproductive rights, and family economic security, Ms. Greenberger has been a leader in securing the passage of major legislation, counsel in landmark litigation establishing new legal protections for women, and the author of numerous published articles. Vast media experience.
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Kierra Johnson
Executive Director
The National LGBTQ Task Force
For interviews on Youth reproductive justice.
Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of Choice USA, heads the leading pro-choice organization working to mobilize and provide support for the diverse, upcoming generation of leaders. Media experience includes: New York Times, RH Reality Check, Feministing.com, Newsweek, Fox News and NPR.
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Jessica Arons
Director, Policy & Government Affairs, Liberty Division
ACLU
For interviews on Reproductive Health.
Jessica Arons is the President and CEO of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project. Prior to joining RHTP, she served as the Director of the Women’s Health & Rights program at the Center for American Progress. Before that, she worked at the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, the labor and employment law firm of James & Hoffman, the Supreme Court of Virginia, the White House, and the 1996 Pennsylvania Democratic Coordinated Campaign. Media experience: includes MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, The Baltimore Sun, The Nation.
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Jessica González-Rojas
New York City Council Member
New York State Assembly
For interviews on Reproductive health for Latinas.
Jessica González-Rojas is the Executive Director at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the only national reproductive justice organization that specifically works to advance reproductive health and rights for Latinas. Media experience includes: MSNBC, The New York Times, PBS (Bill Moyers), The Nation, El Diario/La Prensa.
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Cecile Richards (1957 - 2025)
Co-Founder
Supermajority
For interviews on Women's health and reproductive rights.
Cecile Richards is a nationally respected leader in the field of women’s health and reproductive rights. As president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Ms. Richards leads a national organization that has worked for nearly 100 years to build a healthier and safer world for women and teens. Cecile Richards is from Texas and has extensive media exerience
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Shivana Jorawar
Co-Executive Director
Jahajee Sisters
For interviews on Reproductive justice - Asian Pacific American Women's Forum.
Shivana Jorawar is a lawyer and policy advocate who currently directs reproductive justice priorities for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), the country's only national organization dedicated to social justice and human rights for Asian American and Pacific Islander women and girls.
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Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez
President and Executive Director
NextGen America
For interviews on Workers' Rights.
Cristina Tzintzún is the Executive Director of Workers Defense Project (WDP), a statewide, membership-based workers’ rights organization that is winning better working conditions for Texans. Media experience includes: The New York Times, Southern Living Magazine, NPR, USA Today, MSNBC
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Reverend Debra Haffner
Sexologist Minister
For interviews on Religion and reproductive health.
The Reverend Debra W. Haffner is the director of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing. She is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, and an endorsed community minister with the Unitarian Church in Westport, CT. She was the chief executive officer of SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, from 1988 through May 2000. Media experience includes: New York Times, National Public Radio, Fox News
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Emma Davidson Tribbs
CoFounder & Director
National Women's Defense League
For interviews on Reproductive health in South Carolina.
Emma Davidson is the Associate Director for Strategic Mobilization at the New Morning Foundation, leading the advocacy efforts to bring responsible reproductive health policies to South Carolina. Media experience includes: State and Post & Courier, ABC, NBC and FOX
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Aimee R. Thorne-Thomsen
Principal
Guerrera Strategies
For interviews on Reproductive health and youth.
Aimée Thorne-Thomsen is the Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at Advocates for Youth, a national sexual and reproductive health and rights organization serving young people. Media exerience includes: The Washington Post, RH Reality Check, Feministing, Colorlines, Feministe
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Shanelle Matthews
Founder/Distinguished Lecturer
Radical Communications/City College at the City University of New York
For interviews on Reproductive rights - ACLU.
Shanelle Matthews is the Communications Strategist at the ACLU of Northern California. A former journalist, she leads the communications and digital strategy for the ACLU of Northern California's reproductive justice and LGBT rights work. Media experience: Al Jazeera, KPFA, RH Reality Check, Feministing, Racialicious, The Frisky
Featured Expert
Robin Marty
Director of Operations, Freelance writer, Author, Speaker and Activist
West Alabama Women's Center
For interviews on Tracks state restrictions on reproductive health care.
Robin Marty is the Senior Political Reporter for RH Reality Check. A freelance writer and speaker, Robin tracks state restrictions on reproductive health care rights. Media experience includes: Democracy Now, Ms Magazine, Alternet, BlogHer
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Sophia Yen, MD MPH
CEO & Co-founder, Chief Medical Officer
Pandiahealth.com, Stanford Medical School, Stanford Children’s Health, Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women, SheHeroes.org
For interviews on Reproductive health care.
Sophia Yen MD MPH is an adolescent medicine specialist and reproductive rights advocate. She is an Assistant Professor at Stanford Medical School in the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Her research interests are: Emergency Contraception knowledge, use and practice of patients and physicians, reproductive health needs of adolescents and college students, accuracy of reproductive health websites. Media includes: Oprah Radio, View from the Bay, San Jose Mercury News, Good Housekeeping
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Loretta June Ross
Activist. Public Intellectual. Academic.
Smith College
For interviews on Reproductive health and women of color.
Loretta J. Ross is a co-founder and the former National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, a network founded in 1997 of 80 women of color and allied organizations that work on reproductive justice issues to fulfill a need for a national network that would organize women of color in the reproductive justice movement. Media experience includes: CNN, ABC, BET, New York Times, Washington Post
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