Adam Sonfield, Senior Public Policy Associate

Adam Sonfield joined the Guttmacher Institute’s Washington, DC office in 1997 and currently serves as a senior public policy associate. He is the managing editor and a regular contributor to the Institute’s public policy journal, the Guttmacher Policy Review. Mr. Sonfield’s portfolio includes research and policy analysis on public and private financing of reproductive health care in the United States, the rights and responsibilities of health care providers and patients, and men’s sexual and reproductive health. He also writes a quarterly Washington Watch column for Contraceptive Technology Update. Mr. Sonfield earned an A.B. with honors in social studies from Harvard University and a Master of Public Policy, focusing in health policy, at Georgetown University.

Recent Publications Include:

Sonfield A, For Some Sexually Transmitted Infections, Secondary Prevention May Be Primary , Guttmacher Policy Review, 2009, 12(2):2-7.

Gold RB, Sonfield A, Richards CL and Frost JJ, Next Steps for America’s Family Planning Program: Leveraging the Potential of Medicaid and Title X in an Evolving Health Care System, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2009.

Sonfield A, Provider Refusal and Access to Reproductive Health Services: Approaching a New Balance, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2008, 11(2):2-6.

Sonfield A, Alrich C and Gold RB, State Government Innovation in the Design and Implementation of Medicaid Family Planning Expansions, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2008.

Lindberg LD, Sonfield A and Gemmill A, Reassessing adolescent male sexual and reproductive health in the United States: Research and recommendations, American Journal of Men's Health, 2008, 2(1):40-56.

Sonfield A, Toward universal insurance coverage: A primer for sexual and reproductive health advocates, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2008, 11(1):11-16.

Sonfield A, Alrich C and Gold RB, Public funding for family planning, sterilization and abortion services, FY 1980–2006, Occasional Report, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2008, No. 38.

Sonfield A, Popularity disparity: Attitudes about the IUD in Europe and the United States, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2007, 10(4):19-24.

Sonfield A, The impact of anti-immigrant policy on publicly subsidized reproductive health care, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2007, 10(1):7-11.

Frost JJ, Sonfield A and Gold RB, Estimating the impact of serving new clients by expanding funding for Title X, Occasional Report, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2006, No. 33.

Sonfield A, Summer price spike: A case study about publicly funded clinics and the cost of contraceptive supplies, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2006, 9(4):2-5.

Frost JJ, Sonfield A and Gold RB, Estimating the impact of expanding Medicaid eligibility for family planning services, Occasional Report, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2006, No. 28.

Sonfield A, The movement against health insurance benefit mandates: Assessing the dangers, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2006, 9(2):7-10, 18.

Sonfield A, Working to eliminate the world's unmet need for contraception, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2006, 9(1):10-13

Sonfield A, The uses and abuses of science in sexual and reproductive health policy debates, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2005, 8(4):1-3.

Sonfield A, Rights vs. responsibilities: professional standards and provider refusals, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2005, 8(3):7-9.

Sonfield A and Gold RB, Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980–2001, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 2005.

Sonfield A and Gold RB, Conservatives’ agenda threatens public funding for family planning, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2005, 8(1):4–7.

Gold RB and Sonfield A, Bush health ‘reform’ agenda: implications for reproductive health, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2005, 8(1):8–11.

Sonfield A, Gold RB, Frost JJ and Darroch JE, U.S. insurance coverage of contraceptives and the impact of contraceptive coverage mandates, 2002, Perspectives in Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2004, 36(2):72–79.

Sonfield A, New refusal clauses shatter balance between provider ‘conscience,’ patient needs, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2004, 7(3):1–3.

Sonfield A and Gold RB, New study documents major strides in drive for contraceptive coverage, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2004, 7(2):4–5 & 14.

Sonfield A, Meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of men worldwide, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2004, 7(1):9–12.

Sonfield A, Preventing unintended pregnancy: the need and the means, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2003, 6(5):7–10.

Sonfield A and Gold RB, States’ implementation of the section 510 abstinence education program, FY 1999, Family Planning Perspectives, 2001, 33(4):166–171.

Gold RB and Sonfield A, Reproductive health services for adolescents under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Family Planning Perspectives, 2001, 33(2):81-87.

Gold RB and Sonfield A, Family planning funding through four federal-state programs, FY 1997, Family Planning Perspectives, 1999, 31(4):176-181.