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Director of International Research

Elizabeth A. Sully

Portrait of Elizabeth Sully

Elizabeth Sully joined the Guttmacher Institute as a Senior Research Scientist in 2015 and became Director of International Research in 2025. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health, including abortion measurement, adolescent health, the impact and cost of sexual and reproductive health services, and the sociobehavioral dynamics of HIV transmission.

Dr. Sully earned her MA in public affairs and her PhD in public affairs and demography from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Office of Population Research, and she received her BA with Joint Honors in political science and international development studies from McGill University.

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Selected Publications

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    March 2025 Opinion

    Foreign Aid Cuts Will Lead to 34,000 More Pregnancy-Related Deaths in Just One Year

    Elizabeth A. Sully and Amy Friedrich-Karnik Ms. Magazine
  2. A purple background with two images, the image on the left is a white circle with an orange dollar sign in the center. On the right is an image of the world.
    February 2025 Policy Analysis

    Just the Numbers: The Impact of US International Family Planning Assistance, 2024

    Samira Damavandi, Elizabeth A. Sully, Amy Friedrich-Karnik and Mira Tignor
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    January 2025 Policy Analysis

    Family Planning Impact of the Trump Foreign Assistance Freeze

    Elizabeth A. Sully, Onikepe Owolabi and Jessica D. Rosenberg
  4. Global Gag Rule
    April 2024 Report

    Evidence for Ending the Global Gag Rule: A Multiyear Study in Two Countries

    Patty Skuster, Elizabeth A. Sully and Amy Friedrich-Karnik
  5. September 2023 Research Article

    Self-reported abortion experiences in Ethiopia and Uganda, new evidence from cross-sectional community-based surveys

    Margaret Giorgio, Fredrick Makumbi, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Solomon Shiferaw, Assefa Seme, Suzanne Bell and Elizabeth A. Sully Global Public Health
  6. July 2023 Research Article

    The confidante method to measure abortion: implementing a standardized comparative analysis approach across seven contexts

    Onikepe Owolabi, Margaret Giorgio, Ellie Leong and Elizabeth A. Sully Population Health Metrics
  7. May 2023 Research Article

    Impact of the Global Gag Rule on women’s contraceptive use and reproductive health outcomes in Ethiopia: A pre–post and difference-in-difference analysis

    Elizabeth A. Sully, Assefa Seme, Solomon Shiferaw, Doris W. Chiu, Suzanne Bell and Margaret Giorgio BMJ Open
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    February 2023 Research Article

    Setting Health Targets Using Information from Probabilistic Projections: A Research Brief on an Application to Contraceptive Coverage

    Ann Biddlecom, Elizabeth A. Sully, Vladimíra Kantorová, Mark C. Wheldon, Naomi Lince-Deroche and Taylor Riley Population Research and Policy Review
  9. February 2023 Research Article

    Postabortion and Safe Abortion Care Coverage, Capacity, and Caseloads During the Global Gag Rule Policy Period in Ethiopia and Uganda

    Melissa Stillman, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Solomon Shiferaw, Fredrick Makumbi, Assefa Seme, Elizabeth A. Sully, Lilian Ha and Margaret Giorgio BMC Health Services Research
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    October 2022 Research Article

    Adding programs and system costs: the need for accurate estimates of the true costs of sexual and reproductive health and rights service provision

    Naomi Lince-Deroche, Elizabeth A. Sully and Howard S. Friedman Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

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