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  • Adding It Up
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  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (1975–2020)
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  • Policy analysis
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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

  1. August 2025 Opinion

    Intention to use contraception: Promises and pitfalls of family planning's emerging demand indicator

    Jamaica Corker, Ilene S. Speizer, Jean Christophe Fotso, Niranjan Saggurti and Elizabeth A. Sully Studies in Family Planning
  2. June 2025 Research Article

    The state of person-centered measurement for family planning need and use: A scoping review

    Ilene S. Speizer, Elizabeth A. Sully, Youmna M. Hashem and Maame Araba A. Oduro Studies in Family Planning
  3. Just the Numbers UK preview image
    May 2025 Policy Analysis

    Just the Numbers: The Impact of UK International Assistance for Family Planning and HIV, 2024

    Jessica D. Rosenberg, Elizabeth A. Sully, Bethan Cobley, Julia Kassem and Bekky Taylor
  4. April 2025 Opinion

    Walk the Talk: The Unfinished and Urgent Task of Revising Top-Line Family Planning Indicators, 30 Years After ICPD

    Jamaica Corker, Michelle Weinberger, Aisha N.Z. Dasgupta and Elizabeth A. Sully Studies in Family Planning
  5. April 2025 Opinion

    Protecting global sexual and reproductive health and rights in the face of retrograde US policies and positions

    Susheela Singh, Gilda Sedgh, Elizabeth A. Sully, Onikepe Owolabi and Jonathan Wittenberg The Lancet
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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
  7. 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
  8. Just the Numbers Special Analysis preview image
    January 2025 Policy Analysis

    Family Planning Impact of the Trump Foreign Assistance Freeze

    Elizabeth A. Sully, Onikepe Owolabi and Jessica D. Rosenberg
  9. November 2024 Research Article

    Estimating the social visibility of abortions in Uganda and Ethiopia using the game of contacts

    Margaret Giorgio, Solomon Shiferaw, Fredrick Makumbi, Assefa Seme, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Sarah Nabukeera, Selena Anjur-Dietrich, Mahari Yihdego, Niguse Tadele and Elizabeth A. Sully Studies in Family Planning
  10. 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

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