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Ruth Dawson

Senior Policy Manager

Ruth Dawson (she/her/hers) joined the Guttmacher Institute in December 2019 as a Senior Policy Manager. Her work focuses on publicly funded family planning programs and providers and on immigrants’ sexual and reproductive health and rights. Prior to joining the Institute, Ms. Dawson spent six years as a Staff Attorney and Policy Counsel for the LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project of the ACLU of Southern California. She has worked to expand access to a broad range of reproductive and sexual health care, eliminate religious restrictions on reproductive and gender-affirming health care, protect confidential access to care for youth and survivors of violence, implement comprehensive sex education, and uphold the dignity of pregnant and parenting people in schools, in the workplace and in carceral settings. Prior to her time at the ACLU, Ms. Dawson managed a reproductive health clinic in Northern California and graduated from the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs in Los Angeles. Ms. Dawson received a J.D. and a Master’s in Public Health from Emory University and holds a joint honors degree from UCLA in International Development and Spanish. Ms. Dawson serves on the advisory committee for the California Abortion Alliance.

Selected Publications

  • November 2020 Policy Analysis

    Not Up for Debate: LGBTQ People Need and Deserve Tailored Sexual and Reproductive Health Care

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • November 2020 Policy Analysis

    Reviving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Biden-Harris Era

  • September 2020 Policy Analysis

    An Even-More-Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Could Be Devastating for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • August 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    COVID-19 Job Losses Threaten Insurance Coverage and Access to Reproductive Health Care for Millions

    Health Affairs Blog

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • June 2020 Policy Analysis

    Family Planning Providers Show Creativity and Resilience in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    United States

    • Contraception
  • April 2020 Policy Analysis

    Conservatives Are Using the Intersection of Immigration, Health Care and Reproductive Rights Policy to Undermine Them All

    Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

  • April 2020 Policy Analysis

    Nine Things Congress Must Do to Safeguard Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Age of COVID-19

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • February 2020 Policy Analysis

    Trump Administration’s Domestic Gag Rule Has Slashed the Title X Network’s Capacity by Half

    United States

    • Contraception
  • October 2019 Policy Analysis

    “Public Charge” Rule: A Blatant Attack on Immigrants’ Rights with Severe Reproductive Health Consequences

    United States

    • Contraception
  • March 2019 Policy Analysis

    Title X Under Attack—Our Comprehensive Guide

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