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How the Trump administration is seeking to undermine the Title X family planning program to advance its ideological agenda
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Sheila Desai

Senior Research Associate

Sheila Desai joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2015. Her current work focuses on abortion and adolescent sexual health in the United States. Prior to joining Guttmacher, Ms. Desai worked with Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, where her work focused on expanding access to abortion care in California. She has coauthored articles in the American Journal of Public Health, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health Issues, among others. Ms. Desai received her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is currently pursuing a DrPH from the CUNY School of Public Health, where her research focuses on advancing reproductive justice in Asian-American communities.

Selected Publications

  • November 2018 Policy Analysis

    Immigrant Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Coverage and Care in the United States

  • August 2018 Research Article

    Changing Patterns of Contraceptive Use and the Decline in Rates of Pregnancy and Birth Among U.S. Adolescents, 2007–2014

    Journal of Adolescent Health

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • June 2018 Research Article

    A prospective measure of unintended pregnancy in the United States

    Contraception

    United States

    • Pregnancy
  • November 2017 Research Article

    Estimating Abortion Provision and Abortion Referrals Among United States Obstetrician-Gynecologists in Private Practice

    Contraception

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2017 Research Article

    Reasons Women Have Induced Abortions: A Synthesis of Findings from 14 Countries

    Contraception

    International

    • Abortion
  • March 2017 Research Article

    Characteristics of Women Obtaining Induced Abortions in Selected Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    PLOS ONE

    International

    • Abortion
  • August 2016 Research Article

    Understanding the Decline in Adolescent Fertility in the United States, 2007–2012

    Journal of Adolescent Health

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens

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