News & Commentary written by Jessica Arons

Jessica Arons is the director of the Liberty Division for Policy & Government Affairs at the ACLU. In this role, she oversees federal and state policy and government affairs for reproductive freedom, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and disability rights. Most recently, she served as senior policy counsel for reproductive freedom for the ACLU, president & CEO of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project, and director of the Women’s Health & Rights program at the Center for American Progress. She also worked for the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project; James & Hoffman, LLC; the Supreme Court of Virginia; the White House; and the 1996 Pennsylvania Democratic Coordinated Campaign. She was previously on the advisory board of If/When/How and a board member of the ACLU of Virginia and the D.C. Abortion Fund. She received her J.D. from the William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law and her B.A. from Brown University.

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