Building a future in which all people in the United States have equitable access to all reproductive and sexual health services, free from discrimination.
All people—not just those who are wealthy, cisgender, heterosexual, without disabilities, and white—are entitled to comprehensive and quality reproductive and sexual health care, delivered with dignity. Yet many people continue to face systemic obstacles created by harmful legislation and policies, health care refusals, complex managed care systems, racism, ableism, homophobia, xenophobia, and stigma.
The National Health Law Program approaches its reproductive and sexual health work through the lens of reproductive justice: the right to bodily autonomy, have a child, not have a child, and parent the children we have in safe and healthy communities, and with dignity. Through this lens, we examine how sustained imbalances in power and resources, including inequitable access to truly comprehensive health insurance coverage, operate as tools of reproductive and sexual oppression. While not a reproductive justice organization, the National Health Law Program strives to incorporate lessons of the reproductive justice movement in our work to center the concerns of those most harmed by reproductive oppression and work toward a country in which everyone has meaningful access to the health care they need to support self-determination over their bodies, sexuality, health, families, and reproduction.
Note on language: On this page and throughout our work, NHeLP strives to use gender inclusive language to accurately reflect the scope of people with various reproductive and sexual health care needs and related experiences. We employ “women” in limited instances when necessary to accurately reference legal terms or cisgender women-centered research and to honor how advocates or groups self-identify. More inclusive policy language and research is needed to better service the needs of all people who need equitable access to reproductive, sexual, and all health care.
Reproductive & Sexual Health Resources
Meet NHeLP’s Reproductive and Sexual Health Team

Fabiola Carrión
Director, Reproductive and Sexual Health
Area(s) of Expertise: Reproductive and Sexual Health; Abortion Coverage; Reproductive Justice; Telehealth and Medicaid; ACA Marketplaces; Diversity, Equity, and…

Amy Chen
Senior Attorney
Area(s) of Expertise: Reproductive and sexual health, CA repro, pregnancy coverage, maternal health, Medicaid coverage for doula care, Catholic…

Alexis Robles-Fradet
Policy Analyst
Area(s) of Expertise: Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Behavioral Health, Health Equity, EHBsAlexis Robles-Fradet is a Health Policy…

Cat Duffy
Policy Analyst
Cat Duffy, PhD, is a Policy Analyst in the National Health Law Program's Washington, DC office. She works on…

Catherine McKee
Senior Attorney
Catherine McKee is a Senior Attorney in the National Health Law Program’s North Carolina office. She works to protect…

Madeline Morcelle
Staff Attorney - Pronouns: she/her/hers
Madeline Morcelle, JD, MPH, is a staff attorney at the National Health Law Program, where she works to promote…

Elizabeth McCaman Taylor
Senior Attorney
Area(s) of Expertise: Preventive Services, Contraceptive Care, Prescription Drugs, Scope of Practice.Liz McCaman is a Senior Attorney in the…

Mara Youdelman
Managing Attorney - Washington, DC
Mara Youdelman is Managing Attorney of the National Health Law Program’s Washington D.C. offices. Mara has worked at the…