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Alexa Kolbi-Molinas

Deputy Director, 桃子视频Reproductive Freedom Project

Bio

Alexa Kolbi-Molinas is a deputy director of the Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU, where she has worked since 2007. In 2021, Alexa argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Cameron v. EMW et al., a case concerning an eleventh-hour attempt by Kentucky鈥檚 Attorney General to reinstate a prohibition on the standard abortion procedure after 15 weeks. Alexa is also currently lead counsel in Robinson et al. v. Marshall, a challenge to Alabama鈥檚 total abortion ban, and Raidoo et al. v. Camacho et al., a lawsuit to restore abortion access to people in Guam. She has also litigated a range of other reproductive rights issues in state and federal court from trial through appeal, from bans on abortions based on gestational age, method, or reason for seeking the abortion to minors鈥 access to abortion, so-called 鈥渇etal personhood鈥 ballot initiatives, restrictions on Medicaid coverage for abortion, and religious refusals to provide health care. In addition, she directs the Project鈥檚 efforts to improve access to reproductive health services for people who are incarcerated, to defend pregnant persons accused of fetal harm or self-abortion, and to prevent forced or coerced reproductive health care. Prior to joining RFP, Alexa was an attorney in the ACLU鈥檚 National Security Project.


Featured work

Jun 27, 2024

The Supreme Court Just Declined to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients. Here鈥檚 What to Know

The Supreme Court Just Declined to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients. Here鈥檚 What to Know

Oct 7, 2021

This Fall's Fight Against Forced Pregnancy

This Fall's Fight Against Forced Pregnancy

Jan 28, 2021

We鈥檙e Suing to Restore Abortion Access to People in Guam

We鈥檙e Suing to Restore Abortion Access to People in Guam

Jan 14, 2020

The Offensive Hypocrisy of Banning Abortion for a Down Syndrome Diagnosis

The Offensive Hypocrisy of Banning Abortion for a Down Syndrome Diagnosis

Oct 31, 2019

Abortion is Legal in All 50 States, and We Intend to Keep It That Way

Abortion is Legal in All 50 States, and We Intend to Keep It That Way

May 24, 2019

Alabama Is Trying to Ban Abortion. Today We Filed Suit to Stop Them.

Alabama Is Trying to Ban Abortion. Today We Filed Suit to Stop Them.

Jul 29, 2016

Did Their Backs Hurt Your Knives?

Did Their Backs Hurt Your Knives?

Feb 25, 2016

The Rising Threat of Religious Hospitals Denying Women Medical Care

The Rising Threat of Religious Hospitals Denying Women Medical Care

Dec 10, 2015

Abortion Access 鈥 No Matter How Much Money You Make

Abortion Access 鈥 No Matter How Much Money You Make

Oct 1, 2015

Fighting for Emergency Care for Pregnant Women at Catholic Hospitals

Fighting for Emergency Care for Pregnant Women at Catholic Hospitals