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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

Dec 11, 2014

What's Next? Prosecuting a Pregnant Woman for Working Full Time?

What's Next? Prosecuting a Pregnant Woman for Working Full Time?

Mar 1, 2013

Native American Women Demand Rightful Access to Emergency Contraception

Native American Women Demand Rightful Access to Emergency Contraception

Aug 21, 2012

State Legislatures Full of Akins

State Legislatures Full of Akins

Aug 2, 2012

War Against Women Rages On in the Federal Courts

War Against Women Rages On in the Federal Courts

Jun 14, 2012

Whose house? Our house! Whose vagina? Not yours, Mr. Speaker.

Whose house? Our house! Whose vagina? Not yours, Mr. Speaker.

May 17, 2012

Bubba And His Poor, Pitiful Women

Bubba And His Poor, Pitiful Women

Nov 9, 2011

Message From Mississippi: Trust Women, And Leave Our Families Alone.

Message From Mississippi: Trust Women, And Leave Our Families Alone.

Jun 13, 2011

Pregnant Women Need Health Care, Not Jail Time

Pregnant Women Need Health Care, Not Jail Time

Apr 1, 2011

Arizona Stands Against Racism. [Insert Laughter]

Arizona Stands Against Racism. [Insert Laughter]

Mar 31, 2011

Pregnant Women Need Support, Not Prison

Pregnant Women Need Support, Not Prison