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Jessica Arons

Director of the Liberty Division for Policy & Government Affairs

ACLU

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Bio

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 ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof 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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Featured work

Oct 9, 2018

The Last Clinics Standing

The Last Clinics Standing

May 15, 2018

Iowa’s New Abortion Law Is Just One of Many Intended to Render Roe Meaningless

Iowa’s New Abortion Law Is Just One of Many Intended to Render Roe Meaningless