Jessica Arons

Director of the Women's Health and Rights Program

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Jessica Arons is the Director of the Women's Health and Rights Program at American Progress. She also is a member of the Center's Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative. Jessica previously served as a staff attorney fellow with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project. Prior to working at the ACLU, she practiced labor and employment law at James & Hoffman, P.C. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Elizabeth B. Lacy on the Supreme Court of Virginia. She also worked at the White House and on the 1996 Pennsylvania Democratic Coordinated Campaign prior to law school. Jessica is an honors graduate of Brown University and William and Mary School of Law. At William and Mary, Jessica was an Associate Editor of the William & Mary Law Review, Managing Editor of the William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, and a Board Member of the William & Mary Public Service Fund. She has been seen on MSNBC, Fox News, and ABC News, and heard on Clear Channel radio.

Publications: “Future Choices: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and the Law,” Center for American Progress (2007); “More Than A Choice: A Progressive Vision for Reproductive Health and Rights,” Center for American Progress (2006); “Balancing Acts,” National Council of Jewish Women (Summer 2005); “Misconceived Laws: The Irrationality of Parental Involvement Requirements for Contraception,” William & Mary Law Review (2000);

Expertise: Reproductive Health and Rights, Contraception, Sexuality Education, Privacy Rights, HPV Vaccines, HIV/AIDS, Gay Rights, and Constitutional Law