Kierra B. Jones is a policy analyst for the Women’s Initiative at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, Jones was a research and policy analyst at the Urban Institute, where they supported a range of projects to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for incarcerated people, programs to support families affected by incarceration, and sex workers’ rights. Jones received a Master of Arts in sociology from the University of South Carolina, where they researched issues related to LGBTQ+ families and HIV prevention and access to care.
Advancing Access to Contraception Through Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers and State Plan Amendments
The third report in this Center for American Progress series explores how states can pursue family planning options through Medicaid to expand access to contraception and other vital reproductive health services.
Fact Sheet: Advancing Contraceptive Access in the States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling
This fact sheet accompanies a new Center for American Progress report on best practices to expand and improve access to contraception at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations for implementing contraceptive quality measures.
Fact Sheet: Challenges and Solutions to Improve Access to Contraception Through Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers and SPAs
This fact sheet accompanies a new Center for American Progress report on best practices to expand and improve access to contraception at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations to states pursuing family planning expansions through Section 1115 Medicaid waivers and state plan amendments (SPAs).
Advancing Contraception Access in States Through Expanded Pharmacist Prescribing
This is the second installment in the Center for American Progress’ series highlighting best practices to improve and expand access to contraception at the state level.
Fact Sheet: Common Challenges and Recommended Solutions for Implementing Pharmacist Prescribing of Contraceptives
This fact sheet accompanies a new Center for American Progress report on best practices to expand and improve contraceptive access at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations for expanding pharmacists’ prescriptive authority.
A Collaborative Agenda for the Disability and Reproductive Justice Communities in 2023
The Center for American Progress recently hosted a roundtable of more than 20 advocates from the reproductive and disability rights and justice communities—and has compiled the top five policy priorities important to focus on this year.
Advancing Contraception Access in States Through One-Year Dispensing and Extended Supply Policies
This is the first installment in the Center for American Progress’ series highlighting best practices to improve and expand contraceptive access at the state level.
Fact Sheet: Common Challenges to Implementing One-Year Supply Policies and Recommended Solutions
This fact sheet accompanies the Center for American Progress’ report on best practices to expand and improve contraceptive access at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations for one-year contraceptive dispensing policies.
5 Quick Facts To Know About Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills
Approving birth control pills to be sold over the counter could expand access to contraceptive options, increase women’s bodily autonomy, and ensure people can decide when to become pregnant.
5 Important Facts About Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills
Approving oral hormonal contraceptive pills to be sold over the counter could expand access to contraceptive options, increase women’s bodily autonomy, and ensure people can decide when to become pregnant.
Expanding Access and Protections in States Where Abortion Is Legal
Abortion is protected by state law in more than 20 states, many of which have expanded access to abortion by making it more affordable, codifying state-level reproductive rights, broadening the types of providers able to offer care, and protecting abortion providers and access to clinics.
