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Elizabeth Nash

Principal Policy Associate, State Issues

Elizabeth Nash is the Interim Associate Director of State Issues in the Guttmacher Institute’s Washington, DC office. She coordinates the efforts of the state team, which analyzes legislative, regulatory and judicial actions on reproductive health issues, and develops Guttmacher’s monthly State Laws and Policies series and update of state policy developments. Ms. Nash joined the Institute in 1999. She received her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary in 1996 and earned a master’s degree in public policy from the George Washington University in 2005.

Selected Publications

  • February 2022 Policy Analysis

    Medication Abortion Now Accounts for More Than Half of All US Abortions

    United States

    • Abortion
  • December 2021 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2021: The Worst Year for Abortion Rights in Almost Half a Century

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • November 2021 Policy Analysis

    Resources for Journalists: 15 Things to Consider When Covering Abortion, the Supreme Court and a Potential “Post-Roe World”

    United States

    • Abortion
  • November 2021 Policy Analysis

    New Evidence: Texas Residents Have Obtained Abortions in at Least 12 States That Do Not Border Texas

    United States

    • Abortion
  • October 2021 Policy Analysis

    26 States Are Certain or Likely to Ban Abortion Without Roe: Here’s Which Ones and Why

    United States

    • Abortion
  • October 2021 Policy Analysis

    For the First Time Ever, U.S. States Enacted More Than 100 Abortion Restrictions in a Single Year

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2021 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Texas Set to Ban Most Abortions Next Week

    Ms. Magazine

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2021 Policy Analysis

    Mississippi Is Attacking Roe v. Wade Head On—the Consequences Could Be Severe

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2021 Policy Analysis

    Impact of Texas’ Abortion Ban: A 14-Fold Increase in Driving Distance to Get an Abortion

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2021 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends at Midyear 2021: Already the Worst Legislative Year Ever for U.S. Abortion Rights

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • June 2021 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Abortion Is at the Supreme Court Again. It's Different This Time

    Scientific American

    United States

    • Abortion
  • May 2021 Policy Analysis

    In Direct Threat to Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Takes Up Mississippi Abortion Case

    United States

    • Abortion
  • April 2021 Policy Analysis

    2021 Is on Track to Become the Most Devastating Antiabortion State Legislative Session in Decades

    United States

    • Abortion
  • March 2021 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Arkansas Just Passed a Near-Total Ban on Abortions—Here's What It Means

    The Hill

    United States

    • Abortion
  • March 2021 Policy Analysis

    The Danger Ahead: Early Indicators Show States Will Be the Main Abortion Battleground in 2021

    United States

    • Abortion
  • March 2021 Policy Analysis

    Florida’s Proposed 20-Week Abortion Ban Would Force Pregnant People to Travel More Than 30 Times as Far for Care

    United States

    • Abortion
  • December 2020 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights in a Year Like No Other

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • October 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    How one Colorado anti-abortion ballot initiative could affect pregnant people in over 30 states

    The Colorado Sun

    United States

    • Abortion
  • October 2020 Policy Analysis

    Mere Months After Supreme Court Ruling, Louisiana Antiabortion Politicians Are at It Again

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2020 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends at Mid-Year 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights Take a Back Seat to Pandemic

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2020 Policy Analysis

    Ohio as a Window Into Recent US Trends on Abortion Access and Restrictions

    American Journal of Public Health

    United States

    • Abortion
  • May 2020 Policy Analysis

    Ten Things State Policymakers Can Do to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
  • May 2020 Policy Analysis

    Will the Supreme Court Let Unnecessary Admitting Privileges Requirements Imperil Abortion Access?

    United States

    • Abortion
  • April 2020 Policy Analysis

    COVID-19 Abortion Bans Would Greatly Increase Driving Distances for Those Seeking Care

    United States

    • Abortion
  • February 2020 Policy Analysis

    Louisiana Has Passed 89 Abortion Restrictions Since Roe: It's About Control, Not Health

    United States

    • Abortion
  • December 2019 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2019: A Wave of Abortion Bans, But Some States Are Fighting Back

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • October 2019 Policy Analysis

    Admitting Privileges Are Back at the U.S. Supreme Court with Serious Implications for Abortion Access

    United States

    • Abortion
  • September 2019 Policy Analysis

    The U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Drop: Once Again, State Abortion Restrictions Are Not the Main Driver

    Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • August 2019 Policy Analysis

    State Abortion Policy Landscape: From Hostile to Supportive

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2019 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends at Mid-Year 2019: States Race to Ban or Protect Abortion

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • June 2019 Policy Analysis

    States Lead the Way in Promoting Coverage of Abortion in Medicaid and Private Insurance

    United States

    • Abortion
  • June 2019 Policy Analysis

    Abortion Rights in Peril — What Clinicians Need to Know

    New England Journal of Medicine

    United States

    • Abortion
  • June 2019 Policy Analysis

    Illinois Steps Up as Other States Decimate Abortion Rights

    United States

    • Abortion
  • May 2019 Policy Analysis

    Unprecedented Wave of Abortion Bans is an Urgent Call to Action

    United States

    • Abortion
  • May 2019 Policy Analysis

    State and Federal Lawmakers Promote Sexual Consent, LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Sex Education

    United States

    • Teens
  • April 2019 Policy Analysis

    Radical Attempts to Ban Abortion Dominate State Policy Trends in the First Quarter of 2019

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • March 2019 Policy Analysis

    A Surge in Bans on Abortion as Early as Six Weeks, Before Most People Know They Are Pregnant

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2019 Policy Analysis

    Ensuring Access to Abortion at the State Level: Selected Examples and Lessons

    Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • December 2018 Policy Analysis

    State Policy Trends 2018: With Roe v. Wade in Jeopardy, States Continued to Add New Abortion Restrictions

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • July 2018 Policy Analysis

    Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Policy Trends at Midyear, 2018

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • April 2018 Policy Analysis

    Policy Trends in the States: First Quarter 2018

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • January 2018 Policy Analysis

    Policy Trends in the States, 2017

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2017 Policy Analysis

    Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Policy Trends at Midyear, 2017

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • May 2017 Policy Analysis

    Flouting the Facts: State Abortion Restrictions Flying in the Face of Science

    Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • April 2017 Policy Analysis

    Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Policy Trends in the First Quarter of 2017

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • January 2017 Policy Analysis

    Policy Trends in the States: 2016

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • January 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    2016 Brought a Flood of Abortion Restrictions, But Also a Surge of Proactive Measures

    Rewire

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2016 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Legislators Have Introduced 445 Provisions to Restrict Abortion So Far This Year

    Rewire

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • July 2016 Policy Analysis

    Laws Affecting Reproductive Health and Rights: State Trends at Midyear, 2016

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • April 2016 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State-Level Attacks on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Continue, But There’s Also Some Good News

    Rewire

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • April 2016 Policy Analysis

    Trends in the States: First Quarter 2016

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • January 2016 News in Context

    2015 Year-End State Policy Roundup

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • January 2016 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Attacks on Abortion Rights Continued in 2015, Ensnaring Family Planning Funding and Fetal Tissue Research

    Rewire

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • July 2015 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    States Enact 51 Abortion Restrictions in First Half of 2015: Mid-Year Analysis

    Rewire
  • January 2015 News in Context

    In Just the Last Four Years, States Have Enacted 231 Abortion Restrictions

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2014 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    States continue to enact abortion restrictions in first half of 2014, but at a lower level than in the previous three years

    Rewire
  • April 2014 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State policy trends: more supportive legislation, even as attacks on abortion rights continue

    Rewire
  • March 2014 Policy Analysis

    A Surge of State Abortion Restrictions Puts Providers—and the Women They Serve—in the Crosshairs

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • January 2014 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    More abortion restrictions were enacted from 2011 to 2013 than in the entire previous decade

    Rewire
  • June 2013 Policy Analysis

    TRAP Laws Gain Political Traction While Abortion Clinics—and the Women They Serve—Pay the Price

    Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2012 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State legislative trends in reproductive health law and policy: mid-year 2012 analysis

    Rewire
  • July 2012 Report

    Confidentiality for Individuals Insured as Dependents: A Review of State Laws and Policies

    United States

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • March 2012 Policy Analysis

    Troubling Trend: More States Hostile to Abortion Rights as Middle Ground Shrinks

    Guttmacher Policy Review

    United States

    • Abortion
  • January 2012 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Losing ground on women's rights: in 2011, sex ed, contraception, abortion rights all under seige

    Rewire
  • July 2011 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    States enact record number of abortion restrictions in first half of 2011

    Rewire
  • April 2011 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State legislative trends: hostility to abortion rights increases

    Rewire
  • January 2011 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State legislative trends in 2010: abortion restrictions once again dominate

    Rewire
  • April 2010 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Reproductive and Sexual Health in the States: Two Steps Forward, Several Steps Back

    RH Reality Check
  • January 2010 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Another Busy Year: State Legislative Trends on Reproductive Health and Abortion in 2009

    RH Reality Check
  • July 2009 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State Trends: Sex Ed, Family Planning and Fetal Personhood Dominate

    RH Reality Check
  • April 2009 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State Trends: Abortion, Personhood, Sex Ed and STIs

    RH Reality Check
  • February 2009 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Abortion, Contraception, and Sex Ed in the States in 2008

    RH Reality Check
  • August 2008 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State Trends: Ballot Initiatives Take Center Stage

    RH Reality Check
  • April 2008 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State Legislative Trends: Abortion Ban Travels Across Country

    RH Reality Check
  • February 2008 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    2007 State Legislative Trends in RH

    RH Reality Check
  • November 2007 Policy Analysis

    State Abortion Counseling Policies and the Fundamental Principles of Informed Consent

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • October 2007 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    States Take Action: HPV Vaccine, Funding CPCs

    RH Reality Check
  • July 2007 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State Reproductive Health Policy at Midyear

    RH Reality Check
  • April 2007 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    2007 State Legislative Trends

    RH Reality Check
  • February 2007 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    State Legislative Trends 2006

    RH Reality Check
  • October 2006 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    The States in 2006 — Light and Shadow

    RH Reality Check
  • October 2006 Policy Analysis

    Misinformed Consent: The Medical Accuracy of State-Developed Abortion Counseling Materials

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • August 2002 Policy Analysis

    Michigan Breaks New Ground in Restricting Family Planning Funds

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • December 2001 Policy Analysis

    State Policy in 2001: Major Reproductive Health-Related Developments

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • August 2001 Policy Analysis

    State-Level Policies on Sexuality, STD Education

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • June 2001 Policy Analysis

    Report Says Sex Ed Can Reduce Pregnancy, Jury Out on Ab-Only

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • February 2001 Policy Analysis

    Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women: Where Things Stand

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • February 2001 Policy Analysis

    High Court Invalidates Involuntary Drug Tests On Pregnant Women

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • December 2000 Policy Analysis

    State Responses to Substance Abuse Among Pregnant Women

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • October 2000 Policy Analysis

    The States in 2000: Major Actions on Reproductive Health-Related Issues

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • August 2000 Policy Analysis

    Minors and the Right to Consent to Health Care

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • June 2000 Policy Analysis

    The States at Midyear: Major Actions on Reproductive Health-Related Issues

    Guttmacher Policy Review
  • February 2000 Policy Analysis

    The States in 1999: Actions on Major Reproductive Health - Related Issues

    Guttmacher Policy Review
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