Julie F. Kay
Julie F. Kay
 
 

PROMOTING OUR RIGHTS & INSPIRING ACTIVISM FOR GENDER EQUALITY

Julie F. Kay is an internationally-recognized human rights lawyer, the Founder and CEO of Reproductive Futures and co-author of Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom.

She successfully argued against Ireland’s ban on abortion before the European Court of Human Rights. Julie began her legal career at the Center for Reproductive Rights and most recently was the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine (ACT).

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Testimonials

“The abortion issue itself is often described as a religious debate, or a philosophical question about when life begins. Those are pieces of it but for so many of us, it really is about the fundamental human right and deciding when and with whom to parent.”

BROOKLYN LAW WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP NETWORK SUMMIT
NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“The fall of Roe must be used as a rallying cry for demanding reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right — and not just a privilege dependent on your race, where you live, whom you sleep with or how you define your identity.”

Roe Is as Good as Gone. It’s Time for a New Strategy.
THE NEW YORK TIMES ● NOVEMBER 1, 2021

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IN THE PRESS

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EVENTS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

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Physicians Legal Issues: Healthcare Delivery & Innovation Conference
New York State Capitol Press Conference with ACT
Brandeis University: Conversations on Equity and Justice featuring Julie F. Kay, J.D.
Villa Albertine's Night of Ideas at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Across the Pond — Packed Lunch Event
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom

KATHRYN KOLBERT & JUlie f. Kay

"Urgent and timely... Kolbert and Kay’s pressing, informative, and engaging book is leading the charge in the right direction."

—Gloria Steinem

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Julie is the Founder and CEO of Reproductive Futures, a legal and advocacy organization dedicated to expanding access to reproductive healthcare through innovative legal strategies, Julie leads a team of expert reproductive rights attorneys on the legal frontlines of reproductive care in the evolving post-Dobbs landscape.

Through creative legal strategies, policy innovation, and rights-based advocacy, Reproductive Futures drives systemic change to ensure reproductive healthcare remains safe, legal, and accessible for all.

 

Previously Julie had created and led the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine (ACT) — an advocacy organization that supported medical providers offering telemedicine abortion in all 50 states.

Today Reproductive Futures is working hard to safeguard and expand the number of states and the number of providers offering telemedicine, emergency room and post abortion care. We make sure clinicians have the necessary laws and policies, and legal and technical support to be able to offer care. We stand strong to protect these new virtual services and providers from attacks by abortion opponents. By providing clinicians with the direct legal and advocacy support needed to operate telemedicine practices nationwide, Reproductive Futures is building a future where reproductive freedom is a human right.

 
 

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