Jessica Arons

Reproductive Health Technologies Project

Jessica Arons is the President & CEO of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project, a nonprofit organization that seeks to ensure reproductive health, rights, and justice by promoting new reproductive technologies, expanding access to existing ones, and providing accurate information about reproductive options to ensure informed decision making.

Mississippians Rightfully Reject Personhood Amendment

Jessica Arons

Mississippi voters yesterday soundly defeated Initiative 26, the so-called Personhood Amendment, by a margin of 58 percent to 42 percent. The vague proposition, which would have defined a fertilized egg as a person, threatened a multitude of untold consequences.

Chris Smith Introduces Radical Abortion Ban

Jessica Arons

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) claims his bill would “only” codify, or make permanent, the Hyde Amendment. But it goes far beyond current law, seriously compromise women’s access to reproductive health care, and hamstring government operations.