Susan Berke Fogel

Susan Berke Fogel, J.D. is the Director, Reproductive Health for the National Health Law Program, where she is a national expert on reproductive health law, low-income health programs, and religious restrictions in health care. She works to break down silos and mainstream reproductive health into low-income health advocacy agendas.

She is also the Co-Founder of the Pro-Choice Alliance for Responsible Research (PCARR), working on cutting edge issues at the intersection of human genetic biotechnology and women’s health from an abortion rights perspective.

Congress’ Latest Attack on Planned Parenthood Would Hit Low-Income People Hardest

Susan Berke Fogel & Catherine McKee

If Congress prohibits Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding, it will not only strip Medicaid enrollees of their preferred provider, but also will leave many enrollees with nowhere else to receive quality reproductive and sexual health services.

Invoking ‘Choice’ When Discussing Surrogacy as a Feminist Concern Is a Mistake

Susan Berke Fogel, Francine Coeytaux, Marcy Darnovsky, Invoking ‘Choice’ When Discussing Surrogacy as a Feminist Concern Is a Mistake & Invoking ‘Choice’ When Discussing Surrogacy as a Feminist Concern Is a Mistake

A recent Rewire piece treated the vexing question of commercial surrogacy as a litmus test for feminists. For us at Pro-Choice Alliance for Responsible Research, we believe that contract pregnancy can’t be understood in such a simplistic framework.