Cynthia Dailard, Senior Public Policy Associate

Cynthia Dailard is Senior Public Policy Associate at AGI’s Washington, DC office and is responsible for issues related to domestic family planning programs, sexuality education and insurance coverage of contraception. Prior to joining AGI, Ms. Dailard served as Associate Director for Domestic Policy in the Clinton White House, Legislative Assistant and Counsel to United States Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Staff Attorney at the National Women’s Law Center. Ms. Dailard has written numerous articles and reports on women’s health and reproductive rights, and serves on the board of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. She is a graduate of Harvard University and the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.

Recent Publications Include:

Bimonthly “Washington Watch” column in Contraceptive Technology Update, 1999-present.

Dailard C, Reproductive Health Advocates and Marriage Promotion: Asserting a Stake in the Debate, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2004, 8(1):1-3.

Dailard C, Courts Strike 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban; Decisions Presage Future Debates, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2004, 7(4):1-3 &14.

Dailard C, Out of Compliance? Implementing the Infant Adoption Awareness Act, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2004, 7(3):10-14.

Dailard C, Contraceptive Coverage: A 10-Year Retrospective, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2004, 7(2):6-9.

Dailard C, Statutory Rape Reporting and Family Planning Programs: Moving Beyond Conflict, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2004, 7(2):10-12.

Dailard C, Understanding ‘Abstinence’: Implications for Individuals, Programs and Policies, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2003, 6(5):4-6; reprinted in Reality Check: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Strategies that Work, eds: Get Real About Teen Pregnancy Campaign, 2004, 101-108.

Dailard C, What Lawrence v. Texas Says about the Past and Future of Reproductive Rights, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 6(4):4-6, 10, October 2003; reprinted in the Fordham Urban Law Journal, 31(3), March 2004, 717-723.

Dailard C, HPV in the United States and Developing Nations: A Problem of Public Health or Politics?, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2003, 6(3):4-5 & 14.

Dailard C, Marriage Is No Immunity from Problems with Planning Pregnancies, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2003, 6(2):10-13.

Dailard C, The Cost of Contraceptive Insurance Coverage, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2003, 6(1):12-13.

Dailard C, Abstinence Promotion and Teen Family Planning: The Misguided Drive for Equal Funding, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2002, 5(1):1-3.

Dailard C, Challenges Facing Family Planning Clinics and Title X, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2001, 4(2):8-11.

Dailard C, Sex Education: Politicians, Parents, Teachers and Teens, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2001, 4(1):9-12.