Kimya Forouzan (she/her) is the Principal Policy Associate, State Issues, at the Guttmacher Institute, which she joined in 2023. In this role, Ms. Forouzan serves as a resource and technical expert on sexual and reproductive health and rights policy in the United States at the state level. Previously, she served as Policy Counsel and Legislative Counsel at Compassion & Choices. Prior to that, Ms. Forouzan was an If/When/How Reproductive Justice Legal Fellow with the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum. Ms. Forouzan received her JD and MPH from Temple University and her BA from George Washington University. Outside of her professional work, Ms. Forouzan volunteers with DC Doulas for Choice as an abortion doula, with Jane’s Due Process as a textline counselor and with the Young Center as a child advocate for Afghan and Iranian migrant children being held in detention. She serves on the board of the Reproductive Health Access Project.