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Beth Schlachter

Beth Schlachter is MSI Reproductive Choices’ senior director of U.S. external relations. Beth has worked in women’s health and rights for 20 years, including at International Planned Parenthood Federation and as executive director of FP2020-FP2030. Beth was a career diplomat at the U.S. Department of State working at embassies in Uganda and South Africa.

Latest Articles

Global health
Global health
Opinion: 5 ways to thrive despite Trump’s anti-abortion global gag rule
13 Jan 2025
The global development community has been through a cyclical U.S. policy designed to restrict reproductive healthcare before — and we can be resilient to it again.
Gender equality
Gender equality
Opinion: Abortion care — we won’t let the opposition define us
16 Nov 2022
While the global agenda on abortion rights has historically been set by nations in the global north, what we once held in high regard is not necessarily the right or only choice.
Making Markets Work
Making Markets Work
Big questions remain about global contraceptive access
13 Oct 2016
How can we ensure the supplies needed to provide family planning to women and girls are actually available? With the 17th General Membership Meeting of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition in progress in Seattle, Beth Schlachter, executive director of Family Planning 2020, and John Skibiak, director of the coalition, discuss data collection, supply chains and partnerships.
#ICFP2016
#ICFP2016
Rights-based family planning: Collaboration for acceleration
2 Feb 2016
Expanding access to contraception has never been just about health, but fundamentally changing the status of women and girls in society, write EngenderHealth's Dr. Yetnayet Asfaw and FP2020's Beth Schlachter in this commentary. How can reproductive health and rights be strengthened?
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