Laurie Sobel is an associate director for Women’s Health Policy at KFF. Her work addresses the impact of major health policy issues on women and girls, with an emphasis on insurance coverage, and access challenges facing women who are underserved or marginalized.

Sobel leads KFF’s work tracking the implementation of contraceptive coverage, state abortion laws, and legal challenges involving access to reproductive health care. She is the author of numerous publications explaining complex rapidly changing reproductive health care legislation, regulations, and litigation. Sobel is a frequent speaker at national conferences and has appeared and been quoted as an independent expert by major national media outlets.

Prior to joining KFF, she was a senior attorney at Consumers Union focused on health policy issues. Early in her career, she was a legal aid lawyer representing Medicaid patients. Sobel holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law.