Reproductive Healthcare Access, Barriers, and Safeguards

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  Ashley Lin

  Manager, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR

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  Ashley Lin

  Manager, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR

  New York

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  Ashley serves as a manager on BSR’s Inclusive Business team.

  She drives partnerships and collaborative engagements with philanthropic organizations including foundations and nonprofits to harness business influence to achieve a more just and sustainable world, with a focus on advancing gender equity. She also supports businesses in building inclusive organizations and navigating emerging trends/flashpoints through direct engagement.

  Ashley also supports BSR’s industry teams with sustainability management, particularly in the food, beverage, and agriculture sectors.

  Prior to joining BSR, Ashley worked primarily in agriculture and distribution, food service management and hospitality, where she developed programs creating sustainable food systems and addressed food insecurity and basic needs access.

  Ashley holds a M.P.S. in Sustainable Development and a B.S. in Environmental Law and Policy from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in association with Syracuse University, along with a Certificate of Advanced Studies of Sustainable Enterprise from Syracuse University.

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  Jen Stark

  Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR

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  Jen Stark

  Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR

  

  New York

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  Jen serves as a director for BSR's Inclusive Business practice.

  She is a strategy development and implementation expert at complex health and humanitarian organizations with 20+ years of experience. At BSR, she relaunched the Inclusive Business practice to meet the needs of companies navigating shifting regulation, policy, and litigation, alongside evolving business needs in the U.S. and around the globe.  

  Prior to joining BSR, Jen directed investments at the Tara Health Foundation to advance gender and racial equity through the private sector, including historic progress on paid family and medical leave, reproductive health, and other workplace protections. Before working in philanthropy, she founded the corporate relations program at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She also managed the disaster fundraising team at the American Red Cross, coordinating large scale efforts to responsibly raise and deploy hundreds of millions of dollars. She is frequently cited in business press on flashpoint topics and is an advisor to Gauge.ai, the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute, and GoFundMe’s Compassion Leadership Network. 

  Jen holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is based in the greater Boston area with her family, where she also plays cello in a community orchestra.   

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Since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, companies in the U.S. have been grappling with fractured state policies, uneven abortion access, and their implications on the workforce and business. As policy and regulatory efforts to restrict abortion also impact access to preventative healthcare, contraception, IVF, miscarriage management, and safe pregnancy care, reproductive healthcare has become a systemic business risk, not a single-issue question.

For businesses, what began in 2022 as an urgent effort to increase benefits to bridge gaps in abortion access has evolved into something much broader and more complex. In 2025, abortion restrictions increasingly intersected with broader business challenges, such as healthcare access, workforce readiness, data privacy, and operational disruptions, reshaping how companies assess risk and responsibility.

BSR shares key issues related to reproductive health for business to watch in the upcoming year and practical actions to enhance preparedness.

Contents:

1. Introduction
   1. From Benefits to Systemic Risk: Looking Back to Look Ahead
   2. Federal and Judicial Landscape: Funding, Regulation, and Cross-State Implications
   3. In the States: Patchwork of State-Level Enforcement and Interstate Conflicts
   4. Beyond Abortion Access: Broader Impacts on Reproductive Healthcare
   5. The Business Reality: Navigating Continued Risk and Uncertainty
2. Looking Ahead
   1. Key Issues to Watch in 2026
   2. Practical Actions for Business Preparedness