Jackie Cornell is the new executive director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey. Her new role comes at a pivotal time for abortion rights in the United States. While New Jersey is considered a “safe haven” for reproductive rights, it’s now her responsibility to protect those rights and advocate for further advancements for women in New Jersey.
Cornell joined NJ Spotlight News to discuss her new role and her plan to preserve access to health care. “Planned Parenthood’s mission of providing services to people regardless of their insurance, access, regardless of their income, their immigration status, their identity, those remain the same,” Cornell said in an interview with NJ Spotlight News. “Even after all these years, it feels really full-circle to be coming back at this point in time when the stakes feel even more significant after recent news out of the Supreme Court.”
