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Sapna Khatri appointed as director of AG Campbell's Reproductive Justice Unit
Khatri has worked extensively in the areas of reproductive justice and privacy
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has announced the appointment of Sapna Khatri to lead the Reproductive Justice Unit as its director. The new unit established under Attorney General (AG) Campbell will focus on ensuring that Massachusetts is a national leader in reproductive justice by expanding and protecting access to reproductive and gender-affirming care and others.
Grateful to serve as director of AG Campbell's Reproductive Justice Unit, Khatri said, “I look forward to using my experience as a reproductive justice advocate to help AG Campbell lead this fight and collaborate with community organizations, health care providers, and legal experts across the Commonwealth.”
Noting the need to meet the escalating anti-science, extremist attacks on basic right to bodily autonomy with bold and comprehensive action, AG Campbell, said, “I am proud to launch the Reproductive Justice Unit and name Sapna as Director. I am confident that, under her leadership, Massachusetts will be a north star in showing just what is possible when people are free to make decisions for themselves about their bodies, lives, families, and futures with dignity and respect.”
The Office of the Attorney General said in its statement that the new unit will work to lead the state and the nation in the fight for reproductive justice by defending against attempts to roll back access to reproductive and gender-affirming care and championing policies to expand access to full spectrum reproductive and gender-affirming health care in the Commonwealth.
Before joining the unit, Khatri had worked extensively in the areas of reproductive justice and privacy. Between 2021 and 2023, she worked as a Sears Clinical Teaching fellow at the University of California Los Angeles, where she launched the school’s inaugural Reproductive Justice Externship Program. She has also led efforts to establish the nation’s first Medical-Legal Partnership at a Planned Parenthood clinic, in partnership with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, the Black Health Initiative at Planned Parenthood Inglewood, and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
Khatriwas a law fellow involved in the Women and Reproductive Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois and later as the organization’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel for privacy, technology, and surveillance matters. She is a graduate of Washington University School of Law and the University of Missouri.
Beyond excited to finally share this news and to step into this role. Thank you @MassAGO for trusting me with the development of this unit and to the Massachusetts RJ community for embracing me. Forever grateful I get to wake up everyday and fight the good fight https://t.co/1VIhkIwp7p
— Sapna Khatri
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