Sonya Laddon Rahders, JD, is a practicing attorney who has spent her career working with abortion and gender-affirming care providers across the United States. Her work focuses on expanding access to sensitive health services for young people and integrating the needs of LGBTQ+ people in abortion care, as well as compliance with a range of regulatory topics including corporate governance, scope of practice, pharmacy, laboratory, and facility licensing rules. She has additional experience working in state and federal policy related to sex education, HIV and AIDS, youth rights, and LGBTQ+ health access. Sonya serves on the board of directors for SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change. She earned her JD with a concentration in social justice lawyering from University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of the Law).