Rachel Benson Gold, Director of Policy Analysis

Rachel Benson Gold joined the staff of the Guttmacher Institute in 1979 and currently holds the position of Director of Policy Analysis and Washington Office Operations in the Institute's Public Policy Division. Her expertise is on the role of the public and private sectors in financing reproductive health care. Ms. Gold is the author of several reports and articles in the field of reproductive health and recently completed an analysis of the critical role of Medicaid in providing publicly funded family planning services. Ms. Gold serves on the Board of Directors of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Ms. Gold earned a Master of Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University in 1979. She received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Government from Wesleyan University in 1977.

Gold RB, Equipping Title X for the Future, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2008, 11(3):19-23.

Gold RB, Breaking New Ground: Ingenuity and Innovation In Medicaid Family Planning Expansions, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2008, 11(2):7-12.

Sonfield A, Alrich C and Gold RB, State Government Innovation in the Design and Implementation of Medicaid Family Planning Expansions, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2008.

Gold RB, An Enduring Role: The Continuing Need for a Robust Family Planning Clinic System, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2008, 11(1):6-10.

Sonfield A, Alrich C and Gold RB, Public funding for family planning, sterilization and abortion services, FY 1980–2006, Occasional Report, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2008, No. 38.

Gold RB and Nash E, State Abortion Counseling Policies and the Fundamental Principles of Informed Consent, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2007, 10(4):6-13.

Gold RB, Richards CL, Ranji UR and Salganicoff A, Medicaid's Role in Family Planning, Issue Brief, Menlo Park, California: The Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007.

Gold RB, Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Family Planning Clinics in Providing the HPV Vaccine, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2007, 10(3):8-14.

Gold RB, Stronger Together: Medicaid, Title X Bring Different Strengths to Family Planning Effort, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2007, 10(2):13-18.

Gold RB, Lessons for Family Planning Providers from Transitions In Maternal and Child Health Funding, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2007, 10(1):2-6.

Frost JJ, Sonfield A and Gold RB, Estimating the impact of serving new clients by expanding funding for Title X, Occasional Report, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2006, No. 33.

Gold RB, “Rekindling Efforts to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy: A Matter of ‘Equity and Common Sense’,” Guttmacher Policy Review,2006, 9(3):2-6.

Frost JJ, Sonfield A and Gold RB, Estimating the Impact of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility for Family Planning Services, Occasional Report, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2006, No. 28.

Gold RB, New Federal Authority to Impose Medicaid Family Planning Cuts: A Deal States Should Refuse, Guttmacher Policy Review, 2006, 9(2):2-6.

Boonstra H, Gold RB, Richards C and Finer LB, Abortion in Women’s Lives, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2006.

Gold RB, Providing Basic Genetic Services: What Role for Family Planning Clinics?,The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2005, 8(4):4-5, 14.

Gold RB, The Implications of Defining When a Woman Is Pregnant,The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2005, 8(2):7-10.

Sonfield A and Gold RB, Conservatives’ Agenda Threatens Public Funding for Family Planning,The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy, 2005, 8(1):4-7.

Sonfield A and Gold RB, Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980–2001 , The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 2005.

Gold RB and Sonfield A, Bush Health ‘Reform’ Agenda: Implications for Reproductive Health, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy,, 2005, 8(1):8-11.

Sonfield A, Gold RB, Frost JJ and Darroch JE, U.S. Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives and the Impact of Contraceptive Coverage Mandates, 2002, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2004, 36(2):72-79.

Richards CL, Gold RB, Medicaid: A Critical Source of Support for Family Planning in the United States , The Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, California, 2004.

Family Planning Waivers Work, Research Shows, Contraceptive Technology Update , 2004, 25(5).

Gold RB and Boonstra H, Overhauling Welfare: Implications for Reproductive Health Policy in the United States, Journal of the American Medical Women's Association , 2002, Vol. 57.

Richards CL and Gold RB, Medicaid Support for Family Planning in the Managed Care Era, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 2001.

Gold RB and Sonfield A, Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents Under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Family Planning Perspectives, 2001, 33(2):81-87.

Gold RB and Sonfield A, Family Planning Funding Through Four Federal-State Program, FY 1997, Family Planning Perspectives, 1999, 31(4): 176-181.

Sollom T, Gold RB and Saul R, Public Funding for Contraceptive, Sterilization and Abortion Services, 1994, Family Planning Perspectives, 1996, 28(4):166-173.

Gold RB and Daley D, Uneven and Unequal: Insurance Coverage of Reproductive Health Services, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 1994.