Wendy Turnbull, Senior Policy Research Analyst

Wendy Turnbull is Senior Policy and Research Analyst with Population Action International. She is the primary researcher/author of Access Denied: U.S. Restrictions on International Family Planning and served as project manager for the Global Gag Rule Impact Project. Wendy leads PAI’s work documenting the impact of U.S. policies on family planning/reproductive health and HIV prevention efforts, including the production of short documentary films about the consequences of the gag rule and U.S.-funded abstinence-only programs in Africa.

Prior to joining PAI, Wendy was a senior policy analyst with The Guttmacher Institute and a federal lobbyist with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) during the Title X gag rule days. A native of the Washington, DC area, she received her BA in political science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is married with two school-aged daughters who enjoy participating in organized demonstrations for women's rights and peace.