In November 2025, the O’Neill Institute and the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) published a series of reports highlighting trends in abortion law and policy around the world, and situating the United States within the broader global context. Learn more about the reports here.
About
This initiative seeks to improve reproductive health outcomes in the United States through transnational law and policy experience-sharing.
We do this by supporting U.S. advocates and decision-makers in identifying, documenting, adapting, and raising the visibility of groundbreaking law and policy approaches to reproductive health in other countries.
Our Team
Our Team
Featured Work
Since 2024, the O’Neill Institute and the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) have been partnering on Beyond Borders, an initiative that seeks to bring abortion law and policy experiences from around the world to the United States through transnational community-building and knowledge-sharing.
As part of the groundbreaking initiative, we have:
- Hosted Beyond Borders convenings in January 2024 and November 2025
- Published three global legal comparison reports and various commentaries and analyses
- Presented our findings at four conferences (APHA, PHLC, HLPC, and 22nd Century) and one symposium

Featured Engagement
Pregnancy and Personhood Symposium (October 10, 2025)
Presentation of the forthcoming Harbinger article “Fetal Personhood on the Global Stage: The United States as Outlier” — Rebecca Reingold’s panel begins at 1:46:05
Featured Webinar
Expert Columns
Opinion & Analysis
A New Wave of Abortion Exceptionalism in the United States
Sarah Wetter Rebecca Reingold Divya Ganesan
SCOTUS Takes Up Inclusive Education: Mahmoud v. Taylor in a Global Context
Laura Dragnic Tohá Guillermina Pappier Paulina Macías Ortega Rebecca Reingold