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Meera Rajput, J.D.

State Policy Analyst/Counsel

She/her

Silver Spring, MD

Meera Rajput (she/her) is a University of Pittsburgh double-graduate earning both a B.S. in psychology and a J.D. with a concentration in health law. She has worked in public service and non-profit spaces throughout her entire career. Prior to law school, she completed a service year at the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, an organization that works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted. During law school, she worked at organizations such as the Women’s Law Project and the National Women’s Law Center, where she conducted research and prepared presentations on issues around reproductive health, rights, and justice. After graduating, she completed a fellowship through If/When/How at Physicians for Reproductive Health where she researched and analyzed federal and state laws related to reproductive health and LGBTQ rights, collaborated in coalition to advance legislative priorities, and published talking points, congressional letters, regulatory public comment letters, blog posts and more.

She also completed another fellowship at the National Partnership for Women and Families, where she advocated for issues related to reproductive health, rights and justice, LGBTQ rights, economic justice, disability justice and maternal health. She is joining the Task Force as a State Policy Analyst and is excited to join a team of hard-working, passionate advocates. Meera likes to spend her free time hanging out with her friends and family, hiking, going to the movies, and traveling.

Recent posts by Meera Rajput, J.D.

April 14, 2026

Attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care are inextricably linked

Lawmakers are using the same tactics, including criminalization, surveillance, and restrictions on young people to limit access to both abortion and gender-affirming care, write state policy experts with the National LGBTQ Task Force and the Guttmacher Institute.
National LGBTQ Task Force
March 31, 2026

National LGBTQ Task Force Responds to SCOTUS Decision on Chiles v Salazar 

“Today, the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, backed the challenge to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, stating that the ban directly violates the First Amendment’s freedom of speech. While today’s opinion spoke directly to the merits (the core issue), it did not focus on the ban itself.   It is not lost upon us that this decision came on Trans Day of Visibility. This is not about protecting kids; it’s about personal feelings…
March 5, 2026

What is Affordability? How Does it Affect Us All?

Affordability refers to whether humans can realistically pay for essential goods and services with the income they earn.    After the Employment Act of 1946, Congress formally recognized that the federal government has a responsibility for maintaining economic stability and living standards for anyone “able, willing, and seeking to work.” Back then the focus was establishing America’s purchasing power.   Since then, affordability has been a major…