Francine Coeytaux

Francine Coeytaux, founder of the Pacific Institute for Women's Health, is an American-based French public health specialist and abortion rights activist who has developed and evaluated family planning and reproductive health programs. She is known for her work on comprehensive reproductive health services, abortion and new reproductive technologies. Coeytaux has consulted for organizations including the World Health Organization, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the World Bank, the Compton Foundation, and served on the State of California's Advisory Committee on Human Cloning.

Coeytaux has received the Ruth Roemer Social Justice Leadership Award and the Felicia Stewart Award for Lifetime Achievement in Emergency Contraception.

Personal life

Coeytaux has lived in Tunisia, Peru, Nicaragua, Switzerland and the United States, and has worked in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, David Glanzman. They have two children.

Publications

Celebrating Mother and Child on the Fortieth Day: The Sfax, Tunisia Postpartum Program (1989) Expanding Use of Magnesium Sulfate for Treatment of Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia: Building Towards Scale in Nigeria (2014), report to MacArthur Foundation, with Sada Danmusa, Jennifer Potts and Elisa Wells "Remote Delivery in Reproductive Health Care: Operation of Direct-to-Patient Telehealth Medication Abortion Services in Diverse Settings", with Anna E. Fiastro, Sajal Sanan, Elizabeth Jacob-Files, Elisa Wells, Molly R. Ruben, Ian M. Bennett and Emily M. Godfrey, in Annals of Family Medicine, July 2022