Dawn Laguens led the successful campaign to defeat the Pence amendment, a hugely unpopular congressional effort that would have eliminated funding for Planned Parenthood's preventive health care services that millions of people rely on. Since then she has shaped the organization’s message and strategy, successfully working to help reverse the Susan G. Komen for the Cure decision to stop providing grants to Planned Parenthood affiliates and defending access to no-copay birth control (as outlined in the Affordable Care Act) to name a few. She has worked for more than 10 years with Planned Parenthood, both nationally and with affiliates.