Elizabeth Banks to head Center for Reproductive Rights Creative Council

The 'Charlie's Angels' director Elizabeth Banks will chair the Center for Reproductive Rights' new Creative Council. The initiative, chaired by Banks, will use stars' platforms to educate about and advocate for the Center's issues. The council's founding members include Busy Philipps (Busy Tonight), Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away With Murder), actor and producer Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), actor and producer Lisa Edelstein (The Kominsky Method), Tony-winning playwright Sarah Jones (Bridge & Tunnel) and former Glamour editor in chief Cindi Leive. They're joined by style moguls Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, co-founders of the multi-brand retailer and fashion label Opening Ceremony, and Erika Savage, an executive at Morphe Cosmetics.

The creative council's advocacy will focus in part on the Supreme Court case June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee, which challenges a Louisiana law designed to shut down abortion clinics. Banks explains she wants to make the Center as much of a household name as Planned Parenthood, because when clinics are "under attack," the Center swoops in to keep "abortion as the law of the land."

And as a supporter of Democratic candidates Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential race, Banks looks forward to MSNBC's all-female-moderated debate Nov 20, which could shine a spotlight on gender equality.