Wolf v. General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Legal Case) 4/17/2023 LWV Pennsylvania filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging several proposed state constitutional amendments
Reproductive Freedom for All v. Board of State Canvassers (Legal Case) 4/5/2023 LWV Michigan filed an amicus brief against an attempt to block a constitutional amendment protecting reproductive freedom
Abortion Legislation is a Democracy Issue (Blog) 3/21/2023 Without the ability to make reproductive decisions for one’s body, those who can become pregnant cannot participate equally in our democracy. Further, since the Dobbs decision reversing the right to…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Support Environmental Investments in the 2023 Farm Bill (Legal Document) 2/28/2023 LWVUS joined nearly 650 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging that they protect investments in climate-smart agriculture and conservation in the 2023…
LWVUS Urges the EPA to Help Reduce Methane Pollution (Legal Document) 2/13/2023 LWVUS urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take additional measures to reduce methane air pollution from the oil and gas industry.
We Need Local Climate Action Plans (Blog) 1/31/2023 A concerted global effort is needed to fight climate change, yet global commitments to reduce carbon emissions are inadequate and slow. Local, regional, and state efforts are needed to step up the…
League of Women Voters highlights importance of health care rights (News Clips) 1/24/2023 This story was originally published by WIFR. It’s been seven months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, escalating debate over reproductive rights. Women’s reproductive rights has been a back-and-…
Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog) 1/10/2023 In November 2022, the League sent delegates in person and virtually to observe the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Experts highlighted ways in which climate change…
LWVUS Submits Comments to HHS on Healthy People 2030 Objectives (Legal Document) 12/2/2022 LWVUS submitted public comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the proposed Healthy People 2030 objectives. The League articulated why the objective to increase the…
Boise's Shiva Rajbhandari debriefs us on COP27 (News Clips) 12/2/2022 As an official representative of the national League of Women Voters, Shiva Rajbhandari talked to Boise State Public Radio about the COP27 Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.