United States v. Idaho (consolidated with Moyle v. United States) (Legal Case) 6/27/2024 LWVUS and nearly 100 other organizations joined an amicus brief filed by the National Women’s Law Center arguing that EMTALA preempts Idaho’s abortion ban
Major End-of-Term Supreme Court Cases (Blog) 6/24/2024 Every June, the League, our partners, and people around the country await the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) opinions on critical issues like access to the ballot, redistricting, reproductive rights,…
Challenges Facing Student Voters (Blog) 6/20/2024 Young voters are becoming a force in American politics, and as a result, anti-voter state legislatures are going to great lengths to add hurdles for young voters.In spite of these barriers, young…
Mifepristone: Where Things Stand in the Legal Battle Over Medication Abortion (Blog) 6/17/2024 The Supreme Court recently ruled on a case around mifepristone, a drug commonly used for medication abortion. Their decision preserves access to one of the most common, effective, and safest forms of…
Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Drug Mifepristone (Press Release) 6/13/2024 WASHINGTON — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. The…
Voter advocacy groups ask feds to step in after Texas allowed some voters’ ballots to be identified (News Clips) 6/13/2024 This story was originally published in Votebeat Texas on June 13, 2024. A coalition of watchdog and voter advocacy groups asked the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday to use “all available…
Ohioan who serves as US League of Women Voters co-CEO says voting is the baseline for democracy (News Clips) 6/7/2024 This story was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal on June 7, 2024.Twenty years ago, Kelly McFarland Stratman was among the Ohioans working on reform to the state’s redistricting process…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Remove Anti-abortion Weldon Amendment from FY25 Budget (Legal Document) 6/7/2024 The League signed onto a letter to US Congress urging them to ensure that the Weldon Amendment is not included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget. The Weldon Amendment is an appropriations rider…
Civic Groups Respond to Kansas Supreme Court Ruling on Controversial Voting Laws (Press Release) 5/31/2024 The Kansas Supreme Court issued a decision in LWV Kansas v. Schwab, a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Kansas (LWV Kansas), Loud Light, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress Remove Hyde Amendment from FY25 Budget (Legal Document) 5/29/2024 The League signed onto a letter to US Congress urging them to ensure that the Hyde Amendment is not included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget.