One Year After Dobbs: Women in Democracy Will Save Reproductive Rights (Blog) 8/25/2023 Democracy is a promise. It is the promise we made to ourselves as we embarked on this great American experiment. It is the…, At the same time, anti-abortion legislation is active across the nation. It is clear that when it comes to bodily autonomy, leaders like the…, Simply put, more women in office means more reproductive rights. Unfortunately, decisions like Dobbs will only make it harder for those who…, It makes sense. The people who most frequently use their voices to support reproductive rights are the people most impacted by them. We cannot rely…
MAJOR VICTORY IN LAWSUIT AGAINST TEXAS ANTI-VOTER LAW (Press Release) 8/24/2023 AUSTIN, TEXAS - A federal court ruled late last week in favor of civil rights groups who filed a lawsuit against anti-voter legislation, Senate Bill…
League of Women Voters of North Dakota, CLC Join Suit to Protect Mail-In Voting Process in North Dakota (Press Release) 8/18/2023 Fargo, ND – Today, the League of Women Voters of North Dakota (LWVND), represented by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), filed a motion seeking to…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Invest in Gender Justice in the 2023 Farm Bill (Legal Document) 8/14/2023 LWVUS joined more than 250 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging them to protect and strengthen the…
Ohio voters reject ballot measure in win for abortion rights advocates (News Clips) 8/9/2023 This article was originally published by Reuters. Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it harder to…
Celebrating the Coalition Power & Activism that Launched the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 8/6/2023 This year, we celebrate the 58th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a historic law that protected the right to vote for American citizens…, Activists Leading the Way The leaders and activists who spearheaded this movement were courageous individuals who risked their lives to…
Abortion Rights and Access One Year After Dobbs (Blog) 8/2/2023 Content warning: rape and incest. Note: This blog was produced for the one-year anniversary of Dobbs. The state legislative landscape is rapidly…, On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overruling Roe and Casey and overturning…, Abortion Protections Post-Dobbs One year after Dobbs, at least 18 states have passed laws to protect the right and access to abortion,…
How Ohio's Issue 1 could affect the rest of the country (News Clips) 8/1/2023 This article was originally published in Ohio Capital-Journal. Ohioans over the last century have used the state’s ballot initiative process to pass…