Caren Short Joins League of Women Voters as Director of Legal & Research (Press Release) 6/10/2022 WASHINGTON– The League of Women Voters is proud to announce Caren Short's appointment as director of legal and research. Caren joins the League’s…
What's Going On With Reproductive Rights? (Blog) 5/27/2022 The recently leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization threatens to overturn the constitutional…, In May of 2021, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In this case, the Center for Reproductive Rights…, How You Can Take Action for Reproductive Rights The League of Women Voters of the United States has engaged with all significant abortion-…
LWVUS Joined a Letter with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on Implementing President Biden’s Voting Rights Executive Order (Legal Document) 5/26/2022 The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights organized a letter with 106 organizations requesting federal agencies to strongly implement…
CEO's Remarks at NCBCP Voting Rights and Reproductive Justice Call to Action (Blog) 5/25/2022 On June 25, the League's CEO Virginia Kase Solomón joined Black Women Leaders and Allies, an arm of the National Coalition for Black Civic…
Protect the Voting Rights Act to Keep Democracy Safe (Blog) 5/23/2022 Writing in dissent last summer, Justice Elena Kagan commented that the Voting Rights Act (VRA) represents the best and the worst of America. The best…, The League's Support for the Voting Rights Act The League of Women Voters has supported voting rights, and the Voting Rights Act in particular…, Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a key voice against the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, called the act “unnecessary.” But if the…
5 Must-Know AANHPI Women Who Shaped Democracy (Blog) 5/17/2022 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) women have always been an integral part of the voting rights movement. From opposing…, Patsy Mink Patsy Mink was a third-generation Japanese-American attorney and politician born and raised in Maui. After graduating as class…, Tye Leung Schulze Tye Leung Schulze was born in San Francisco in 1887. In her teens, she became a translator for her local mission home, where she…, Emma Kaʻilikapuolono/Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina Emma Kaʻilikapuolono/Kaili Beckley Nakuina was a judge and cultural writer born in Hawaii's…, Dr. Sayu Bhojwani Dr. Sayu Bhojwani was born in India and spent various periods of her childhood in Belize and British Honduras. In 1980, she moved…, Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was a Chinese American activist and suffragist. She is also the first Chinese woman in the US to earn…
League Joins Call for Social Media Companies to Address Election Disinformation (Legal Document) 5/12/2022 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a letter with more than 120 other groups addressed to social media platform leaders urging…
Missouri Voter Advocates Condemn Passage of Voting Bill (News Clips) 5/12/2022 This media release was originally published by the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC). (ST. LOUIS, MO) - Missouri voter…
Op-Ed: Equal Access to Reproductive Rights (News Clips) 5/11/2022 This op-ed was originally published in the News & Observer. The members of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina celebrated Mother’s Day…
Remarks on the Leaked Roe v. Wade Draft Opinion (Blog) 5/5/2022 On Tuesday, May 5, the League's national organizing director, Alma Couverthie, spoke on the steps of the Supreme Court regarding the leaked draft…, Those of us who believe in the promise of our democracy also believe in the power of elected officials to protect the rights of the people. Yet this…, Abortion rights are rooted in the implied Constitutional right to privacy. If Roe and Planned Parenthood are overturned, other personal…, Our ability to participate in our democracy is dependent on our autonomy over our own bodies. The League of Women Voters signed on as amicus…