Kansas abortion rights advocates and Democrats work to boost voter turnout (News Clips) 7/7/2022 This article was originally published in the Hastings Tribune. Kansas advocacy groups and Democrats are working to broaden outreach to unaffiliated…
Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Keep Guns Out of Public Spaces (Press Release) 6/23/2022 WASHINGTON — Today, the US Supreme Court ruled 6 – 3 in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that New York’s 100-year-old law…
Huge bill adds extra steps for voters and those who run Missouri elections (News Clips) 6/16/2022 This article was originally published by St. Louis Public Radio. The election omnibus bill that Missouri lawmakers passed this year was originally a…
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…
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…
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…
LWVUS Urges US Senate to Vote Yes on S4132, Women's Health Protection Act (Legal Document) 5/10/2022 LWVUS sent a letter to members of the US Senate asking them to vote yes on S4132, legislation that would codify a woman's right to reproductive…