Climate Change is a Public Health Crisis (Blog) 10/18/2021 This blog was written by Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, and Professor Emeritus at the University of San Francisco’s School of Nursing and Health…
LWVUS President Urges Senator Grassley to Support Voting Rights Legislation (Legal Document) 10/15/2021 Senator Chuck Grassley 111 7th Avenue SE, Box 13 Suite 6800 Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 Dear Senator …
LWVUS joins DFAD Coalition Urging Senate to Pass Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 10/14/2021 Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Chairwoman Klobuchar, and Senators Kaine, King, Manchin, Merkley, Padilla, Tester, and Warnock: We, the…
League Commends Federal Judge for Blocking Texas Abortion Law (Press Release) 10/7/2021 WASHINGTON & AUSTIN, TX – The League of Women Voters of the United States Board President Dr. Deborah Ann Turner and League of Women Voters of…
LWV Applauds the Senate’s Introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Press Release) 10/6/2021 WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States board president, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, issued the following statement in…
MSNBC: Activists Keen to Keep Voting Rights Bill in Spotlight of Biden's Attention (News Clips) 10/6/2021 This story was originally featured on MSNBC. Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of the League of Women Voters, talks about why voting rights advocates are…,
Advocates and Voters Ask to Join Election Review Lawsuit Against the PA Senate to Defend Voters’ Privacy Rights (Press Release) 10/5/2021 HARRISBURG, Penn. — Yesterday, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania in partnership with a coalition of good government and civil rights…
Voting Rights Activists Arrested at White House (Press Release) 10/5/2021 Activists from the League of Women Voters, People For the American Way, and Declaration for American Democracy Demonstrate for White House Voting…
Dear Joe: It's Not Us, It's You (Blog) 10/4/2021 Hey President Biden. It’s us, the American voters. We know you have a lot going on — a deadly global pandemic, the climate change crisis, a…
There is No Equality Without Reproductive Rights (Blog) 9/29/2021 Updated on March 2, 2023. In the 1992 case of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, the US Supreme Court famously affirmed that…, And that’s hardly the beginning. Not only is the right to a safe and legal abortion a matter of personal freedom, it’s also a major factor in…, This same poll found that those who oppose reproductive rights tend to oppose the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and believed that the way…