LWVUS Urges Congress to Support the Protecting Our Democracy Act (Legal Document) 7/27/2023 The League of Women Voters urged all members of Congress to support this piece of legislation as a key step in fortifying our democracy.
One Year After Dobbs: The Emotional Impact of Anti-Abortion Laws (Blog) 7/26/2023 Last year’s SCOTUS decision repealing the right to abortion continues to affect millions of people nationwide. Yet while most of us are familiar with its impact on family planning, I wonder if we all…
LWVUS Urges US House to Support Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for Centennial (Legal Document) 7/20/2023 LWVUS sent a memo to the US House urging them to support H.J. Res. 25, a resolution to affirm the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), during the 100-year anniversary of the ERA's…
LWVUS Joins Call to Protect Air Quality (Legal Document) 7/18/2023 LWVUS joined 60 partnering organizations in a letter to members of Congress in opposition to S.J. Res 31/H.J. Res 69. This resolution would roll back EPA's Good Neighbor Plan.
On Air Today: Jennifer Rubin of the League of Women Voters (News Clips) 7/14/2023 This conversation originally aired on 97.9's The Hill. Jennifer Rubin, president of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, spoke to Brighton McConnell from 97.9 The Hill about the League's…
Anti-LGBTQIA+ State Legislative Trends (Blog) 7/13/2023 In the past couple of years, we have seen unprecedented numbers of legislative attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender…
Iowa Capitol crowded as lawmakers consider six week abortion ban (News Clips) 7/11/2023 This story was originally published by RadioIowa. Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, is an OB/GYN who was medical director at Planned Parenthood…
Quiz: How Well Do You Know America's Female Democracy Icons? Part 2 (Blog) 7/5/2023 How much do you know about our democracy’s Founding Mothers from the eighteenth century to today?
It's been 100 years. It's time to ratify the ERA (News Clips) 7/4/2023 This opinion was originally published in The Salt Lake Tribune. Vicki Samuelson from the League of Women Voters of Utah wrote about why it's time to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (Legal Case) 6/30/2023 US Supreme Court case considering whether a Colorado law banning discrimination against LGBTQIA+ persons by businesses violates the business owner’s First Amendment right to freedom of religion.…