REPORT: Women Voters by the Numbers (Blog) 5/2/2024 Note: This blog contains data obtained from the US Census that delineates voter trends based on age, race, and gender. While valuable data is shown,…, Overall, women voted at higher rates than men. Turnout was particularly high in Arizona, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Kansas, Maine, Maryland…, In 2022, the gaps between women and men voters were highest in the white, non-Hispanic and Black communities. Likewise, they were highest among the…
LWVUS Supports Voting Rights Restoration (Legal Document) 5/1/2024 LWVUS Federal Lobby Corps lobbied Congress in support of the Next Step Home Act to restore the voting rights of thousands of Americans with prior…
League of Women Voters of New Hampshire Ask Federal Court to Immediately Halt Defendants’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in US Elections (Press Release) 4/30/2024 MANCHESTER, NH – (April 30, 2024) The League of Women Voters of the United States, the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, and several…
EMTALA at SCOTUS: Abortion Will Always Be a Federal Issue (Blog) 4/23/2024 When the United States Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) overturning Roe v. Wade, the court wrote that the…, Abortion will not and should not be left to the whim of state legislatures, particularly when people’s health and lives are at risk. What is…, Meanwhile, EMTALA requires hospitals with emergency departments that participate in Medicare to: Provide screening upon a patient’s request…, The federal government filed a lawsuit asserting Idaho’s law was preempted by EMTALA under the United States Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which…, EMTALA’s advocates know that abortion is health care. Even with the advances in modern medicine, pregnancy is not without risk. Pregnant patients may…, For its part, the United States argues that EMTALA requires states to allow emergency abortions to protect the health of pregnant patients. The…, In practice, these circumstances often prove unworkable. Their wording is vague and unclear as to when exceptions apply, causing abortion providers…, Furthermore, state officials have begun questioning whether the right to interstate travel, a right the Supreme Court previously ruled is protected…, Abortion Goes Beyond States’ Rights As the events above and Moyle demonstrate, Dobbs did not return the issue of reproductive freedom to the…
A crush of lawsuits over voting in multiple states is creating a shadow war for the 2024 election (News Clips) 4/21/2024 This story was originally published by Associated Press As President Joe Biden and Donald Trump step up their campaigning in swing states, a quieter…
VOTE411 Honored for Government & Associations: Websites & Mobile Sites (Press Release) 4/18/2024 WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters nonpartisan election information tool VOTE411.org announced today that it has been honored for…