College Voter Guide: Q&A (Blog) 10/17/2023 Casting your vote, especially if it’s your first time, can seem complicated. To make it simple, we’ve compiled some of the most common questions we’ve received from college and university students.…
Take Action on International Day of the Girl Child (Blog) 10/11/2023 International Day of the Girl Child is a day to acknowledge and raise awareness that no nation in the entire world has achieved equality for women or girls. What can you do on this International Day…
League Joins Effort to Encourage Disclosure of Campaign Bundlers (Legal Document) 10/5/2023 The League joined Issue One and other coalition partners on a letter sent to all presidential candidates encouraging them to publicly disclose information about campaign bundlers on a regular basis…
LWVUS Submits Comments on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementation (Legal Document) 9/29/2023 The League submitted comments to the Council on Environmental Quality regarding its proposed revisions to its regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Appropriations Riders Restricting Reproductive or Gender-affirming Health Care (Legal Document) 9/29/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to reject any appropriations bills that contained riders restricting access to essential health care including…
The Hyde Amendment: An Abortion Barrier Hiding in Plain Sight (Blog) 9/28/2023 The Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funding for most abortions. As a result, most people enrolled in public health programs cannot use their health care coverage to pay for abortion…
Supreme Court Review: The October 2022 Term (Blog) 9/26/2023 During the 2022 Supreme Court term, the League of Women Voters filed amicus briefs in four cases: Moore v. Harper, Allen v. Milligan, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, and 303 Creative, LLC v…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Fully Fund WIC (Legal Document) 9/25/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging the congressional appropriations committees to allot sufficient funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program…
Voting Rights Heroes in the Disability Community (Blog) 9/12/2023 Our history is replete with people with disabilities who paved the way for a stronger, more representative democracy — like Judy Heumann, Sojourner Truth, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Claudia Gordan…
LWVUS Joins Comments on Nondiscrimination Protections in HHS Grant-Funded Services (Legal Document) 9/11/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States signed onto comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding its proposed updates to nondiscrimination protections in HHS…