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DC Reproductive Rights Depend on Statehood (Blog)

8/18/2022

While abortion justice is necessary for the people of DC, our lack of statehood means we have little control over the future of reproductive rights. Until DC becomes a state and has, like all…

LWVUS Urges USAID and the State Department to Demonstrate Their Commitment to Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice (Legal Document)

8/10/2022

The League signed onto a letter urging the USAID and the US Department of State to take immediate action to demonstrate their commitment to reproductive health, rights, and justice.

Women's Inequality Day (Article)

8/1/2022

August 26, otherwise known as Women's Equality Day, marks the anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. Yet today, fewer rights than they'd had in decades. In August 2022, we launched our…

What You Need to Know About Kansas's Vote on Abortion Rights (Blog)

7/25/2022

On Aug. 2, 2022, Kansas will be the first state in the nation to vote on the issue of abortion since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24. The League of Women…

Explaining SCOTUS's Abortion Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (Blog)

7/22/2022

On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the constitutional right to abortion. In so doing, they…

President Biden Signs Executive Order on Reproductive Health (Press Release)

7/8/2022

WASHINGTON— Today the League of Women Voters of the United States President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement in response to President Biden’s…

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 and young voters this summer to get Kansans to…

LWVUS Board President and Planned Parenthood Leader Responds to Abortion Decision (Blog)

6/27/2022

LWVUS board president and Planned Parenthood North Central States medical director, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, made the following remarks in response to the Supreme Court of the US's decision to…

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (Legal Case)

6/24/2022

The Center for Reproductive Rights challenged Mississippi’s fifteen-week abortion ban in federal court. LWVUS filed an amicus brief with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the…

Supreme Court Strips Americans of Constitutional Right to Abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision (Press Release)

6/24/2022

WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement in response to the 6 – 3 Supreme…