LWV's Work with Urgent Social Justice Issues (Blog) 5/22/2024 To achieve a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate, LWV advocates on issues like voting rights and “urgent issues." Urgent…
LWVUS Opposes Effort to Exclude Noncitizens from Apportionment Count (Legal Document) 5/7/2024 LWVUS and partners urged Congress to oppose H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act.
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 convictions.
EMTALA at SCOTUS: Abortion Will Always Be a Federal Issue (Blog) 4/23/2024 The Supreme Court case Moyle v. United States could leave women and people who can become pregnant at risk of permanent bodily harm, creating a patchwork in which some states provide reproductive…
The League of Women Voters of Arizona Condemns Arizona Supreme Court Decision to Revive 1864 Abortion Ban (Press Release) 4/9/2024 PHOENIX - The League of Women Voters of Arizona condemns the decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to reinstate the territorial-era abortion ban enacted in 1864.
Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes (Legal Case) 4/9/2024 LWV Arizona and members of the business community filed an amicus brief in the Arizona Supreme Court against reinstating an 1864 abortion ban
League of Women Voters Joins Amicus Brief Urging Importance of Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor (EMTALA) Act (Press Release) 3/29/2024 WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States joined an amicus brief filed in the consolidated Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States cases before the US Supreme Court. The…
LWVUS Joins Letter to House on Pregnant Students Bill (Legal Document) 1/10/2024 The League joined a sign-on letter to the US House Education and Workforce Committee before its markup of the Pregnant Students' Rights Act. This bill would require institutions of higher education…
League of Women Voters of Nebraska files amicus brief in Planned Parenthood case (News Clips) 1/3/2024 This story was originally published in the Lincoln Journal Star. A nonpartisan civic organization has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case before the Nebraska Supreme Court over the law that…
LWVUS Joins Comments Urging DoD to Collect Data on Service Members' Experience with Family Planning Services (Legal Document) 12/26/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments to the Department of Defense (DoD) urging them to progress with, and publish the findings from, data collection on service…