LWVUS Joins Effort to Extend Funding for CHIP (Legal Document) 9/13/2017 The League joined other groups calling on Congress to extend and fund the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
League Opposes Motion to Proceed to Senate Health Care Bill (Legal Document) 7/24/2017 The League opposes the motion to proceed on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, which will eliminate affordable quality health care for 22 million Americans by gutting the Affordable Care Act and…
Abortion Legislation is a Democracy Issue (Blog) 3/21/2023 Without the ability to make reproductive decisions for one’s body, those who can become pregnant cannot participate equally in our democracy. Further, since the Dobbs decision reversing the right to…
How Ohio's Issue 1 could affect the rest of the country (News Clips) 8/1/2023 This article was originally published in Ohio Capital-Journal. What Ohio voters decide on Aug. 8 is likely to shape whether similar efforts to restrict ballot measures are brought in other states.
LWVUS Joins Letter to Congress Urging Increased Funding for HHS' Office for Civil Rights (Legal Document) 3/13/2024 LWVUS signed onto a letter to the congressional subcommittees on Health and Human Services (HHS) urging them to double funding for HHS' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in FY25 appropriations. OCR…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support Paid Family and Medical Leave (Legal Document) 5/17/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would create a …