In the Know: Hecox v Little (Blog) 12/22/2020 The League of Women Voters is dedicated to ensuring equal rights and equal opportunity for all. This commitment led to LWVUS joining the legal challenge to Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act…
League of Women Voters Statement on Reports of ICE Human Rights Abuses (Press Release) 9/17/2020 WASHINGTON—League of Women Voters board president, Dr. Deborah Turner, issued this statement in response to reports of human rights abuses against…
LWVUS Calls on Congress to Act on Institutional Violence Against Black Communities (Legal Document) 8/4/2020 LWVUS joined 189 organizations addressing Congressional leadership and standing in solidarity with Black Women’s Reproductive Justice advocates to protect the bodily autonomy and reproductive rights…
League Asks Congress to Restore Title X and Reject Gag Rule Through Appropriations Processes (Legal Document) 9/11/2019 With 136 organizations, we wrote to Congressional leadership to ask that provisions that promote health care access for millions of people in the U.S. and globally be included in the final budget.
League Calls on Congress to Defund Hate (Article) 6/18/2018 The League joined nearly 300 organizations calling on members of Congress to reduce funding for detentions and deportations and provide zero funding for an unnecessary border wall.
League Expresses Concerns Over Healthcare.gov Outages (Legal Document) 10/24/2017 The League joined a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding scheduled outages of healthcare.gov during the shortened 2017 open enrollment period.
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 Calls on Congress to Pass Clean DREAM Act (Legal Document) 9/11/2017 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and over 180 organizations calling on Congress to immediately pass the Dream Act without amendment.
League Joins Letter to Congress Regarding Health Care Market Stabilization (Legal Document) 9/5/2017 The League joined a letter sent to leadership in the U.S.
League Joins Civil and Human Rights Groups Urging Senators to Oppose AHCA (Legal Document) 6/20/2017 The League joined a letter to the U.S. Senate urging them to reject H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act.