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Equality

LWVUS Board President Responds to the Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ruling (Press Release)

“While today’s decision is deeply disappointing for the LGBTQIA+ community, it is significant that the Court did not create a broad license to discriminate against same-sex couple’s ability to adopt."

Major LGBTQ+ Rights Cases Happening Now (Blog)

In the past year, The League signed on to numerous amicus briefs to defend the LGBTQ+ community from the wave of attacks on their rights. Many of these cases could set a precedent for discrimination against both LGBTQ+ and other marginized groups.

LWV Stands with Jewish and Muslim Communities Against Hate (Press Release)
The Fight for Sex-Based Equality Continues (Blog)

Women still lack equal rights in the U.S Constitution despite the significant legal and legislative advances that have been made in recent decades. It is not enough to treat the symptoms; we must address the root cause of inequality by amending the Constitution and finally adding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution. 

Then and Now: How Two Pandemics Tested the Power of Women (Blog)

In 2020, during one of the most significant and contentious elections in decades, women faced a new public health crisis: COVID-19. More than one hundred years after the 1918 pandemic, Americans stared down this new foe and, once again, women led and supported their communities through civil and political unrest, unprecedented voter suppression, and simultaneous economic and healthcare crises. 

LWV Celebrates House Vote to Eliminate ERA Deadline (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the United States president Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance the Equal Rights Amendment by removing the ratification deadline. 

LWVUS Letter to Congress re ERA ratification (Legal Document)

The League has fought for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to secure equal rights and we ask Congress to pass HJ Res 17, to remove its ratification deadline.

Make Women’s History: Add the ERA to the Constitution (Blog)

The journey to enshrine equal rights among the sexes in the US Constitution has been a long one. But this year the ERA is closer than ever to taking its rightful place in the supreme law of our nation.

What issues are you willing to defend? For me, it’s Equal Rights (Blog)

We all have one issue that we hold dear. In my case, it’s Equal Rights.

Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity: The Supreme Court weighs in on the fight against discrimination (Blog)

The Supreme Court  rules that sexual orientation and gender identity are included in Title VII's prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex.