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Health Care

LWV Statement on President Trump Testing Positive for COVID-19 (Press Release)

The League wishes President Trump and the First Lady a safe and speedy recovery.

League of Women Voters Statement on Reports of ICE Human Rights Abuses (Press Release)
LWVUS Calls on Congress to Act on Institutional Violence Against Black Communities (Legal Document)

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 of all people.

League Calls on Senate to Address Health and Economic Consequences of COVID-19 (Legal Document)

The League joined a letter calling on the U.S. Senate to address the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 by enacting legislation that achieves certain objectives.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law in Louisiana (Press Release)

We commend the Court on today’s ruling and celebrate that Louisiana will retain the three existing clinics in the state that provide abortion care.

LWVUS Memo and Coalition Letters to Congress Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic (Legal Document)

LWVUS sent a memo to the U.S. House and Senate urging them to support policies for communities, families, and workers experiencing hardship during the coronavirus pandemic on March 13, 2020. LWVUS has also continued to join with partners on letters to the Congress during this time.

League Asks Congress to Restore Title X and Reject Gag Rule Through Appropriations Processes (Legal Document)

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 Asks for Extension of Comments Period to Department of Labor (Legal Document)

We joined 92 organizations in requesting that the Department of Labor extend the comment period for proposed rules on the equal opportunity clause's religious exemption.

League Urges Congress to Lift Severe Caps on Discretionary Spending (Article)

LWVUS joined organizations connected to the Coalition on Human Needs on a letter urging members of Congress to lift severe caps on domestic and international discretionary spending in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021.

Rallying to Save the Affordable Care Act (Blog)

Last Wednesday, governors from across the country, Congressional leaders, and special interest groups met in Washington, DC to unveil new efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).