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LWVUS urges No Labels to disclose its donors (Legal Document)

The League joined a coalition of nonpartisan campaign finance groups on a letter urging No Labels to reveal its donors as it prepares to back a third-party bid for the presidency.

LWVUS Joins Letter to House on Pregnant Students Bill (Legal Document)

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 to distribute information about the rights of, and resources for, pregnant students, but emphasizes information for students to carry to term and does not include abortion rights and access. The sign-on letter raises concerns about the bill's anti-reproductive choices impact and offers suggested supports for pregnant and parenting college students.

LWVUS Joins Comments Urging DoD to Collect Data on Service Members' Experience with Family Planning Services (Legal Document)

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 members' experience with family planning services (e.g. abortion, contraception, and infertility assistance) provided by the DoD and community providers. This is to help identify areas where the DoD needs to develop care, programs, services, or policies after the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022).

LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Unconstitutional Change to the Census (Legal Document)

The League urged Congress to oppose an appropriations amendment that would exclude undocumented immigrants from the congressional apportionment calculation after each census. 

LWVUS Joins Letter to Urge Appointment of a Woman from the Global South as UN Special Rapporteur (Legal Document)

The co-signing organizations believe that it is time that the Human Rights Council appoints a woman from the Global South as the new Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations. 

LWVUS Joins Comments Supporting Adding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Fields to Medicare Enrollment Form (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services supporting the addition of fields to the Medicare Part C & D enrollment form to collect information on enrollees' sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) to help advance health equity.

LWVUS Joins Comments Supporting Inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions in the American Community Survey (ACS) (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments in response to the Census Bureau’s request for review and approval for a test of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions in the American Community Survey (ACS) in 2024.

LWVUS Submits Comments to HHS on the Healthy People 2030 Objective to Increase Voter Participation (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to its solicitation of comments on Healthy People 2030 Objectives. The League recommends next steps that the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) can take to further progress toward the new core objective of increasing the proportion of the voting-age citizens who vote.

LWVUS Joins Comments on Harassment in the Workplace Based on Reproductive Health Care Decisions (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on its proposed enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace. Specifically, the comments support the EEOC's inclusion of protection against harassment on the basis of "pregnancy, childbirth or relation medical conditions," including an employee's reproductive health care decisions. 

LWVUS Joins Letter Urging President to Remove ISDS in Trade and Investment Agreements (Legal Document)

The League signed onto a letter to the President urging him to remove Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in existing free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties. ISDS allows foreign investors to allege that a government's action, such as banning a toxic chemical or rejecting a mining permit, violates their corporate rights and sue the government for compensation. ISDS hinders government environmental and climate protections.