Extremist judges will not stop endangering the lives of pregnant people or people who may become pregnant—overturning Roe v. Wade, attacking medication abortion, threatening the future of IVF, and this week at SCOTUS, emergency abortion care.
Our lawyers are waging strategic fights that make clear what is at stake for people who can become pregnant and seek to bolster our fundamental rights to control our lives, futures, and destinies.
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This month, Tennessee enacted a new law seeking to harm transgender students and prevent their participation in school sports. Despite a campaign seeking to halt HB 1895/SB 1861, in which NWLC submitted a detailed letter explaining how the new law will coerce many schools into violating federal civil rights laws, Governor Lee and the Tennessee legislature doubled down on singling out young transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students for undeserved scrutiny and exclusion. Because Governor Lee signed a slightly less extreme anti-trans sports ban in 2021, Tennessee now stands out for dedicating a new law to scrutinizing the assigned birth sex of children ages 5-10.
We know the recent of state-level attacks on trans and other LGBTQI+ youth in Tennessee and elsewhere do nothing to address the serious issues that have existed for girls in school sports for decades: lack of opportunities, second class facilities and equipment, and widespread abuse and harassment from doctors and coaches. We will continue fighting for the rights of transgender girls and all girls to fully participate in sports as part of a full education.
