November 2, 2019
What Abortion Actually Is About
I’m going to be frank: I’m sick and tired of having to justify why we need to be able to get an abortion. I’m tired of the constant reasons we need to give and soul-baring we need to…
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September 4, 2020
How to Really Honor Essential Workers This Labor Day
This Labor Day feels different for so many reasons. It is the first one my co–workers and I will spend as union members. The staff of the National Women’s Law Center proudly unionized with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union this spring, and NWLC management voluntarily recognized our union. …
September 3, 2020
Trump Promotes Flawed Program Instead of Offering Real Relief
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order promoting the Opportunity Zone tax incentive, which provides tax breaks to investors who invest in specific low-income areas (“opportunity zones”). The White House described this action as part of Trump’s commitment to “working tirelessly to bring opportunity and…
August 27, 2020
Here’s How the Pandemic Impacts Birth Control Access—And What We Can Do About It
Put this one in the “we really should have seen it coming” file: COVID-19 and the recession have made it harder to get birth control. If you’ve had trouble getting access to birth control recently, you’re not alone. In one study, more than a quarter of…
August 25, 2020
Becoming a Mom Reinvigorated My Commitment to Protecting Access to Abortion Care
My husband and I hoped to become parents after getting married. This Spring, I was overjoyed to give birth to my son. Motherhood has strengthened my commitment to work for a society where all people have…
December 5, 2019
Here’s Why We Won’t Clap for Every Woman in Leadership: On the Confirmation of Extremist Sarah Pitlyk
Madeline Albright famously said, “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” While supporting women leadership is important, it’s equally important to call-out behavior that is harmful to women, even if…
August 20, 2020
Entities Claiming Religious Objections Cannot Use Taxpayer Dollars to Deny Foster Care Services to Same-Sex Couples
Imagine a person walks into City Hall and wants a contract and payment to take over operation and upkeep of a city park. The person says that because of their religious objections, they will not let Black people, Jews, or Queer folks use…
August 20, 2020
NWLC Files Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court in the Case of Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
The National Women’s Law Center, along with our law firm partner Dentons and 35 additional civil rights and gender justice organizations filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the City of Philadelphia and…
August 19, 2020
My Experience Was Validated—The BE HEARD Act Could Do the Same for Others.
In my current work fighting against this Administration’s recently issued dangerous Title IX rule that weakens protections against sexual harassment in schools, I often think about when I was harassed working at a federal agency several…
August 13, 2020
How President Trump’s Executive Actions Fail Women
Women, especially Black women and Latinas, have been disproportionately devastated by this pandemic and related economic fallout, leading many to term the recession a “she-cession.” But President Trump’s executive actions signed on Saturday will not meet the needs of women and families by further threatening women’s economic security. Here’s a quick breakdown about how…
August 11, 2020
Courts Must Not Carve Out Sexual Assault Survivors from Existing Legal Protections Against Retaliatory Defamation Lawsuits
On August 10, 2020 NWLC, along with its legal counsel Kirkland & Ellis and 39 other civil rights and survivor advocate organizations, filed an amicus brief in Sagaille v. Carrega in support of Christina Carrega. Christina…
August 4, 2020
Four Reasons McConnell’s COVID Corporate Immunity Proposal Harms Working People
Last week, Senate Republicans introduced the Safe To Work Act (S. 4317) as part of their coronavirus relief package. But don’t be fooled by the title. The Senate is focused on protecting big business at the…
August 4, 2020
6 Ways States’ Response to COVID-19 Centers Gender and Racial Justice
It’s hard to keep up with all the bad news from the federal government, from the botched COVID-19 public health response to the child care industry left on the brink of collapse. What’s worse, this pandemic is disproportionately ravaging communities of color and women—the majority of essential workers—but they are…
August 3, 2020
Women Are Counting on Congress to #Savethe600 in Expanded Unemployment Insurance
Time has run out on the critical $600 weekly unemployment benefit created through the CARES Act, and if Congress doesn’t act soon to save it, women and families struggling the most to survive in this pandemic will lose billions of dollars. The latest Senate Republican unemployment insurance proposal is not only administratively impossible, but it is…