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Trump administration finalizes rule to end federal support for gender-affirming care

The Guardian AUG 13, 2026

Ending federal funding for children receiving gender-affirming care was first proposed in December, and it received nearly 35,000 comments, about 90% of them opposing the change, said Ma’ayan Anafi, senior counsel for health equity and justice...

Keeping Score: Trump Disapproval Hits a New Low; Continued ICE Violence; AOC on Freezing Her Eggs: ‘Don’t Be Weird About This’

Ms. Magazine AUG 12, 2026

By the end of 2026, Republican policies in HR 1 will cost typical Americans hundreds of dollars, while the top 0.1 percent will get a tax break of almost $200,000. New fact sheets from the National Women’s...

How Sophie Cunningham Became a MAGA Fixation and the WNBA’s Lightning Rod

Vanity Fair AUG 12, 2026

A June 2026 survey conducted by YouGov and the National Women’s Law Center found that out of 19 issues, such as immigration and jobs, trans-athlete participation ranked as the lowest priority for voters.

Trump administration finalizes rule restricting trans health care for minors on Medicaid

The Hill AUG 11, 2026

Ma’ayan Anafi, senior counsel for health equity and justice at the National Women’s Law Center, accused the administration of “jeopardizing vital health care.”

Trump Administration Ends Medicaid, CHIP Funding for Gender-Affirming Care for Children

Ground News AUG 11, 2026

The National Women's Law Center reported nearly 35,000 comments on the proposal.

Trump’s new Medicaid rule strips care from low-income families of transgender youth

The Advocate AUG 11, 2026

The National Women’s Law Center said nearly 35,000 comments were submitted on the proposal and characterized them as overwhelmingly opposed. Ma’ayan Anafi, the group’s senior counsel for health equity and justice, accused Trump of “trying to score political...

‘Moms’ Equal Pay Day’ highlights the struggles faced by many Mississippians

Mississippi Today AUG 11, 2026

According to the National Women’s Law Center’s most recent Mothers’ Wage Gap report, last updated in May 2025, mothers working full-time, year-round earn approximately 74 cents for every dollar earned by fathers. In Mississippi, that...

A conservative group says sports are bad for girls. Don’t believe it. | Opinion

Austin American-Statesman AUG 8, 2026

“These are things that we wouldn’t expect today that we would be facing,” Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice at the National Women’s Law Center, told me. “Aren’t these stereotypes a thing of the past?

What the July jobs report reveals about the strength of the economy

PBS Newshour AUG 7, 2026

We saw in these last month's numbers, a continuing decline of the number of women in the work force. The National Women's Law Center was actually out with a recent analysis that found over 845,000...

Trump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt Women

The New Republic AUG 7, 2026

Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report.