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NWLC In The Press

White House Acts to Roll Back Birth-Control Mandate for Religious Employers

Gretchen Borchelt, a vice president of the National Women’s Law Center, a nonprofit advocacy group, said she did not know the details of the rule. But she said: “We think whatever the rule is, it...

Roger Ailes’ death complicates sexual harassment cases against him

However, the company may be able to produce workplace records that would provide context, said Emily Martin, general counsel for the National Women's Law Center.

Black Girls Are Twice as Likely to Be Suspended, In Every State

“Black girls face high and disproportionate suspension rates across the country – and it’s not because they are misbehaving more frequently than other girls,” said Neena Chaudhry, director of education at the National Women’s Law...

Despite critics’ claims, the GOP health bill doesn’t classify rape or sexual assault as a preexisting condition

At least 45 states have laws prohibiting health insurance companies from using a woman’s status as a domestic violence survivor to deny coverage, according to the National Women’s Law Center.

Fact Check: Rumors, Claims and Context on G.O.P Health Bill

Five states — Idaho, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont and Wyoming — do not bar insurers from considering domestic violence a declinable pre-existing condition, said Gretchen Borchelt, the vice president for reproductive rights and health...

How being a mom could become a ‘preexisting condition’

Janel George, director of federal reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, said that before Obamacare took effect, insurers in most states could label pregnancy, both healthy and complicated, as a “preexisting...