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NWLC In The Press

Two years later, few Hobby Lobby copycats emerge

“Any woman in these plans who is being impacted and not having her birth control covered is important,” said Mara Gandal-Powers, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center, which advocated for the policy in...

Billy Bush Suspended from Today Over Trump Tape

As MONEY wrote, while Bush didn’t make sexually aggressive comments similar to Trump’s on the recorded tape, he played along with Republican, which is in itself problematic. “Someone in that situation could express disapproval of...

Donald Trump’s ‘Locker Room’ Talk Would Get Average Worker Fired

Maya Raghu, director of workplace equality at the National Women’s Law Center, says this is not mere “locker room talk.” If similar comments were made in the workplace “it could be considered sexual harassment, and...

Trump’s Comments Hurt Efforts To Combat Sexual Assault, Advocates Say

Fatima Goss Graves, a senior vice president of the National Women’s Law Center, nonetheless believes that advocates should take advantage of the attention Trump’s remarks are receiving to accelerate ongoing efforts to increase awareness of...

DIVIDED AMERICA: Gender equality in 2016? It’s complicated

"Cultural change often comes with some backlash," said Emily Martin, the National Women's Law Center's general counsel. "Some people feel threatened by women's progress. Making vile attacks on the internet is an easy way to...

US teenage birth rates fall again but still among highest in developed world

“That is speaking to the fact that we have in the past few years in the United States done a better job at making sure people have better access to reproductive healthcare – including contraception...