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Why women are wearing “ERA Yes” buttons at the State of the Union

If the ERA is ratified, advocates say it would give people more tools when they challenge discriminatory laws or practices in court. Federal courts have interpreted the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment as...

Advocates rally to get Philadelphia School District to publicize mental health resources for students

"Mental health advocates rallied outside a meeting of the Philadelphia Board of Education on Thursday, protesting what they see as a broken promise to help students find mental health resources. The nonprofit organizations involved —...

Why Republicans are suddenly in a rush to regulate every trans kid’s puberty

Should any of the bills become law, they would effectively cut off many adolescents from medically necessary and, often, lifesaving treatment for gender dysphoria. There are approximately 150,000 transgender youth between the ages of 13...

Trump’s Travel Ban of Women of Child-Bearing Age Condemned By Health Experts

Director of Health Equity at the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) Dorianne Mason also accused the government of "doing nothing more than [penalizing] pregnancy and women." "It is an invasion of women's privacy that creates...

What Fighting For Women’s Rights Will Look Like In 2020

"During our last staff meeting of 2019, I told the team at the National Women’s Law Center that I planned to take two full weeks off before we started the new year. I explained how...

Women and LGBTQ voters in SC say lawmakers don’t care about them, poll finds

Ninety-two percent of Democrats and 86 percent of Republicans said they’d like to see lawmakers pass a bill to provide new parents with greater access to break times and private places to pump milk in...