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NWLC In The Press

Inside the effort to ban trans women from sports: Who’s involved and what they’re doing at SJSU and beyond

“They’re just wrong,” National Women’s Law Center Senior Director Shiwali Patel said in a phone interview. “Courts have recognized over and over again, citing to the Supreme Court, that Title IX is broad in its...

With a Republican trifecta in Washington, a new era of college oversight is on its way

Shiwali Patel, who worked as an attorney in the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights during the Obama administration and resigned during Trump's first term, said she worries about the plans Republicans have for her former...

Dr. Oz, Who Thinks All Abortion Is ‘Murder,’ Could Now Have Power Over Abortion Access

Katie O’Connor, the senior director of federal abortion policy at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), told Jezebel the organization is “incredibly troubled” by Oz’s nomination. “This country is in the midst of a serious and...

How Linda McMahon Might Approach the Dept. of Education

“Donald Trump has chosen yet another unqualified, dangerous sycophant to carry out his agenda,” said Gaylynn Burroughs, vice president of education and workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center.

How Trump Title X changes and other changes will impact contraception access

Gretchen Borchelt, vice president for reproductive rights and health for the National Women’s Law Center, said that if Republicans in Congress succeed at that, then individuals would still be able to access contraception but it...

How California keeps transgender student athletes on the court as bans unfold across the country

Shiwali Patel, the National Women’s Law Center’s senior director of safe and inclusive schools, called bans on trans athletes “attempts to weaponize civil rights law to justify discrimination against an already vulnerable group of students.”...