WASHINGTON, DC (March 20) - President Trump’s executive order today to gut the Department of Education is an attack on women, children, workers, educators, and families. It also attempts to fulfill a clear goal of...
Washington, DC (March 19) – The Trump administration once again is wasting government money to pursue its agenda of trying to erase transgender people from public life. Following news today that the Department of Education’s...
WASHINGTON, DC (March 13, 2025) – The White House has withdrawn David Weldon’s nomination for Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after he failed to secure enough support in the Senate....
(Washington, DC - March 11) – The Trump-Vance administration’s decision to slash half of the workers at the Department of Education is part of its plan, laid out in Project 2025, to demolish the Department...
WASHINGTON (March 10, 2025) – The Senate today confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Secretary of Labor. Gaylynn Burroughs, vice president for education and workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center, issued the following statement in...
Washington, DC (March 10) - The Supreme Court today announced it will hear Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to a law in Colorado banning harmful “conversion therapy”’ efforts on LGBTQI+ youth. Ma'ayan Anafi, senior counsel...
Washington, DC (March 6) - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found Maine’s Department of Education to be in violation of Title IX because of the state’s inclusion of trans students in school...
According to a court filing today, the Department of Justice plans to dismiss its lawsuit against Idaho over the right to emergency abortion care, effectively abandoning the fight to enforce a health- and life-saving federal...
Washington, DC (March 3, 2025) – Senate Republicans voted today to confirm Linda McMahon to be Secretary of the Department of Education. Fatima Goss, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC,) released...
COVINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 28) — Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed a motion in federal court seeking to join a lawsuit to block enforcement of the Trump administration’s harmful 2020 Title IX rule...
Washington, DC (February 26, 2025) — Chicago-based nonprofit Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) filed a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders that severely restrict and chill Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. Approximately...
Washington, DC – Maribel Ramos, senior director of government relations at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), released the following statement after House Republicans passed their budget proposal to advance President Trump’s legislative agenda. “The...
(Washington, D.C. Feb. 20, 2025) This week, the Virginia legislature passed a pay equity bill, Senate Bill 1132, that would require employers to list salary ranges on job postings and ban employers from asking job...
Washington, DC – Donald Trump signed an executive order last night seeking to protect access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and reduce costs for the treatment. Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law...
(Washington, D.C. Feb. 19, 2025) Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing regarding the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor. The following is a statement...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s attempt to evade responsibility for how it harmed Dr. Anna Nusslock, DC, when she was denied emergency abortion care last year will be the subject of a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 13) — Linda McMahon’s testimony today before a Senate panel confirmed what a completely unqualified and dangerous choice she is to serve as the Secretary of Education. Fatima Goss Graves, president and...
Washington, DC (Feb. 13) – The Senate today confirmed Robert F. Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. During his confirmation process, the National Women’s Law Center led efforts with 57 other...
Washington, DC (Feb. 7) – Senate Republicans today released their budget resolution, advancing Donald Trump’s policy agenda, to continue unprecedented attacks on immigrant families and pave the way to provide billionaires and mega-corporations with even...
Washington, DC – The Senate tonight voted along party lines to confirm Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law...
