WASHINGTON — As students and their families settle into school routines for another year, attorneys general from nine states are promising “we will do whatever it takes” to protect transgender students and their right to...
Washington, DC – A federal judge today issued a temporary nationwide injunction stopping the Trump administration from implementing or enforcing a policy that would prevent certain immigrant children from enrolling in Head Start programs. “Early...
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House of Representatives passed the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes harmful amendments targeting LGBTQI+ service members and their families, as well as provisions rolling back diversity, equity, and...
The following statement is from Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, in response to the murder of Charlie Kirk in Utah today: "Political violence is never acceptable—it endangers all...
WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued a series of direct final rules (DFRs) that threaten to roll back civil rights protections for women, girls, and communities of color — and bypass...
Washington, DC—The Census Bureau released its annual poverty, income, and health insurance data for 2024, finding that for the first time since data has been available, the wage gap between men and women working full time,...
WASHINGTON — The National Women's Law Center joined the League of Women Voters, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and others partner organizations in filing an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, leading legal organizations Democracy Forward and the National Women’s Law Center added their voice, alongside thousands of public comments, in opposition to the Trump-Vance administration’s proposed rule to strip veterans and their loved ones...
WASHINGTON — Following President Trump’s unlawful efforts to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the board, the National Women’s Law Center issued the following statement from its CEO and president, Fatima Goss Graves: “Trump’s...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s unprecedented and dangerous rampage to slash critical NIH research on health disparities impacting marginalized communities, Black women, and LGBTQ+ people. In...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Education placed five Northern Virginia school districts on high-risk and reimbursement-only status for having policies that allow students to use facilities consistent with their gender identity. The...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a federal district court in Pennsylvania struck down the Trump administration’s 2018 rules that allowed virtually any employer or university to claim a religious or moral objection to exempt itself from...
WASHINGTON – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new report outlining the dangers of the pronatalist (“pro-baby”) movement and its increasing influence on the Trump administration’s agenda. Read the report here: Baby Bonuses and Motherhood...
Washington, DC — Following news that Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, suggested suspending the bureau’s monthly jobs report, the National Women’s Law Center’s vice president for research, Jasmine Tucker, released the...
SAN DIEGO, CA – San Diego resident Angela Costales and CVS Pharmacy have reached a settlement in a dispute concerning the dispensing of misoprostol, a medication that is used for abortion, miscarriage management, and other...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 1, 2025) — Today, the Trump administration announced its intent to roll back the rule that allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion care and counseling to veterans and eligible...
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate confirmed Andrea Lucas to a second term as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The National Women’s Law Center Action Fund authored a letter, joined by...
Maryland – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Democracy Forward today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, on behalf of FreeState Justice, against the Equal Employment Opportunity...
Washington, DC — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) launched the State Gender Policy Collective Fellowship, an 18-month program that brings together state policymakers and advocates from across the country to advance gender justice at the state...
WASHINGTON — The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee recently issued a policy complying with President Trump’s lawless, transphobic executive order calling for sporting organizations to exclude transgender girls and women from competition. Without any process or...
