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Trump’s week of transphobic actions harms all women, girls, and LGBTQI+ people

(WASHINGTON) April 4 — The Trump administration’s announcement today of a Title IX “special investigation team” is a preposterous, thinly-veiled attempt to erase protections for transgender students in schools. And it comes after a vile,...

NWLC Report Highlights Devastating Impact of Medicaid Cuts on Direct Care Workforce

Washington, DC (April 4) – As the Senate prepares to vote on their reconciliation bill that would cut Medicaid, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new report exposing what would happen to the direct care workforce if...

NWLC Calls Harmeet Dhillon “Dangerously Unqualified” Following Her Confirmation

Washington, DC (April 3) – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a statement following Harmeet Dhillon's confirmation to lead the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division. “Harmeet Dhillon is dangerously unqualified to lead...

NWLC Files Complaint Against Providence St. Joseph Hospital for Refusal to Provide Emergency Abortion Care

Sacramento, Calif. – (April 1, 2025) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed a complaint against Providence St. Joseph Hospital and controlling parent entities on behalf of Dr. Anna Nusslock DC, who was illegally...

NWLC Makes Second Move to Protect Student Survivors and Title IX Rule Safeguards

FORT WORTH, Texas (April 1) — On Monday, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit to block enforcement of the Trump administration’s harmful 2020 Title IX rule...

NWLC Launches New Resource Tracking Fired Federal Workers and Its Impact on Women and Families

Washington, DC (March 27) – As the country continues to reel amid the fallout of DOGE’s attacks on the federal government, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) has launched a new resource to track the...

Major Civil Rights Organizations Challenge EEOC’s Unlawful Intimidation of Law Firms

WASHINGTON (March 26) – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), the National Partnership for Women and Families, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and other major civil and workers’ rights groups are demanding the Equal...

NWLC on Trump’s Order to Destroy Public Education

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...

NWLC condemns OCR ruling on Maine Title IX investigation

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...

NWLC Reacts to David Weldon’s Withdrawal as CDC Nominee

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....

NWLC Responds to Trump Administration’s Plan to Gut Education Department Staff

(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...

NWLC Statement on Chavez-DeRemer’s Confirmation

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...

NWLC statement on Supreme Court taking up ‘conversion therapy’ case

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...

NWLC issues statement about Maine Title IX investigation

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...

NWLC Responds to DOJ Dropping Lawsuit Over Emergency Abortion Care

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...

NWLC Reacts to Linda McMahon Confirmation

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...

NWLC Moves to Defend Title IX Protections for Student Survivors

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...

Civil Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration to Challenge Anti-DEI Executive Orders on Behalf of Nonprofit Serving Diverse Group of Women in the Skilled Trades

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...

NWLC Statement on House Passage of Budget Resolution

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...

As Thousands of Virginians Lose Their Jobs, Governor Youngkin Urgently Must Sign A Pay Transparency Bill

(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...