(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and law firm Baker Hostetler LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of about 30 organizations to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth...
(Washington, D.C.) Early this morning, Congress voted on a budget deal that will raise the caps on non-defense discretionary spending and provide an additional $5.8 billion for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG),...
(Washington, D.C.) This afternoon, Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell announced a budget deal that would raise the caps on non-defense discretionary spending and provide an additional $5.8 billion for the Child Care and Development...
(Washington D.C.) Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.B. 4294, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act, and H. Res. 724, which would implement long-overdue reforms to the only legislative effort addressing sexual...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU), joined by co-counsel Dentons, withdrew their legal challenge to the Trump Administration’s interim final rules allowing virtually any employer or university...
(WASHINGTON D.C.) Nancy Withbroe has joined the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) as Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff, NWLC said today. Established in 1972, NWLC is a preeminent national organization that advances equality...
(Washington, D.C.) This morning, reporting by Bloomberg Law revealed that the Department of Labor (DOL) prepared but then concealed an economic analysis concluding that its proposal to allow employers to keep their employees’ tips would cost working people...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, Republican leadership in the Senate failed in their attempt to pass a nationwide ban on abortion. The bill was an unconstitutional challenge to Roe v. Wade that picks an arbitrary cut-off point...
(Washington, D.C.) Tomorrow evening, Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, will not be attending the State of the Union address. The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves,...
Citing Bias of Administration Officials, SurvJustice, Equal Rights Advocates and Victim Rights Law Center Sue to Reinstate Protections for Student Survivors, Overturn Trump Title IX Policy Washington, DC — On behalf of plaintiffs SurvJustice, Equal...
(Washington, D.C.) Yesterday, the United States Senate and the House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution to reopen the government for three weeks without any protection for Dreamers. The following is a statement by Fatima...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, President Trump and Congressional Republican leaders failed to negotiate a bipartisan government funding agreement that would address some of our nation’s top priorities, including the full reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), The Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights (The Leadership Conference), and over 80 other organizations supporting civil rights and economic opportunity submitted an amicus brief...
The following is a statement by Gretchen Borchelt, NWLC Vice President for Reproductive Rights and Health: “The Trump Administration is once again attempting to enshrine boldfaced discrimination – this time to prevent patients from receiving...
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, NWLC President and CEO: “Don’t be fooled – the Trump Administration’s new HHS unit is not about protecting religious liberty. We have seen this administration use...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to State Medicaid Directors permitting states to apply for waivers that would condition Medicaid eligibility on fulfillment of work requirements. The guidance...
(Washington, D.C.) Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will vote on Kenneth Marcus’s nomination to become Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education. The following is a...
TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund Launches LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 1, 2018 – TIME’S UP, an unprecedented movement started by women in the entertainment industry, today announced the launch of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. The TIME’S UP Legal Defense...
(Washington, D.C.) In response to sex discrimination complaints filed by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, four institutions have...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced new state health insurance guidance that will ensure that Connecticut insurance companies cover infertility treatment, when medically appropriate, for...
