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...
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...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s attempt to evade responsibility for how it harmed Dr. Anna Nusslock when she was denied emergency abortion care last year will be the subject of a hearing...
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...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Public Citizen, along with more than 110 organizations, called on Congress today to swiftly investigate Elon Musk and the lawless takeover of the federal government by...
Washington, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new analysis revealing that a family must make more than $180,000 per year to reasonably afford the national cost of infant child care. The federal...
WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 5) - President Trump signed an executive order today, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, wanting to ban trans athletes from participating in school sports. Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO...
Washington, DC — Following the Senate’s confirmation of Pam Bondi as Attorney General, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO at the National Women’s Law Center, issued the following statement: “Pam Bondi’s confirmation is a grave...
Washington, DC – Some parents are unable to send their children to preschool as Head Start programs nationwide are reporting that they are unable to access critical federal funds — one week after Donald Trump’s...
WASHINGTON D.C. (Feb. 4) -- Today, the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. In response, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO...
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 29) — President Trump signed two executive orders today attacking public education. One of the orders would ban federal funds from being used to teach so-called “discriminatory equity ideology,” and instead distort...
