Sacramento, CA — Sept. 30, 2024 — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) announced it would represent Anna Nusslock, a California woman who was unjustly – and illegally – denied emergency abortion care at a local hospital despite...
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Justice today agreed to a $22.6 million settlement, resolving a class action sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of 34 women who were wrongfully dismissed from the FBI’s agent...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) today released a report examining the far-reaching impacts of pandemic-era child care relief funding on women, families,...
(Washington, D.C.) As conservative lawmakers and extremist groups continue their efforts to control what’s being taught in America’s classrooms, a new report from the National Women’s Law Center and Topos Partnership reveals the stark reality...
The following is a statement by Jennifer Mondino, senior director of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund: (Washington, D.C.) “Today’s arraignment was a stark reminder of the bravery of the Silence Breakers — the women...
Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center and co-founder of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, issued the following statement following the indictment of Sean Combs on charges of sex...
September 12, 2025 – This week, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Amendment 3, a ballot measure that would end Missouri’s total abortion ban, can be included on the November ballot. This decision came on...
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual poverty, income, and health insurance data for 2023, revealing a number of alarming trends, including an increase in the child poverty rate and the first significant...
Washington, DC – The latest jobs report from the Department of Labor that was released on Friday included revised data revealing that the number of child care workers has been largely in decline since March...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, a broad coalition of labor, workers’ rights, and gender justice organizations—led by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Arkansas)—filed an amicus brief in...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center and Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) released an issue brief outlining the importance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for women and families. This brief comes as Congressional Republicans,...
(Washington, D.C.) Last week, a broad range of organizations and individuals—from veterans’ groups to national security experts and Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle—submitted amicus briefs in the Fifth Circuit in support...
Washington, DC — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a statement after the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act (LHHS), which included an...
Washington, DC – Today, a minority of Senators blocked passage of the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024), which would have expanded the Child Tax Credit and benefitted...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination, known as (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act, was reintroduced in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives....
Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), along with 36 other organizations, signed on to Sexual Violence Prevention Association’s (SVPA) letter urging the Department of Education to take action to combat digital sexual harassment. The...
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — July 30, 2024 — Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), alongside Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, and Dugan Schlozman LLC, filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Kansas...
July 29, 2024 – Today, President Biden announced a comprehensive framework for Supreme Court reform. In response, Emily Martin, chief program officer of the National Women’s Law Center, released the following statement: “The Supreme Court...
Washington, DC – Following President Biden’s announcement that he has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential election, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, released the following statement: "We respect President...
Today, the House passed a resolution to repeal the Biden administration's updated Title IX rule, seeking to overturn the regulations before the upcoming school year. The resolution invoked the Congressional Review Act, which gives Congress...
