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...
Washington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), testified today in front of the Senate Finance Committee on the need for increased federal child care funding. To...
(Washington, D.C.) On July 5, 2024, NWLC, the ACLU of Tennessee, and five other organizations dedicated to workers’ rights and gender justice, in partnership with the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, filed an...
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released a supplemental funding request to Congress last week that reiterated the administration’s request for $16 billion in emergency child care funding. The administration’s request for $16 billion in emergency...
ST. LOUIS – Missouri clergy challenging the state’s abortion ban as a violation of church-state separation today announced their intent to appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court the June 14 decision by St. Louis Circuit...
Washington, DC -- The White House today released a new issue brief on the impact of the child care funding cliff that reaffirms and references findings first released by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)....
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today released its decision in Johnson v. Grants Pass, ruling that it is constitutional to fine, arrest, or jail people experiencing homelessness for simple acts of using survival items...
NWLC and Open Markets Release First Comprehensive Report to Examine Private Equity Tactics in Child Care Industry and Policy Solutions Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Open Markets Institute (OMI) released...
Washington, DC - June 27, 2024 - Today, during the 52nd anniversary week of Title IX, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), GLSEN, and 67 other organizations released a joint letter urging K-12, college, and...
Washington, DC — The Supreme Court ruled today on Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States, that – for now – emergency abortions in Idaho are allowed when a woman’s health is at...
The measure includes harmful policy riders to stop enforcement of rules implementing Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, drastic cuts to education programs, including Title I...
After the apparent opinion in Idaho v. United States was briefly posted on the Supreme Court website, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, issued the following statement about the...
Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court today released its decision in United States v. Rahimi, upholding a law that forbids domestic abusers from possessing guns. See below for a statement from Fatima Goss Graves,...
Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court today released its decision in Moore v. United States. The Court held today that a one-time tax on U.S. taxpayers on their shares of foreign corporate earnings does...
(Washington, D.C.) A District Court Judge in Louisiana on June 17th issued a preliminary injunction against part of the final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). Despite the generally accepted interpretation of the...
WASHINGTON – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), which has fought for more than 50 years to advance the rights of women and girls in the areas of education, employment, family economic security, and health,...
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI – June 15, 2024 – The legal team representing 14 Missouri faith leaders challenging the state’s abortion ban as a violation of church-state separation issued the following statement in response to yesterday's...
Washington, DC – June 14, 2024 – Today, the House passed an annual defense bill containing amendments that harm the rights and health care access of service members and their families. These amendments prohibit the...
Washington, DC — June, 14, 2024 — Yesterday, a federal judge in Monroe, Louisiana, ruled in favor of four states, the Louisiana Department of Education, and 18 school boards challenging the Biden administration's recent changes...
Washington, DC — June 13, 2024 — Today, the Supreme Court ruled that the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine doesn’t have standing to challenge the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, leaving access to the medication unchanged. In...
