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One Year After Dobbs: Women in Democracy Will Save Reproductive Rights (Blog)

8/25/2023

There is only one way we can ensure that the promise of democracy is kept: by fervently participating in our nation’s political processes, ensuring our voices are heard.

Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO, League of Women Voters: Women's (IN)Equality Day 2023 (News Clips)

8/23/2023

LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomón joined the Madam Policy podcast to discuss our #WID23 campaign.

Share Your Women's Inequality Day Message (Blog)

8/22/2023

For the second year in a row, the League has declared August 26 to be Women’s Inequality Day because of the historic challenges women and our allies currently face. Share your message for #WID23 by…

Ohio voters reject ballot measure in win for abortion rights advocates (News Clips)

8/9/2023

This article was originally published by Reuters. "This is much larger than one issue; it's much larger than one party or one election," said Jen Miller, the executive director of the League of…

Abortion Rights and Access One Year After Dobbs (Blog)

8/2/2023

In June 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion. This ruling eliminated a fundamental right that women…

How Ohio's Issue 1 could affect the rest of the country (News Clips)

8/1/2023

This article was originally published in Ohio Capital-Journal. What Ohio voters decide on Aug. 8 is likely to shape whether similar efforts to restrict ballot measures are brought in other states.

One Year After Dobbs: The Emotional Impact of Anti-Abortion Laws (Blog)

7/26/2023

Last year’s SCOTUS decision repealing the right to abortion continues to affect millions of people nationwide. Yet while most of us are familiar with its impact on family planning, I wonder if we all…

Anti-LGBTQIA+ State Legislative Trends (Blog)

7/13/2023

Throughout 2023, we have seen an unprecedented number of legislative attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender minority (…

Iowa Capitol crowded as lawmakers consider six week abortion ban (News Clips)

7/11/2023

This story was originally published by RadioIowa. Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, is an OB/GYN who was medical director at Planned Parenthood…

Quiz: How Well Do You Know America's Female Democracy Icons? Part 2 (Blog)

7/5/2023

How much do you know about our democracy’s Founding Mothers from the eighteenth century to today?