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Pro-Choice Michigan Lawmakers Ready to Go on Offense
“The best way to fight back is with a strong, sustained effort to drive proactive policies—and the public debate about such policies—in states, cities, and counties,” said Gloria Totten, president of the Public Leadership Institute. → Read More
Virginia Governor Puts Kibosh on GOP's Religious Imposition Bills
The Republican-backed measures would have protected from civil liability those who actively discriminate against same-sex couples. → Read More
Kentucky Governor Signs Redundant ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Law
“The bill misunderstands the very purpose of hate crimes—to protect communities that have been marginalized within our society and who are at a higher risk of facing violence simply because of an immutable characteristic they share,” the ACLU of Kentucky said in a statement. → Read More
Kentucky Governor Signs Redundant ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Law
“The bill misunderstands the very purpose of hate crimes—to protect communities that have been marginalized within our society and who are at a higher risk of facing violence simply because of an immutable characteristic they share,” the ACLU of Kentucky said in a statement. → Read More
Abortion Storytellers Gather as Anti-Choice Gorsuch Gets Senate Hearing
More than 1,200 people have shared their abortion stories through words and video since the 1 in 3 Campaign began five years ago. → Read More
Can Congressional GOP's Planned Parenthood Vendetta Be Counteracted in Maryland?
Maryland Democrats have introduced a bill to direct $2.7 million to fund Planned Parenthood health-care services if congressional Republicans cut off federal funds. → Read More
Paid Family Leave Introduced in Wisconsin's GOP-Dominated Legislature
Voters across party lines overwhelmingly support up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, according to 2016 polling from the National Partnership for Women & Families. → Read More
Report: D.C.'s Paid Family Leave Alternatives 'Bad for Workers'
“Companies will have financial interest to limit claims and to discriminate in hiring, especially against women of child-bearing age,” said Ed Lazere, executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. → Read More
‘North Carolina is Becoming A Verb’ as GOP Stands by Anti-LGBTQ Law
"We are seeing states all over the country with bills like HB 2 being proposed, but the leadership in these states are saying over and over again, 'Let’s not North Carolina ourselves,'" said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. → Read More
Activists Pressure Maryland Democrats to Embrace $15 Minimum Wage
Working families need to earn more than $25 per hour in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and five other states to afford a two-bedroom unit, according to a recent study. → Read More
Iowa GOP Uses Voter Fraud Myth to Advance Voter ID Bill
Veronica Fowler, spokesperson for the ACLU of Iowa, said in an email that the Republicans' discriminatory voter ID bill constitutes voter suppression. → Read More
Bill Outlawing Abortion Advances in Iowa Legislature (Updated)
Iowa Republicans' so-called personhood bill could not be modified to “create or recognize a right to an abortion." Other "personhood" proposals have been rejected via ballot measure across the country. → Read More
Study: Black-White Wage Gap Worse Today Than It Was in 1979
The study revealed that even with the same education, work experience, metro status, and region of residence, Black men in 2015 made 22 percent less than their white male counterparts and Black women earned 34.2 percent less than white male workers. → Read More
Catholics Join Push to Repeal the Hyde Amendment
“The most important myth we are working to expose is that bishops represent whatever Catholic opinion in public policy matters. We wanted to make sure everyone from all walks of life are heard,” said Sara Hutchinson Ratcliffe, domestic program director at Catholics for Choice. → Read More
What's Driving Women's Skyrocketing Incarceration Rates?
Eighty-two percent of the women in jails nationwide find themselves there for nonviolent offenses, including property, drug, and public order offenses. → Read More
Anti-Choice Group Files Lawsuit Over Newly Signed Law That Protects Illinois Patients
The policy, which is an amendment to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act, requires physicians and medical facilities to to provide patients upon request with information about their medical circumstances and treatment options consistent with "current standards of medical care," in cases where the doctor or institution won’t offer services on religious grounds. → Read More
ACLU of Indiana Sues State Health Department, County Prosecutors Over Ultrasound Law
The official digest language for the law says that pregnant patients considering an abortion “must be given the opportunity to view the fetal ultrasound imaging and hear the auscultation of the fetal heart tone” at least 18 hours before an abortion. → Read More