Background On July 4th, President Donald Trump signed into law his signature domestic policy agenda slashing Medicaid and basic needs programs and taking a significant step toward a national abortion ban in order to pay for massive tax cuts to wealthy corporations and billionaires. The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) passed only after […]
Author: Hallie Meisler
Washington, DC (June 26, 2025) —The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today shut down Medicaid enrollees in defending their right to seek health care from their provider of choice. The Court effectively gave South Carolina the green light to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. As a result, tens of thousands of low-income residents […]
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action WASHINGTON, DC (June 10, 2025) – Today, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a markup on a slate of bills, including one from Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, that would repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. This critical law protects patients and […]
In the early hours on May 22, the House Republican majority passed a budget reconciliation bill that now heads to the Senate. The Trump-Republican reconciliation bill, officially renamed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H. Con. Res. 14), would make massive cuts to essential programs and services to pay for trillions in tax cuts to […]
The Republican majorities in the House and Senate are working to enact a massive budget and tax bill to advance the Trump administration’s pro-billionaire, anti-women agenda. Both the House-passed bill and the current proposals from Senate committees make drastic cuts to vital programs that families rely on, including cuts to Medicaid, nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 13, 2025) – Today, 83 organizations, led by the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, called on Congress to reject any attempt to defund Planned Parenthood through the federal budget reconciliation process. Cutting federal funding for Planned Parenthood would have devastating consequences for millions of people who rely on its centers for […]
By Kat Menefee, Senior Counsel for Income Security & Child Care You may have heard that there is a House Republican budget and tax bill moving through Congress that would slash programs for women and families while giving giant tax breaks for billionaires and mega-corporations. Families across the country are struggling with a tanking economy […]
By Katie Sandson, Senior Counsel Workplace Justice and Education As the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its rampage through our federal government, reports of cuts to funding and staff come in so rapidly it can be hard to keep up. And DOGE isn’t stopping there. It is also trying to close agencies’ local offices […]
WASHINGTON, DC (March 6) Dear Leader Schumer, Leader Jeffries, Vice Chair Murray and Ranking Member DeLauro: We, the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, urge you to stand united in support of finalizing fiscal year 2025 appropriations instead of a full-year continuing resolution (CR), as such a CR will hurt women, families, and children. Congress […]