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NWLC Action Fund Thanks President Biden for Commitment to Gender Justice, Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris as He Exits Race 

Washington, DC – After President Joe Biden announced he is withdrawing from the 2024 election and endorsed Vice President Harris as the next Democratic presidential nominee, Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, issued the following statement:  “We are grateful for President Biden’s decades-long, historic legacy of service to his […]

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Unmasking the RNC Platform’s Secret Agenda: A National Abortion Ban 

By National Women’s Law Center Action Fund In honor of this week’s Republican National Convention, we wanted to set the record straight on one of the biggest coverups of this election cycle. And no – we’re not talking about hush money payments.  Last week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) released a party platform that intentionally […]

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NWLC Action Fund Statement on Selection of JD Vance to be the Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee  

Washington, DC – Donald Trump today announced Senator JD Vance (R-OH) as his running mate for vice president.   See below for a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund.   “Donald Trump was always going to pick an anti-abortion, anti-gender justice extremist as his running mate – at […]

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NWLC Action Fund Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Loper Bright v. Raimondo   

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision today in Loper Bright v. Raimondo. The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision overturned decades of precedent that deferred to federal agency expertise in interpreting ambiguous laws and claimed that power for the judiciary instead. Emily Martin, Chief Program Officer at the National Women’s Law Center Action […]

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Reproductive Freedom and Care Agenda Leaders Unite to Remind Voters of the High Stakes for Women and Families in the Election

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, leaders from the country’s top organizations representing the reproductive freedom and the care agenda movement discussed the high stakes for women in the 2024 election and reinforced the importance of reelecting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.  The choice between the two presidential tickets is crystal clear: Donald Trump […]

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NWLC Action Fund Statement on First Presidential Debate  

Washington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, released a statement Thursday following the conclusion of the first presidential debate on CNN:  “Tonight’s debate served as a grim reminder of the stakes of this election. On one side of the stage, you have President Biden, who defended abortion […]

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NWLC Action Fund Statement on Second Anniversary of Dobbs Decision   

Washington, DC – June 24, 2024 – Today marks the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – which overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion.  See below for a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund.  […]

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NWLC Action Fund Begins 2024 Campaign with Launch of Caregiving Focused Voter Guide 

Washington, DC – To cap off Care Workers Recognition Month in April, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund launched its caregiving focused 2024 national voter guide with partners in three battleground states this week, marking the beginning of its electoral work this campaign season. Click here for NWLC Action Fund’s voter guide focused […]

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NWLC Action Fund Applauds Key Gender Justice Priorities in President Biden’s State of the Union  

WASHINGTON – President Joseph Biden delivered his State of the Union address tonight, where he discussed critical gender justice priorities that are key to safeguarding our democracy and protecting individual rights, such as IVF and abortion access.   Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, released the following […]

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NWLC Action Fund Statement on House Republicans Electing Representative Mike Johnson to Speaker of the House 

Washington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, released the following statement after House Republicans voted to elect Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the new Speaker of the House.  “Representative Johnson has fought to ban abortion nationwide, rollback civil rights for LGBTQ individuals, and undermine our […]