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House GOP Moves to Repeal FACE Act Despite Continued Violence Against Reproductive Health Care Providers

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 […]

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NWLC Action Fund Releases Fact Sheet on How House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Hurts Women, Children, & Families  

Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund released a comprehensive fact sheet outlining the many ways that the Trump-Republican reconciliation bill that passed the House will harm women, children, and families. Read the full fact sheet here: The Trump-Republican Reconciliation Bill Harms Women, Children and Families “Instead of investing in women and families, Republicans […]

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Fact Sheet: The Trump-Republican Reconciliation Bill Harms Women, Children, and Families

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 […]

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NWLC Action Fund Slams House Republicans for Their Midnight Robbery 

Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund released a statement following House passage early this morning of the Trump-Republican reconciliation package:  “Donald Trump and House Republicans’ big, ugly bill is a betrayal to the millions of women and children who will lose health care and food assistance so that billionaires can get […]

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NWLC Action Fund Reacts to Deadly Bombing at Fertility Clinic in Palm Springs

WASHINGTON, DC (May 17, 2024) — Earlier today, a targeted bombing took place at The American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs, California, killing one person and injuring four others. Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, issued the following statement: “This senseless act of violence is a direct […]

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83 Organizations Warn Congress Defunding Planned Parenthood Will Wipe Out Health Care for Millions

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 […]

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Republicans Are Lying About the Child Tax Credit Again  

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 […]

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NWLC Action Fund Reacts to Senate Moving Forward with Passage of House Republican Budget    

Washington, DC – Following the cloture vote in the Senate to move forward with the passage of the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government, Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, put out the below statement: “To all of the Republican and Democratic senators who voted to […]