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The Trump Administration’s Proposed Asylum Rule is Cruel & Dangerous
On June 15, 2020, the Trump Administration’s Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice issued a proposed change to asylum rules that would eviscerate the grounds on which women and LGBTQ+ persons can seek asylum in the United States. Across the world,...
Statement: WLP Joins Call for Pennsylvania to Terminate Contract with Real Alternatives in Wake of New Complaint of Misuse of Taxpayer Funds
PENNSYLVANIA – Today, watchdog organization Campaign for Accountability sent a 24-page public complaint to Governor Wolf, Attorney General Shapiro, and Secretary of Human Services Miller calling upon them to terminate the state contract with Real Alternatives, the...
WLP Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Contraception Mandate Decision Devastating Blow to Public Health Under Guise of Religious Freedom
Today the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s new contraceptive mandate rules in a 7 – 2 opinion authored Justice Clarence Thomas. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. WLP attorneys filed an amicus brief in the case when it was before...
Victory: U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Buffer Zone Challenge
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review cases from two U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals upholding protective buffer and bubble zones around abortion facilities, one in Chicago and the other in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Buffer zones are limited, fixed areas...
WLP Joins Brief Calling for Passage of the Equal Rights Amendment
The Women’s Law Project proudly joined an amicus curiae brief calling for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. The brief was filed by Winston & Strawn and signed by more than 50 organizations devoted to women’s equality and gender justice. The ERA satisfied...
