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Victory: PA Supreme Court Reverses Superior Court Opinion, Rules in Favor of Pregnant People
Earlier this year, attorneys at the Women’s Law Project, law professor David S. Cohen, along with Robert Lugg of Lugg & Lugg in Lock Haven successfully petitioned the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review a decision from the Superior Court that held that a woman...
WLP Analysis of the Proposed Title IX Regulations & Invitation for You to Submit Comment
On November 29, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes amendments to Title IX regulations. The public is invited to comment in response to proposed rules such as these. We strongly encourage you to...
NYT: Our Work for Rape Victims is Making a Difference
Earlier this year, solutions journalist Tina Rosenberg took a deep dive into WLP’s ongoing work holding police accountable for properly investigating sexual assault for a feature “Rape Victim Advocates Get a Role Alongside the Police.” This week, our work was featured...
WLP: Trump Admin’s Proposed “Public Charge” Rule is Radical Departure from Current Policy that Will Harm Immigrants, Especially Women & Their Families
On September 22, the Trump Administration’s Department of Homeland Security announced a proposed rule referred to as the “public charge” rule. Women’s Law Project filed a formal response to the rule, which you can read here. The proposed rule would dramatically...
Why Did Police Departments Throw Out Rape Kits?
Last week, CNN revealed that police departments across the country have been throwing untested rape kits in the trash. The expose revealed that at least 25 agencies in 14 states have destroyed rape kits either before the statute of limitation expired and in states that have no statute of limitation on rape. Listen to WLP Executive Director discuss holding police accountable for rape investigations on NPR’s 1A.
