National Women's Law Center

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS & HEALTH- Filed a legal challenge to a settlement agreement between the Trump Administration and Notre Dame University that is being used to deny contraceptive coverage guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit-a lawsuit that was updated in the wake of the Administration's November 2017 release of its final rules on the birth control benefit.- Submitted amicus briefs alongside coalition partners in California and Massachusetts supporting the nationwide injunctions against the Administration's interim final birth control rules. The rules would have allowed virtually any employer or university claiming a religious or moral objection to take away insurance coverage of birth control from employees, students, and their dependents.- In early 2018, led the response to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed rule that would allow providers to use their religious or moral beliefs to avoid providing the full range of health care services, including ...

WORKPLACE JUSTICE AND EDUCATIONDismantling Critical Workplace Barriers- Led the fight against the Trump Administration's decision to block equal pay data collection and secured over 21,000 signatures on a petition urging EEOC to craft a new path forward to collect pay data and help close the gender wage gap. On Equal Pay Day, we activated our digital network and hosted a Facebook Live event with members of Congress that reached over 9,500 people to educate the public about the importance of data collection. - Led public campaign on the increased wage gap for Black, Latinx, and Asian women-and a stagnant wage gap across women of all races, produced new materials highlighting the importance of pay transparency policies in closing the wage gap.- Released a new report, Out of the Shadows: An Analysis of Sexual Harassment Charges by Working Women, which examines the sexual harassment charges filed with the EEOC by women ...

WOMEN'S LEGAL RIGHTSJudicial Nominations That Threaten Women's Rights- Undertook opinion research projects to understand the public's views on the Supreme Court and abortion, including targeted research on communities of color and Roe v. Wade.- Conceived and organized a Women's Week of Action August 20-24 to drive a conversation about what was at stake for women in a Support Court nomination and anchored a #SpeakOutSaveRoe day of storytelling. Additionally, we organized a digital day of action. With 27 partner groups, we reached over 23 million Twitter followers and trended nationally. - Our educational and advocacy efforts highlight the importance of courts and the records of judicial nominees, three of whom were not confirmed.