Our News and Announcements

Our News and Announcements

Use the following links for a complete list of news articles from our local League, the LWVUS and LWV of California.  

Orange Coast Articles

Women Cheering
News

LWV Orange Coast wants to thank our supporters. 

by Anne Stone

Moving Boxes
News

Moving? Lost your Phone?

Housing
News

Presentation by Kennedy Commission

by the Housing Advocacy Team

League of Women Voters of Orange Coast

May 21, 2025

Karl Seckel April LWVOC Speaker
News

Karl Seckel, Director - District 4, Municipal Water District of Orange County 

by Shirley Nixon

Supervisor Katrina Foley
News

The Highlight of the April 2 2025 Meeting

by Linda Moon and Debbie Gilmore

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Blog Post

The right to contraception is currently protected in the United States by a combination of federal court cases and state legislation. Tens of millions of women and other people of reproductive age rely on contraception to make decisions about their bodies and lives.

However, in recent years, government attacks on reproductive freedom have made it clear how our fundamental rights can be eroded and taken away, making additional state and federal protections for contraception imperative.

Public Statement

Washington, DC — Today, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that prevented the Trump administration from deporting migrants to countries other than their country of origin without affording them due process. Today’s decision — issued without any hearing on the Court’s “shadow docket” — allows the Trump administration to continue to deport non-citizens to countries they have never visited without an opportunity to challenge the deportation.  

Public Statement

Washington, DC — The League of Women Voters of the United States is proud to announce Na’ilah Amaru as the new senior director of mobilization and engagement. In this role, Amaru will lead the League’s grassroots organizing efforts, national advocacy campaigns, and volunteer engagement strategy to strengthen the organization’s mission of empowering voters and defending democracy.  

Blog Post

The United States Congress is using a fast-track budget process known as budget reconciliation to pass legislation that will take away health care and food access from millions of people to pay for tax cuts for corporations and wealthy Americans. 

That gives us just weeks left in the process to demand that our members of Congress represent everyday Americans and oppose cuts to Medicaid.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina, along with voters and civil rights groups, seek to protect voters whose eligibility to vote may be challenged.