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Public Statement

The LWV of Santa Monica submitted the following public comments regarding Santa Monica City Council Agenda 3/24/2022 Item 4A:
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May 23, 2022

Re: City Council Agenda Item 4A

Public Statement

The LWV of Santa Monica submitted the following public comments regarding Santa Monica City Council Agenda 2/22/2022 Item 13G:

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February 22, 2022

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City Council Meeting

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Public Statement

The LWC of Santa Monica submitted the following public comments regarding Santa Monica City Council Meeting 2/22/2022 Agenda Item 8A:

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February 22, 2022

Public Statement

February 22, 2022

Re: City Council Agenda Item 7C

Dear Mayor Himmelrich, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, and City Councilmembers,

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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.

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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.  

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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.  

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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.

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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.