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Blog Post

Moyle v. United States asks whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law, preempts — or overrides — Idaho’s Defense of Life Act... Put simply, Moyle v. United States concerns whether states can restrict abortion beyond what EMTALA currently allows...

Event Date: 
May 04 2023 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm
Event location: 

State House

Join campaign partners and activists to speak out to get this done this year! We will meet in the State House Library. Lead Senate sponsor, Sen. Bridget Valverde will join us.

SCOTUS's Abortion Decision
Blog Post

On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the constitutional right to abortion. In so doing, they turned back the clock, looking almost exclusively at reproductive rights from the lens of the mid-1800s and earlier to determine whether the Constitution confers a right to abortion.

League members 6-24-2022 Rally at the State House
News

Supreme Court Strips Americans of Constitutional Right to Abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision
Court signals threat to marriage equality, contraception, and private intimacy
LWVUS Press Release / Last Updated: June 24, 2022
https://tinyurl.com/23bfhpzb
Explaining SCOTUS's Abortion Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
LWVUS Blog / Last Updated: July 22, 2022
https://tinyurl.com/yc6yt6b4

lwvusconvention_6-24-2022.jpg - Choice rally
News

On June 23, 2022, five leaders in the political and equal rights movements came together to discuss the current state of democracy and women's role in advancing it. Check out the League's "Guide to Mis- and Disinformation" highlighted in "Messages for Women Powering Democracy" Blog / Last Updated: July 21, 2022

Reproductive Rights 5-19-2022 at State House
Blog Post

Supporters of the Equality in Abortion Act rallied at the State House on May 19 showing up in force and testifying at the House Finance hearing on H7442.

Bans Off Our Bodies May 15, 2022
Blog Post

The Equality in Abortion Coverage Act (H7442/S2549) would get rid of the bans on health co

Bans Off Our Bodies May 15, 2022
News

It is back to the future, as women once again rally for the right to choose.
LOCATION FOR MAY 14 BANS OFF OUR BODIES !!!
It will now be in front of the Supreme Court - 250 benefit St. Providence, 02903
TIME: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

LWVUS Response to Court Leak of proposed Reproductive Rights Decision
Public Statement

WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States president Dr.

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