Press Releases

National Women's Law Center Submits Amicus Brief In Case Challenging Health Care Law's Contraceptive Coverage Benefit

January 3, 2013

(Washington, D.C.) Earlier today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) submitted an amicus brief to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of O’Brien Industrial Holdings v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

NWLC Statement on Year-End Fiscal Agreement

January 2, 2013

The following is a statement by Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President of the National Women's Law Center:

NWLC Applauds As Millions More Women Become Eligible For No Co-Pay Preventive Health Services

January 2, 2013

(Washington, D.C.) Beginning January 1st, millions more women are able to get the preventive health care they need with no out-of-pocket expense. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), all new health plans at the start of their new plan year, typically January 1st, are required to cover a set of important women’s preventive services with no co-pays or deductibles.

Shaheen Amendment Remains in Defense Bill, Ending Unjust Health Care Policy for Servicewomen

December 19, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) Today, a congressional conference committee completed its negotiations over the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013.

NWLC Urges Conference Committee to End Unjust Health Care Exclusion for Women in the Military

December 12, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) This week, a congressional conference committee is negotiating changes to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013.

Job Growth Unexpectedly Strong in November but Long-Term Unemployment Remains Painfully High, NWLC Analysis Shows

December 7, 2012

 (Washington, D.C.) The long-term unemployment rate—the percentage of jobless workers looking for work for more than six months—remained painfully high for both adult women and men in November.

NWLC Urges Senate to Ratify Convention On The Rights of Persons With Disabilities

December 4, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The Senate is slated to vote today on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a treaty that affirms the importance of promoting, protecting, and ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities, including provisions designed specifically to protect women with disabilities.

National Women's Law Center Urges Senate To Support Health Care For Servicewomen

November 30, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The Senate continues debate today on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which includes an amendment introduced by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) that would expand health insurance coverage of abortion for women serving in the military.

NWLC Looks Forward to Continued House Leadership of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

November 20, 2012

(Washington, D.C.)   Last week Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that she will run for re-election as House Democratic Leader for the next Congress. The following is a statement from National Women’s Law Center Co-Presidents Marcia D. Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell:

National Women's Law Center Announces $6 Million Gift from Nokomis Foundation

November 15, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) A $6 million gift from the Nokomis Foundation of Grand Rapids, Mich., to the National Women's Law Center’s (NWLC) endowment will enable the Center to sustain and build on its 40-year history of working to improve the lives of women and their families. The gift was announced last night during NWLC’s 40th anniversary Annual Dinner in Washington, D.C.