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Reports & Toolkits

Health Care Law Litigation
June 27, 2012
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have brought various lawsuits claiming that Congress lacked authority to pass the ACA but it is well-settled that the Commerce Clause of the Constitution allows Congress to make laws addressing national economic problems. The ACA addresses a national breakdown in the health insurance market that has resulted in widespread denials of coverage, limited access to health care, and increased health care costs. By addressing the economic impacts of the discrimination that women face in the health insurance market, it also falls within a long tradition of civil rights laws falling well within Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause.
State Child Care Assistance Policies Report Series
October 11, 2011
This nationwide annual analysis by the National Women's Law Center compares child care assistance policies from year to year and to and 2001 in four policy areas: income eligibility, waiting lists for assistance, copayment requirements and reimbursement rates for providers. Some states have made progress, but most states continue to be behind where they were in 2001.
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Fact Sheets

Title IX Protections for Pregnant and Parenting Students: A Guide for Schools
June 19, 2012

This fact sheet provides a quick guide to schools for understanding how Title IX protects the rights of pregnant and parenting students by addressing many of the most frequently asked questions educators have about how to treat students who might be, are or have ever been pregnant.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012: What it Means for Low-Wage Women Workers
June 15, 2012

One year ago in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, a deeply divided Supreme Court in a narrow 5-4 decision limited workers’ ability to come together as a group to challenge discrimination by large employers. It dealt a particular blow to women in low-wage jobs, who make up a disproportionate share of the low-wage workforce. For this group of workers, the challenges of living on low wages are too often compounded by persistent workplace discrimination.  This fact sheet discusses the Equal Employmente Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012 and how it will affect low-wage women workers.
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Legal Briefs & Testimony

NWLC Amicus Briefs Supporting the Contraceptive Coverage Benefit
April 30, 2013

The Center is filing friend of the court briefs in lawsuits challenging the federal contraceptive coverage benefit, brought by employers who want to deny their employees this important benefit.  These cases involve suits brought under the First Amendment to the US Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.  These cases will decide whether a boss’s religious beliefs trump women’s health and women’s access to the health care they need.
National Women's Law Center Files Title Ix Lawsuit for Failure to Respond to Sexual Assault
April 18, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), together with the Michigan law firm Smietanka, Buckleitner, Steffes and Gezon, filed a Title IX lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan against the Forest Hills School District outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan for failing to respond to the sexual assault of a high school student on school premises and the subsequent cyber-bullying and on-campus harassment suffered by the teenage girl.  
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Coalition Action Materials

Early Learning Campaign Principles
April 25, 2013

Strong Start for Children: Building America’s Future is a united effort to support a significant expansion of high-quality early learning opportunities for children ages birth to five, particularly those in low-income families, in order to achieve better education health, social and economic outcomes for all.  Access to home visits for families with young children and high-quality early ed

NWLC Urges Congress to Support Comprehensive Measures to End Sequestration
April 25, 2013

The National Women's Law Center sent a letter to the Senate urging members to support comprehensive measures to end sequestration, not piecemeal approaches.

Download the full letter below.

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Webinars & Presentations

Below are resources related to past NWLC webinars, conference calls and other presentations. Please see our list of upcoming calls & webinars.

 

2012 Reform Matters Conference Call Agendas
November 15, 2012

The Reform Matters conference calls are monthly conversations among women's health care and reproductive rights advocates to focus on health care reform policy at the state and federal levels, provide an on-going forum to learn from one another, and share experiences and questions that have come up in addressing various health care reform proposals. Calls take place the second Thursday of every month. This resource links to all of the Reform Matters agendas for the year 2012.
2011 Reform Matters Conference Call Agendas
February 09, 2011

The Reform Matters conference calls are monthly conversations among women's health care and reproductive rights advocates to focus on health care reform policy at the state and federal levels, provide an on-going forum to learn from one another, and share experiences and questions that have come up in addressing various health care reform proposals. Calls take place the second Thursday of every month. This resource links to all of the Reform Matters agendas for the year 2011.
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