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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 29/09/2026
Everyone deserves access to safe abortion care. But today, nearly half of abortions worldwide are unsafe. This #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, we're raising our voices for a world where everyone can access the reproductive health care they need, when they need it.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 28/09/2026
Instead of helping families afford basic necessities like food or gas, Trump is once again Robbing Us. He is freezing nearly $1 billion approved by Congress for programs that support our communities—like research grants, education funding, and housing programs.
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Trump 'Gleefully Eviscerating' Efforts to Help Families With 'Illegal' Pocket Rescission | Common Dreams
Trump faces backlash from elected Democrats and the Senate's top Republican appropriator for cutting nearly $1 billion in spending via a legally contested process.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 24/09/2026
It's our first annual giving day! Join our Help us fight back against attacks on gender justice and support our work to protect our rights. Every gift, no matter how small, helps us build a better future for all of us. Make your gift now and it will be matched 2x: www.nwlc.org/give
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 23/09/2026
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison today after being found guilty last year of a first-degree criminal sex act. We’re thinking of the bravery of the Silence Breakers—the women who came forward & spoke out on the sexual abuse they experienced at his hands for decades.
“The journey to accountability is long… and even when sexual predators are convicted and sentenced, survivors are left to face the lasting impacts of retraumatizing public trials, destroyed careers, and more. Our country, its leaders and our judicial system must recognize sexual violence for what it is: an epidemic that impacts all of us.” 
-Fatima Goss Graves, NWLC President and co-founder of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 23/09/2026
Amy K. Matsui, vice president for child care and income security at NWLC: “These efforts are less about ensuring that public dollars are spent for their intended purpose and more about cutting basic needs programs altogether.” truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Trump Admin Boots 760K Individuals From ACA Exchanges, Citing Alleged Fraud
One critic decried the move as “a political stunt designed to throw even more people off their coverage.”…
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 18/09/2026
Grandmothers, nanas, aunties, abuelitas, family friends, and neighbors who nurture children: these are FFN caregivers. They care for millions of children across the country—but many struggle to make ends meet. This #FFNAppreciationWeek, we're calling for the support they deserve.
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The Caregivers Who Hold It All Together—and Why They Deserve More
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CLASP Child Care & Early Education @claspchildcare.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Families often choose FFN care because they want caregivers who share their language, culture, & traditions. During #FFNAppreciationWeek, we’re celebrating the ways FFN caregivers foster trust while helping children build a sense of belonging, identity, & community connection.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 16/09/2026
New NWLC analysis tells us how bad costs have risen: in 2024, lower-income households spent 95% of pre-tax income on basic needs. Housing, transportation, food, health care, and child care aren't luxuries, they're necessities everyone deserves access to. www.thepersistent.com/p/the-poores...
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The Poorest Families Spend 95% of Their Income on Essentials
Costs have risen far faster than incomes.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 15/09/2026
The latest Project 2025 attack is here and it’s targeting preschoolers. We joined leaders from across the Head Start movement, @murray.senate.gov, @demwomencaucus.bsky.social, and parents to oppose the changes the Trump administration is making to a critical early childhood education program.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 15/09/2026
The record high waitlists have forced families across the country to rely on suboptimal care, to access food banks and other charities for basic necessities, and made it difficult, if not impossible, for countless women to find and keep jobs. From @hechingerreport.org:
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Record high waitlists for childcare assistance have shut women out of work and promotions
Now a Trump administration proposal to pay married stay-at-home parents could make the problem worse.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 14/09/2026
Shawn White was a beloved manager at Walmart when he reported his boss for sexual harassment. Disappointed by Walmart's response, Shawn decided to seek justice and hold Walmart accountable, but he didn't know just how much patience & tenacity that would take.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 11/09/2026
NEW: Our new report looking at household spending between 2004 and 2024 found that lower-income households were spending nearly all of their pre-tax income on basic needs alone—things like food, housing, health care and transportation.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 09/09/2026
ICYMI: Louisiana is trying to impose its anti-abortion policies on states nationwide in a case going through the federal courts right now—and the outcome of this case may dictate whether people can access medication abortion free from medically unnecessary & ideologically motivated restrictions.
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Louisiana et al. v. Food and Drug Administration: A case working its way through federal courts poses a dangerous threat to abortion access nationwide. - National Women's Law Center
A significant case1 currently progressing through federal courts poses one of the most formidable threats to abortion access since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In Louisiana et al. v. Food and Drug ...
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 06/09/2026
✨A quick Labor Day Weekend reminder to thank a union for your long weekend—and for so much more!✨
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 05/09/2026
Happy Labor Day Weekend! Now's a great time to think about starting a union at your workplace 😉  Don't know where to start? We've got you covered! Check out our how-to guide on organizing at your job⤵️
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Have You Ever Thought About Organizing a Union?
If you do decide to start a union at your job, it can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life.
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
‘She never retreated’: Women of color say Gloria Steinem leaves a legacy of inclusive feminism 19thnews.org/2026/09/glor... via @19thnews.org
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‘She never retreated’: Women of color say Gloria Steinem leaves a legacy of inclusive feminism
The feminist icon brought together diverse groups and understood the importance of linking arms with Black women in the fight for equality.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 04/09/2026
“We are really in a bigger cultural fight about who we are going to be as a nation and what women's role will be." Read more from our CEO @fatimagossgraves.bsky.social in @apnews.com on Gloria Steinem's legacy:
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Gloria Steinem lived to see a powerful backlash against her vision of feminism
It was the fight for abortion rights that launched Gloria Steinem into feminism. The idea that women couldn’t reach equality without the ability to decide whether or when to have children was central ...
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem did not simply make history. She inspired generations of women to follow their own paths and fight for their right to be in the room. She deeply understood that you need to start by changing culture in order to change policy—and that women will always be the engine behind that change.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 02/09/2026
We’ve never seen anything as joyful as watching hundreds of visions for gender justice bloom into one daisy chain at Daisy Chain Fields. Every petal on this wall was an answer to one question: what does gender justice mean to you? Together, they became something none of us could have written alone.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 01/09/2026
We're so honored to have been a part of the historic Daisy Chain Fields festival this weekend🌼Thank you so much to Olivia Rodrigo and the Daisy Chain team for having us. The money raised by the festival (and so generously matched by Melinda French Gates!) will change the lives of so many ❤️
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CNBC Make It @cnbcmakeit.cnbc.com · 26/08/2026
There are few personalities as universally beloved as Dolly Parton. Through her songs, her advocacy and her magnetic personality, Parton inspired women around the world to show up as themselves and build incredible things. Here’s a sampling of what she meant to working women. cnb.cx/4hQI61k
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 26/08/2026
Today is Women’s Equality Day and the 106th anniversary of women’s right to vote! We’re celebrating by releasing our new report that outlines why and how efforts to defend and strengthen American democracy must be paired with efforts to expand gender justice.
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Justice for Her, Democracy for All Report - 2026 - National Women's Law Center
History shows that democracy and gender justice rise and fall together. Functional democracies create the legal frameworks and institutions that make gender and racial equality possible, with women—particularly women of color—often leading the movements that drive those advances. By contrast, attacks on the economic security and rights of women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ communities […]
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 25/08/2026
The SCOTUS ruling on Trump's attacks on mail-in voting have caused confusion—as of now, nothing about voting in this year's election has changed. The Supreme Court's action yesterday was procedural, it was NOT an approval of Trump's plan or a ruling on its legality.
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 25/08/2026
Ryan Haygood assumes the role of SPLC president and CEO at a moment when the nation faces significant attacks on civil society and civil rights organizations. Read more: bit.ly/4ctx7rh
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 20/08/2026
Women, especially single moms and women of color, are disproportionately harmed when SNAP is cut. Families can't thrive when food is on the line. Protecting SNAP is a gender justice issue. Call (202) 224-3121 to tell Congress to invest in our communities. nwlc.org/press-releas...
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NWLC Fact Sheet: Single Moms, Women of Color Disproportionately Harmed by SNAP Cuts - National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC – A new fact sheet from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) reveals that cuts to federal food assistance, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), are disp...
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Fatima Goss Graves @fatimagossgraves.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Every workplace, including Congress, should be a place where staff can work without fear of violence and harassment. Congressional leadership needs to ensure that the staff working hard in their halls can do so with safety and dignity.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 20/08/2026
✨ Child care is a public good ✨ Check out @npr.org’s coverage of our analysis, which found that more than 400,000 children are stuck on child care assistance waiting lists. Behind every number is a family struggling to afford skyrocketing child care costs.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 19/08/2026
Trump's new nominee for FDA commissioner has called abortion "corrosive" to women and called completely safe and routine medication abortion "dangerous." Someone who is anti-science and anti-reproductive health should not lead the FDA.
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Trump Nominates Heidi Overton, a Top Domestic Policy Aide, for F.D.A. Commissioner
Dr. Overton is a fierce opponent of abortion rights and a supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 13/08/2026
ICYMI: Last week, Trump’s ongoing attacks on children & women continued as the administration proposed new changes that would gut the quality and safety of Head Start, a proven early childhood program that has enabled millions of children & families with low incomes to have a strong start in life.
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Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children.
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 12/08/2026
The Trump administration is cutting off federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care, forcing states to decide whether to cover the cost themselves.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 11/08/2026
Donald Trump's latest attack on the trans community endangers the health and safety of trans youth by putting ideology before science. We will not stop fighting to protect the wellbeing of the trans community. See our statement below⤵️
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NWLC Condemns Trump Rule Attacking Health Care for Trans Youth Under Medicaid and CHIP - National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC – The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule today that seeks to restrict access to health care for transgender youth under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in one of the most dangerous escalations of its anti-trans agenda to date. “Once again, Donald Trump is trying to score political points […]
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 11/08/2026
Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July. Yes, you read that correctly. This is not a sign of a healthy economy, no matter what the Trump administration continues to insist. It’s a sign that too many women are being pushed to the sidelines.
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Trump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt Women
And the number of women who have left the workforce since January is more than double the number of men.
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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Trump needs to keep his hands off Head Start. Democrats have stopped him from dismantling it before. And we’ll do it again.
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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 04/08/2026
Head Start helps over a half a million children nationwide. The continued gutting of this program by the Administration only hurts hardworking families. Education is the foundation of economic opportunity & the American Dream, I will always fight to protect Head Start!
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 04/08/2026
If trying to set up a slush fund for Trump’s extremist supporters and helping him cover up his ties to Jeffrey Epstein weren’t enough, Todd Blanche promising to make Dobbs "permanent in every single state" is disqualifying. Period.
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Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 03/08/2026
Nara Smith, infamous trad wife influencer, went on Call Her Daddy to distance herself from the trend that built her brand. Well, we're here to remind you about all the ways Nara Smith and other trad wife creators are perpetuating a dangerous narrative about women's roles.
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What TikTok’s Tradwives Aren’t Telling You
We can’t let the illusion of the tradwife lifestyle be weaponized by policymakers to continue to implement sexist, anti-women policies targeted at repealing our basic freedoms.  
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“This unlawful seven-figure payout to an anti-abortion extremist is all the proof the Senate should need that the so-called anti-weaponization slush fund is far from dead,” Katie O’Connor at the National Women’s Law Center told Jezebel in a statement www.jezebel.com/slush-fund-n...
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 02/08/2026
“Sex harassment is, at its core, about an imbalance of power. It affects people of every sex and gender identity." www.liherald.com/uniondale/stories/…
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- Herald Community Newspapers
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 01/08/2026
"IVF becomes impossible if embryos are defined as human beings."
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Threats to IVF Are Ramping Up, New Report Says
"Fertility care is no longer a niche healthcare issue,” explains Danielle Melfi of RESOLVE. “It has become a mainstream policy conversation.”
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 30/07/2026
Sixty-one years ago, Medicaid was signed into law. One year ago, congressional Republicans gutted it to pay for tax cuts for the billionaire class. Now, nearly 4 million people have lost Medicaid coverage—but millions more will lose it soon. Tell Congress: Reverse Medicaid cuts NOW.
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Tell Congress: Defend the health of women and families
Health care should be a right, not a luxury. Congress needs to act now. Tell your legislator to protect the health of millions of women and families.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 27/07/2026
Todd Blanche has spent years as Trump's personal lawyer. If he's confirmed as attorney general, he will continue to undermine the independence of the DOJ and use it to go after Trump's enemies. We can't let that happen. Tell your senators to vote no on his confirmation NOW:
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Tell your senators to VOTE NO on Todd Blanche's confirmation.
President Trump has nominated Todd Blanche to be Attorney General (AG) of the United States. If confirmed, Blanche's extreme loyalty to Trump over the Constitution will shape the Department of Justice (DOJ) for years to come.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 27/07/2026
Dr. Evonne Kaho describes her motivation to speak out after surviving workplace sexual assault: "Because someone else—maybe another Black trans woman in a state that doesn’t see her, much less believe her—might come across my words and know that they are not alone. That is worth everything."
Agency is medicine. For a long time, that agency was taken from me, and healing has been the slow, intentional process of taking it back. -Dr. Evonne Kaho, an activist, advocate, and small business owner in jackson, Mississippi, and a survivor of workplace sexual assault
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 16/07/2026
The Trump administration is once again weaponizing the gov't to make immigrants afraid to seek health care & other federal programs.   This new rule sows fear & chaos to ultimately reshape America into a country where only the few who are white and ultra-wealthy are welcome.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 21/07/2026
Today is #BlackWomensEqualPay Day, and our message is clear: PAY BLACK WOMEN. Black women working full-time, year-round are paid only 65 cents for every dollar white men are paid & face a wage gap in basically every occupation. That gap costs them more than a million dollars throughout their lives.
pay black women
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 20/07/2026
NEW: We joined other civil rights groups in suing the Trump administration for attempting to hide its reasoning for ripping away vital child care funding from states. The public deserves answers. Read more below: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over childcare funding restrictions
HHS failed to respond to Foia request following claims of fraud against Somali childcare providers and Democrats
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 19/07/2026
"The pronatalist movement may be bathed in soft neutrals and the smell of homemade sourdough, but it poses just as much of a risk to women’s rights and autonomy as the culture inside misogynist incel forums."
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The Dangerous Overlap Between Incel Culture and Trad Wife Politics - National Women's Law Center
When people hear the words “incels” and “trad wives,” they might think of very different images. While “incels” are thought of as lonely, radicalized, or dangerous, “trad wives” might invoke associations with being soft, natural, or motherly. But despite these differences in how they’re perceived culturally, these communities may not be quite as far apart […]
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 18/07/2026
ICYMI: The Trump administration’s recent announcement calls embryos “children” — which could have enormous consequences on access to abortion, IVF treatment, and birth control nationwide.
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HHS pushes fetal personhood in new grant guidelines
Trump's latest overture to the religious right offers little funding, but big rhetoric.
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Women's Law Project @womenslawproject.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Today, we celebrate a historic win for reproductive freedom, racial justice, and public health in Pennsylvania!
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 16/07/2026
“Once again, Blanche has shown that he is a Trump loyalist above all else, and would rather further the president’s extreme anti-abortion agenda than work on behalf of the American public.” -Katie O’Connor, our senior director of federal abortion policy
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 16/07/2026
These headlines may read like Onion articles, but the real-life impact of Hegseth's "leadership" is that women, trans people, and people of color are being fired, pulled off promotion lists, and losing what little access to reproductive health care they had. He's a threat to every person who serves.
Picture of Pete Hegseth with various headlines about his policies as the Secretary of Defense, including targeting women, people of color, and trans people.
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