[This is the sixth in a series of columns about best practices for state and local advocacy groups. The first five are about proactive legislation, a Resolution strategy, a 6-step multi-year advocacy program, how...
** = new or updated legislation since our March 2 report Civil Rights & Liberties **The Montana House and Senate passed HB147, which requires government agencies to get a warrant before accessing data in any...
Salary History Anti-Discrimination Act: In recent months Philadelphia became the first city and Massachusetts became the first state to ban employers from requesting a prospective employee’s salary history. The reason is that salary history...
What Are “Abortion-Out-Loud” Bills? Advocates Have A Compelling New Strategy To Secure Access By Sarah Friedmann During a time seemingly dominated by attacks on women’s reproductive rights, pro-choice legislators are now adopting an exciting...
[This is the fifth in a series of columns about best practices for state and local advocacy groups. The first four are about proactive legislation, a Resolution strategy, a 6-step multi-year advocacy program, and...
Pro-Choice Michigan Lawmakers Ready to Go on Offense by Michelle D. Anderson “The best way to fight back is with a strong, sustained effort to drive proactive policies—and the public debate about such policies—in states,...
Constitutional Convention Rescission Resolution: As a recent article from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explains, the right wing is (perhaps) only six states short of successfully calling a federal constitutional convention—and they’re...
[This is the fourth in a series of columns about best practices for state and local advocacy groups. The first three are about proactive legislation, a Resolution strategy, and a 6-step multi-year advocacy program.]...
This Repro Rights Report covers February 14 through March 13, 2017 and focuses on proactive abortion rights legislation introduced in states and localities. So far, 98 proactive bills in 28 states—As of today, 98...
States and Cities Push Back on Reproductive Health Attacks By Katie Klabusich In the face of promises from the new administration and its congressional allies to make abortion and other reproductive health care less accessible,...