On the 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we need the Women’s Health Protection Act
On this day 49 years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States made their ruling on Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that afforded people the right to safe, legal abortions...
January is Poverty Awareness Month
Did you know that January is poverty awareness month? Though we are often touted as one of the most prosperous nations in the world, our country has a major poverty problem....
What Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Means for the Northwest
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that poses a direct challenge to the landmark ruling in Roe v...
Advanced Practice Clinicians in Alaska Can Now Provide Medication Abortion
In the midst of what can only be described as a travesty of justice for pregnant people in Texas, Legal Voice, together with Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawai'i. Alaska,...
UPDATE: We filed a response at the U.S. Supreme Court in Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission v. Woods
Earlier this year, the Washington Supreme Court ruled in favor of Matt Woods, a Seattle lawyer and longtime Seattle's Union Gospel Mission (the Mission) volunteer who was told by...
Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy Center Industry in 9 States
Legal Voice joined the Alliance: State Advocates for Women’s Rights & Gender Equality today in releasing a report, “Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy...
A message on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2021. A year that is already giving 2020 a run for its money. We’ve been saying that things can’t and likely won’t go back to “normal” and how we treat today should be no different. Today, instead of sharing a romanticized and likely out-of-context quote from...
Defer the Idaho Legislative Session or Ensure Equitable and Safe Access
On Monday, we partnered with the ACLU of Idaho, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawai'i, the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, Add the Words, the Idaho Sierra Club, and UnRestricted Idaho, and sent a letter to the Idaho Legislature strongly pushing them to defer the...
Easy, Quick, Effective: Ensuring Survivors Have Access to Protection
In a time when it feels like we wake every day to a new challenge, we were heartened on Monday to receive a justice-filled reminder that progress is still possible. The Court of Appeals stood with Sandra and survivors across Washington—just in time to help us celebrate the final days of Domestic...
Who’s Making Your Reproductive Decisions?
Last week, the Trump Administration made it easier for your employer to make reproductive decisions for you. The Administration expanded the exemption to the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate so that an even broader range of employers can stop offering contraceptive coverage in their...
Unjust, Unfair, Unfounded: Legal Voice’s Statement on Trump Administration’s Travel Ban
The Trump Administration’s most recent travel ban is a poorly disguised attempt at discriminating against Muslims and an assault on many of the civil rights Legal Voice and our allies fight for. Thousands of immigrants and refugees—who are just as much a part of the fabric of our society as people...
Not Even One: Ensuring Abusers—and Courts—Obey Gun Surrender Laws
Victims of domestic violence are over five times more likely to be killed by their abuser if the abuser has access to a firearm. And even if a gun is never fired, just knowing that an abuser has access to one causes domestic violence survivors to fear harm. That's why the Washington Legislature...
Federal Court Upholds First Amendment Protections for Individuals Associated with Fetal Tissue Resea
Legal Voice represents a group of health care providers, researchers, clinic staff, and others who are involved in fetal tissue research programs with the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Lab. They fear for their safety if their personally identifying information is disclosed in...
Urging the Court to Recognize—and Help Stop—Abusive Litigation
There is a hidden cycle of abuse. It plays out in courtrooms across Washington State and, like many forms of abuse, is incredibly detrimental to survivors' emotional and economic health. Yet it remains largely unrecognized by the court. We're talking about abusive litigation. Abusive litigation is...
King County Now Requires Crisis Pregnancy Centers to Indicate They Are Not Health Care Facilities
Great news! This afternoon, the King County Board of Health passed an ordinance requiring certain crisis pregnancy centers to indicate to the public that they are not health care facilities. Despite what crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) want you to believe, most, if not all, are not actually...
Paid Family & Medical Leave Comes to Washington!
This is huge! Late last night, the Washington State Legislature passed a comprehensive paid family and medical leave law! Starting in 2020, Washington workers will be able to take paid leave for the birth or placement of a new child, to take care of an ill family member, or for their own serious...
