Feb 3, 2023 | Landmark Victories, Reproductive Justice
For over two years, anti-abortion extremists held rallies directly outside of the Spokane Planned Parenthood Health Care Center. Calling themselves “The Church at Planned Parenthood” (TCAPP), these extremists used amplified speakers to loudly denounce Planned...
Jan 6, 2023 | Reproductive Justice, Women's rights
On January 5, 2023, the Idaho Supreme Court, in a 3-2 opinion, ruled against pregnant people by holding that the state’s extreme and oppressive abortion ban will stand. This decision reinforces our country’s legacy of oppression, patriarchy, and white supremacy. The...
Jun 24, 2022 | Reproductive Justice
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and clearing the way for 26 states to ban abortion. What does the Dobbs decision mean for the Pacific Northwest?...
Feb 3, 2022 | Landmark Victories, Reproductive Justice
Chelsea Gaona-Lincoln and her spouse. Chelsea joined three other women to challenge an Idaho law that invalidates the living wills of pregnant people. Four Idaho women secured a landmark victory this week, settling a federal lawsuit challenging an Idaho law that...
Nov 1, 2021 | 2SLGBTQIA+, Economic Justice
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 Mission leadership not to apply for an attorney position in the organization’s...
