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Jul 1, 2020

Supreme Court Holds the Line on Abortion in "June Medical" Decision

But Chief Justice Roberts is No Friend to Reproductive Freedom The United States Supreme Court held the line on access to abortion in its...

Jun 26, 2020

Pride Began as a Police Protest

Pride Month grew out of the LGBTQ+ community’s frustration, pain, and anger over police raids and brutality. It began as a protest and...

Jun 25, 2020

Protesters Harassing Patients? Complaint Filed!

Patients seeking vital healthcare during a global health pandemic should not face continual harassment by armed, anti-abortion extremists...

Jun 23, 2020

Victory for Washington's Most Vulnerable Schoolchildren!

School districts take note: discrimination on the school bus is no different than discrimination in the classroom. Last week, the...

Jun 15, 2020

Our New Development Director!

Meet Emily Randall We are thrilled to welcome Emily Randall to Legal Voice as our new Director of Development and Communications! Emily...

Jun 11, 2020

See You In Court Betsy DeVos!

Students have been wrestling with enormous change this Spring. A global health pandemic, exacerbated by racial inequities, has upended...

Jun 1, 2020

Standing in Solidarity with the Black Community

Legal Voice stands in solidarity with the Black community. In the midst of a global pandemic that has disproportionately taken the lives...

May 20, 2020

Our Race Equity Journey Blossoms

Advocacy Director Courtney Chappell writes: May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, or APAHM, a month typically filled with...

May 4, 2020

Fighting for Workers' Economic Justice

Disasters lay bare the inequities already existing in our society. While the latest COVID-19 economic news is mind-boggling—the highest...

Apr 27, 2020

Big Wins, Big Losses

Chelsea, our Litigation Support Coordinator, writes about the 2020 Idaho legislative session: Greetings from Idaho! Honestly, my head is...

Apr 16, 2020

Idaho Targarted Trans Athletes; We've Taken Them to Court.

No Girl or Woman Should be Subject to "Sex Verification" Last month, Idaho’s Governor Brad Little signed a law that bans women and girls...

Apr 10, 2020

Check In With Your People. Check In With Others, Too.

We’re social distancing but could we be doing more for survivors? Legal Voice Staff Attorney Catherine writes: I live in a queer...

Apr 3, 2020

Victory for Domestic Abuse Survivors

How the "Curbing Abusive Litigation Between Intimate Partners" Bill Will Make a Difference After thirteen years of marriage, Sonny* had...

Mar 23, 2020

Ten Ways Covid-19 Hurts Reproductive Rights

With the rapid spread of COVID-19, state and federal health authorities are trying desperately to get people to stay at home to buy time...

Feb 28, 2020

Legal Voice Welcomes Team of Sexual Violence Lawyers

A team of four lawyers doing critical work for sexual violence survivors has joined Legal Voice! Led by our former board member, Riddhi...

Feb 5, 2020

Letter to Secretary Pompeo: Rescind Pregnancy and Racial Profiling Rule Now

The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 February 4, 2020 Dear...

Jan 22, 2020

Paid Family Leave Begins in Washington

It's a new year, a new decade, and the new Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave program is now in effect! As of January 1, Washington...

Jan 4, 2020

Fighting Anti-LGBTQ+ Hiring Practices By Religious Organizations

Seattle lawyer Matt Woods spent more than three years volunteering his legal skills for the Union Gospel Mission. When a full-time staff...

Dec 12, 2019

Expanding Access to Abortion in Alaska

Abortion has been legal in Alaska for more than 50 years, since before the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. But that doesn’t mean...

Dec 3, 2019

Federal Judge Sides With Legal Voice in Idaho Suit for Pregnant People’s Rights

Every week, we hear about new attacks on abortion and pregnant people's right to access safe healthcare and self-determination over their...