Massachusetts has some of the nation's strongest protections for women across health care, workplace rights, voting access, education, and safety. In recent years, state leaders have expanded reproductive …
Last updated: June 8, 2026
Nebraska is one of the few states where voters have recently used constitutional amendments to directly decide abortion policy. In 2024, voters approved a constitutional …
Last updated: June 8, 2026
North Carolina is a state where recent shifts in political control have directly shaped women's rights policy. Because many protections are established through …
Julie Slovin is the founder of the Women’s Rights Data Initiative, a fact-based initiative tracking how laws and policies shape women’s rights across the United States.
Note from Julie
Hi — I’m Julie, founder of the Women’s Rights Data Initiative.
I started WRDI because I was struggling to understand what was actually happening to women’ …
