North Carolina - What to watch in 2026
As of October, North Carolina is a state where recent shifts in political control have directly shaped women's rights policy. Because many protections are established through state law …
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When policy moves without lawmakers: A Texas case
As of 2026, Texas is seeing the impact of major policy changes enacted in 2025, with new legal challenges shaping how those changes are implemented. In one early test, a …
South Carolina considers expanding penalties tied to abortion medication
As of April 2026, South Carolina lawmakers are considering legislation that would create new criminal penalties related to abortion medication. The bill (H4760) focuses on how abortion-inducing drugs are …
New NC law sets definition of sex across state policy
In 2025, North Carolina enacted a law that defines sex in binary terms across state policy, affecting how rules are applied in schools, healthcare, and public programs. House Bill 805 …
Access vs. Time: How North Carolina’s abortion law is playing out
North Carolina’s 12-week abortion law is now fully in effect, significantly changing how and when people can access care. The law, passed in 2023, reduced the previous 20- …
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This week, I found myself sitting with something I haven’t felt in a while—the weight of everything happening across reproductive health policy. The last time I felt this …
Wisconsin’s legislative session is over. Here’s what that means.
Wisconsin’s 2025–2026 legislative session has ended earlier than expected, leaving many proposed changes to women’s rights unresolved. While some policies moved forward—particularly in maternal and preventive …
Congress and federal agencies turn attention to medication abortion
A series of recent federal actions is increasing scrutiny of medication abortion, a method now used in over half of all abortions in the United States. In March, lawmakers introduced …
Why voting rules continue to shape participation in Georgia
Voting rules in Georgia continue to evolve, with new proposals that could reshape how elections are conducted in the coming years. In early 2026, lawmakers introduced legislation to begin overhauling …
How Georgia’s abortion laws are being tested in real time
As of March 2026, Georgia enforces a six-week abortion ban under the 2019 LIFE Act, which significantly limits access to abortion care within the state. Earlier this year, a …
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Note from Julie Equal Pay Day is often framed as a milestone—a marker of how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned the year …
Birth control is still legal. So why is access changing?
Recent federal and state actions are putting pressure on the systems that many women rely on to get birth control. Over the past year, disruptions to federal Title X funding …
Arizona lawmakers advance education proposals affecting gender, health, and student participation
In 2026, Arizona lawmakers are advancing a series of proposals that would reshape how schools address gender identity, health education, and student participation. These include efforts to restrict how students …