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 …
WRDI Watch is the Women’s Rights Data Initiative’s bi-weekly newsletter tracking how laws, policies, and court decisions are shaping women’s rights across the United States. Most issues highlight key developments we’re monitoring, while occasional special editions take a deeper look at emerging trends, major policy shifts, or important state stories.
Earlier this year, someone close to me spent three months caring for a parent facing a major health crisis. During that time, Oregon's paid leave program meant she …
When the Supreme Court issued its Voting Rights Act ruling on April 29, my first thought was simple: What does this mean for women?
Much of the initial coverage focused …
As April turned into May, I had a bit of a visceral reaction to a few of the headlines, including the latest Supreme Court ruling. But more on that later. …
Early last year, I started following a woman in Missouri who was documenting what it actually meant to live under her state’s abortion laws.
At the time, voters had …
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 …
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’ …
