For decades, a federal law called EMTALA has guaranteed one basic promise: if you show up at a U.S. emergency room in crisis, the hospital is required to screen …
A growing patchwork of state laws now requires employers to post salary ranges, disclose pay on request, and/or stop asking job candidates about their salary history. Many states have …
Over the past few weeks, election news has picked up quickly.
Congress is still looking for a path to pass the SAVE America Act. States continue changing voting laws. Another …
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.
Over the past few weeks, election news has picked up quickly.
Congress is still looking for a path to pass the SAVE America Act. States continue changing voting laws. Another …
When I started planning this week's newsletter, I thought it might be a roundup of new stories.
But as I stepped back, two seemingly unrelated topics kept pointing …
Twenty years ago, while working in consumer products marketing, I spent several days listening to women talk about menopause during research interviews.
What struck me most wasn't any …
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’ …
