As of June 2026 — women’s rights in Virginia continue to move in a more expansionary direction, particularly around reproductive health and maternal care. However, many key protections still rely …
As of June 2026, California continues expanding and reinforcing women’s rights protections through continued legislative action. The state remains one of the most active in the country in advancing …
As of June 2026, women’s rights in New York remain strongly protected across all major policy areas, supported by constitutional guarantees, longstanding statutes, and consistent statewide enforcement. The state’ …
As of April 2026, Ohio’s women’s rights landscape continues to reflect a mix of voter-approved protections and ongoing legal and legislative conflict. In 2023, voters amended the state …
If you live in New Jersey, your health insurer is now required by law to cover hormone therapy, pelvic floor physical therapy, bone density screenings, and mental health care related …
Redistricting usually happens once every 10 years after the census. But following the Supreme Court’s April ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, multiple states are now revisiting congressional and legislative …
Ohio’s public universities are beginning to implement major provisions of a higher education law passed in 2025. Senate Bill 1—known as the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act—introduces …
For decades, menopause was treated as a private inconvenience, as something women managed quietly, insurers ignored, with little expectation of medical help or workplace acknowledgment. That is finally changing, and …
If you live in New Jersey, your health insurer is now required by law to cover hormone therapy, pelvic floor physical therapy, bone density screenings, and mental health care related …
For decades, menopause was treated as a private inconvenience, as something women managed quietly, insurers ignored, with little expectation of medical help or workplace acknowledgment. That is finally changing, and …
Redistricting usually happens once every 10 years after the census. But following the Supreme Court’s April ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, multiple states are now revisiting congressional and legislative …
As of April 2026, Ohio’s women’s rights landscape continues to reflect a mix of voter-approved protections and ongoing legal and legislative conflict. In 2023, voters amended the state …
Ohio’s public universities are beginning to implement major provisions of a higher education law passed in 2025. Senate Bill 1—known as the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act—introduces …
Ohio has enacted a new law revising several aspects of the state’s election procedures, including voter registration verification, identification requirements, and absentee ballot timelines.
The legislation, Senate Bill 293, …
As Ohio heads toward the 2026 election cycle, voting rules in the state continue to shift. Recent changes to absentee ballot deadlines, ongoing legal challenges over voter registration requirements, and …
Ohio’s expansion of Medicaid significantly increased health coverage across the state and helped stabilize access to care, including maternal and reproductive health services. The state has also extended postpartum …
Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment in November 2023 protecting the right to make decisions about contraception, pregnancy, and abortion. While that protection remains in effect, abortion access in Ohio …
Women’s rights in this state are shaped by active legal and political conflict, even where protections exist in law. Court decisions, ballot measures, and legislative responses continue to test how rights are defined and enforced. WRDI closely tracks Ohio because outcomes remain unsettled and near-term shifts could materially affect access and protections.
