Category: Stopping Violence Against Women

NOW Foundation Joins Amicus Briefs in Supreme Court Cases

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1. Marriage Equality: Obergefell v. Hodges, Tanco v. Haslam, DeBoer v. Snyder, Bourke v. Beshear
2. Pregnancy Discrimination: Young v. United Parcel Service
3. Women’s Access to Health Insurance Coverage: King v. Burwell
4. Domestic Violence and Housing: Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.
5. Marriage Equality Cases That Have Been Decided: Kitchen v. Herbert, and Bishop v. Smith

Supreme Court Case: Domestic Violence and Housing

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This court case will decide whether plaintiffs can bring claims under the Fair Housing Act challenging policies and practices that have a disproportionate and negative effect on a protected class of people. This case will consider whether the Fair Housing Act prohibits policies that have a discriminatory effect, regardless of whether the policy was adopted with intent to discriminate.

Cyberstalking and Online Threats

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Cyberstalking and Online Threats are defined by an internet user being called offensive names, having someone purposefully try to embarrass them, being physically threatened, being stalked, harassed for a sustained period or being sexually harassed online.

Shame on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

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Sen. McConnell is holding up the nomination of Loretta Lynch, who would be our first African American woman Attorney General, as a hostage to force passage of the trafficking bill with the anti-abortion rider attached.

How Low Can The Republican-Led Senate Go?

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Senate legislation intended to increase penalties for human trafficking and provide additional support for survivors was revealed to be a stalking horse for yet more attacks by Senate Republicans against some of the most vulnerable women and girls.