Press Releases

Trump’s Court-Packing Plan Must Fail

Released on August 21, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Donald Trump’s nomination of anti-abortion lawyer Sarah Pitlyk to a federal judgeship in St. Louis is another brick in his judicial wall around abortion.  He is packing the federal bench with young, ultraconservative zealots who are committed to weakening or reversing abortion rights.  Now, Donald Trump wants to elevate that twisted reasoning to the federal bench.  Read more …

Time Runs Out on Title X—Here Comes the Gag Rule

Released on August 16, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals must stop the Trump Administration from building chains around Planned Parenthood.  They want to padlock the truth about reproductive health care from people who are without insurance or who struggle to make ends meet by imposing a politically contrived gag rule on providers like Planned Parenthood. Donald Trump is Read more …

Steve King is Only Part of The Problem

Released on August 14, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s the bottom of the barrel, and then there’s Steve King.  The Congressman from Iowa, who defended white supremacy, has now come out with a defense of rape and incest.    It’s beyond obvious that Steve King has to resign his seat in politics, apologize to the people of Iowa and find something to do that doesn’t involve Read more …

Thoughts and Prayers Are Never Enough and They’re Not Enough Today

Released on August 5, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The white nationalist who killed twenty people in El Paso targeted more than innocent shoppers and families from both sides of the border. He was aiming to promote the racist, hateful views of a toxic online community that’s been emboldened by what they hear from Donald Trump and his enablers on cable news and online.  Before committing his act of Read more …