The Attacks On Contraception Coverage Keep Coming
Texas House Considers Anti-Transgender Bill That Threatens Religious Freedom
The Texas legislature is back in a special session called by Governor Greg Abbott (R) and the Senate has wasted no time passing troubling measures, including an anti-transgender bathroom ban. Now the action moves to the Texas House of Representatives. Although the House voted down similar bills in the regular session and the Speaker has promised to block it, the fight is far from over for this legislation.
Kim Davis Refused To Recognize Marriage Equality, And Now Kentucky Taxpayers May Pay For That
Florist Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Reconsider Decision Holding That It Does Not Have The Right To Deny Services To Same-Sex Couples
The Texas Legislature Is Meeting For A Special Session And Has A Second Chance To Pass Bad Legislation
AU Urges House Committee To Protect Women's Access To Healthcare
This year's Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill has a lot of problems—including a range of attacks on women’s reproductive healthcare. There will be many amendments offered to try to repair some of the damage, and this morning, we urged committee members to support two of them.
Two New Trump Administration Attorneys Have Worked To Undermine Women’s Healthcare
As new federal regulations reportedly are imminent that would gut the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that most health insurance plans cover contraceptives, two Trump administration attorneys who fought for employers to be able to cite religious beliefs as justification to deny women access to vital healthcare have been in the news recently.
The Trump Administration Had A Busy Week of Cozying Up To Religious Right Leaders
In today's Wall of Separation blog post, Americans United Legislative Assistant Director Dena Sher outlined the steps the Trump administration and its allies took against church-state separation last week, including US Attorney General Jeff Sessions' speech to Alliance Defending Freedom.
AU Supports Mississippians Challenging Discriminatory HB 1523, A So-called “Religious Freedom” Law
Americans United Supports Mississippians Fighting Discriminatory HB 1523 “Religious Freedom” Law
Do No Harm Act: Preserving Religious Freedom And Protecting People From Harm
Americans United Welcomes Introduction Of Do No Harm Act
AU To Federal Court (Again): Trump's Leaked Contraception Rule Threatens Women's Access To Vital Healthcare
One month after filing our objections in court to the Trump administration’s leaked draft rule that would gut the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most health insurance plans cover contraceptives, we repeated our warning: Women, including the students we represent, would be seriously harmed by the new regulations. Under the draft Trump rule, any employer or university, even for-profit corporations, could use religion as an excuse to completely deny their employees and students contraceptive coverage.
A Colorado Case Gives The Supreme Court An Opportunity To Say That Businesses Can’t Use Religion As An Excuse To Discriminate
Monday was the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark case in which the high court recognized the rights of same-sex couples to marry. The Supreme Court chose that anniversary to announce it will review Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the case of a Colorado baker who refused to provide a wedding cake to a same-sex couple.
Supreme Court Accepts Case That Could Have Major Consequences For Religious Freedom And LGBTQ Rights
The high court has agreed to hear Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission during its next term, which begins in October. The case deals with a bakery in Lakewood, Colorado, that refuses to make cakes for the weddings of LGBTQ couples, citing the owner’s religious beliefs as justification for the refusal.
Supreme Court Should Use Masterpiece Cakeshop To Assert That Religious Freedom Is Not The Right To Discriminate
For Focus On The Family, The Focus Remains On Far-Right Politics
Vice President Mike Pence will be in Colorado Springs this Friday speaking at an event to mark the 40th anniversary of Focus on the Family (FOF), the fundamentalist Christian family ministry and Religious Right group founded by Dr. James C. Dobson, a child psychologist.
Taxpayer-Funded Child Welfare Agencies Can Now Use Religion To Discriminate In Texas
During Pride Month And Every Month, AU Stands With The LGBTQ Community
June marks Pride Month, a month dedicated to celebrating the strides made toward LGBTQ equality and the many LGBTQ activists that fought to achieve them. This Pride Month and every month, Americans United is proud to stand with our LGBTQ neighbors and oppose discrimination in the name of religion.