The following is from a Center for American Progress email newsletter:
Women’s continued progress in the United States requires nominating judges who can bring an unbiased perspective that recognizes the diverse lives women lead every day. Any nominee intent on rolling back protections that have been critical for women’s advancement is undeserving of a seat on the Supreme Court. Judge Kavanaugh’s available record presents a troubling picture and reveals a philosophical approach that could jeopardize important workplace protections and rights that have spurred women’s equality and women’s progress.
Kavanaugh’s Hero Worship Threatens Women’s Equal Rights
A new report analyzes what Judge Kavanaugh’s embrace of ulta-conversative Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist could mean for the future of women’s rights in the United States. Read the analysis »
Kavanaugh’s Nomination to Supreme Court Threatens Workplace Protections for Women
Women’s continued progress in the workplace hinges on elevating judges who can bring an unbiased perspective to each case. Judge Kavanaugh’s judicial writings and speeches present a troubling picture that could turn back the clock on critical protections for women in the workplace. Read more »
Women of Color Will Lose the Most if Roe v. WadeIs Overturned
If Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed, the stakes are highest for women of color due to the distinct barriers in access to reproductive health care, the vast health disparities, the fact that many women of color live in states with the strictest abortion laws, and the racial and gender discrimination present in the U.S. health care system. Read more »
WATCH: What’s at Stake for Women if Kavanaugh Is Confirmed to Supreme Court
Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination represents a very real threat to Roe v. Wade. A group of brave women are here to remind us that we don’t have to imagine a country without legal abortion; they already know the debilitating barriers that people face when trying to access abortion care and what life was like 50 years ago when many had no choice. Watch »