Texas’ H.B. 991: An Unconscionable Attack on Abortion Rights and Free Speech
Texas’s new bill H.B. 991, known as the Women and Child Safety Act, has little to do with protecting women or children. Rather, under the guise of concern for people’s wellbeing, H.B. 911 attacks Texans’ most fundamental human rights to…
Woodhull Calls on SCOTUS to Protect Trans Youth’s Access to Gender-Affirming Healthcare
On December 4, 2024, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case that is critical to safeguarding transgender youth’s access to lifesaving gender-affirming healthcare. The case challenges Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which bans gender-affirming care for…
The Popularity of Abortion Rights Ballot Measures
Earlier this month, Donald J. Trump won the presidential election. But so did seven ballot measures protecting abortion rights in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York. (Florida’s measure nearly scraped by, winning a whopping 57 percent of…
Conservatives Attack Mifepristone, Yet Again
Surprise, surprise. Yet again, conservatives are attacking mifepristone. But this time, they’re floating a new, outrageous legal theory against medication abortion. The theory? Attorneys general from Kansas, Missouri, and Idaho posit that the decreased births from abortion pills cause potential…
Woodhull Condemns Florida Department of Education Ban on Critical Sex Education Topics
Woodhull is alarmed by the ongoing attacks against freedom of expression and children’s right to education in Florida. In recent years, Florida’s legislature has passed a series of laws restricting critical sex and gender education topics in school districts throughout…
Nurses’ Role in Abortion Care
Abortion access is fraught for a many, from increased digital surveillance of people seeking abortion care to the criminalization of pregnancy. Less discussed are the issues involved when someone finally accesses an abortion. Is their care high-quality and comprehensive? Who’s…
Keeping Ourselves (and Our Data) Safe
We at the Woodhull Freedom Foundation are proud to have worked closely with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) – the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world – on a number of briefs of amici curiae. Together,…