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NCLR Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court Decision Restoring Access to Medication Abortion
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NCLR Condemns Court Ruling on Medication Abortion
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NCLR Applauds Biden Administration’s Restoration of Key Civil Rights Protections in Health Care Regulations
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NCLR Condemns Supreme Court Reversal of Roe v. Wade
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Scores of LGBTQI+ Organizations Call on Policymakers to Protect Abortion Rights
Legislation & Policy
California Assembly Bill 2085
- Racial & Economic Justice > Race & Poverty
- Youth > Foster Care
- Relationships & Family > Reproductive Justice
- Relationships & Family > Parenting
Children of color are significantly more likely to be reported for allegations of abuse and neglect, despite the vast majority of those allegations being unfounded or unsubstantiated. LGBTQ parents of color are even more likely to lose custody of their children through the child welfare system. Even when families are not separated by the system, unnecessary investigation and surveillance of families by the system harms children by disrupting family dynamics and stability. Mandated reporters of possible child abuse and neglect are currently required to report families impacted by poverty. NCLR supports AB 2085, which would change the requirements for California mandated reporters of possible child neglect to reduce the number of families unnecessarily swept into the child welfare system simply based on poverty or bias.
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Map of U.S. Surrogacy Laws
Cases & Advocacy
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Amicus
Cases & Advocacy
Matthews v. LeFever
- Relationships & Family
- Relationships & Family > Parenting
- Relationships & Family > Reproductive Justice
LaNesha Matthews and Kyresha LeFever were a same-sex couple who had twins together using assisted reproduction. The Michigan Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that LaNesha and Kyresha are both equal parents to their children and recognizing that a woman who gives birth to a child intending to be a parent is a parent regardless of genetic ties.
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Henderson v. Box
- Relationships & Family
- Relationships & Family > Parenting
- Relationships & Family > Reproductive Justice
When Indiana began allowing same-sex couples to marry in 2015 after the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that same-sex couples have a right to marry in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Indiana Department of Vital Records refused to place same-sex spouses on their children’s birth certificates
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