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Pregnant People with COVID-19 May Be More at Risk for Severe Illness
The CDC recently published a study asserting that pregnant women may be a particularly vulnerable population when it comes to COVID-19. You can view or download our full analysis of this study and the medical consensus on pregnancy and the virus here. As of July 9,...
Vulnerable Tenants Should be Protected from Sexual Harassment (Spanish Available)
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people out of work and many people out of their homes. As eviction moratoriums expire, reports of sexual harassment of vulnerable tenants by unscrupulous landlords have increased, including landlords demanding sex from tenants who...
The Trump Administration’s Proposed Asylum Rule is Cruel & Dangerous
On June 15, 2020, the Trump Administration’s Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice issued a proposed change to asylum rules that would eviscerate the grounds on which women and LGBTQ+ persons can seek asylum in the United States. Across the world,...
Statement: WLP Joins Call for Pennsylvania to Terminate Contract with Real Alternatives in Wake of New Complaint of Misuse of Taxpayer Funds
PENNSYLVANIA – Today, watchdog organization Campaign for Accountability sent a 24-page public complaint to Governor Wolf, Attorney General Shapiro, and Secretary of Human Services Miller calling upon them to terminate the state contract with Real Alternatives, the...
WLP Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Contraception Mandate Decision Devastating Blow to Public Health Under Guise of Religious Freedom
Today the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s new contraceptive mandate rules in a 7 – 2 opinion authored Justice Clarence Thomas. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. WLP attorneys filed an amicus brief in the case when it was before...
