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States Already Enacting Harmful SAVE Act Policies, Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote Despite the SAVE Act stalling in the Senate, new state laws that mimic it—proof of citizenship to register to vote—hurt American democracy.

The Take It Down Act is in full effect. What is it and how do you use it? The 19th explains how the new law on nonconsensual intimate imagery will be implemented — and how you can request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission.

Did you know- Women Don't have Equal Rights in the USA? Rights belong to everyone. The ERA establishes a clear, durable standard — ensuring democracy protects everyone equally.

Moms.Gov and the Return of State-Sponsored Pronatalism Moms.gov may present itself as a resource for “new and expecting mothers,” but its deeper message is unmistakable: motherhood as patriotic obligation, reproductive autonomy as suspect, and declining birth rates as a national crisis. The site promotes crisis pregnancy centers, fertility treatment...

Families can’t afford childcare, rent, or groceries — but this administration somehow found time to launch a misinformation-filled anti-abortion website? Completely out of touch.

HB 4990 would amend the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act to add key updates and increased protections for survivors of gender-based violence. The bill has four areas of focus:
- Addressing protections against student-on-student sexual harassment, including protections against digital sexual harassment;
- Ensuring survivors are allowed both a support person and a complaint advisor during complaint proceedings;
- Requiring an update to existing policies to strengthen anti-retaliation protections and clarify the availability of supportive and protective measures for survivors;
- Creating an enforcement mechanism so that institutions are complying with their policies and taking student survivor reports of GBV seriously.

Student survivors should not have to choose between their safety and their education. Please send an email to your legislators today. They only have a few days to vote on the measure! https://the-network.quorum.us/campaign/153340/