There is over a decade of scientific research demonstrating that the outcomes for children of same gender-parents[^1] are just like those for children of mother-father parents.[^2] In some instances, children of same-gender parents may even fare better.[^3] The collective research does not…
“PREGNANT? TEXAS IS TRACKING YOU.” Billboards from Mayday Health, a nonprofit dedicated to sharing information about reproductive justice, get straight to the point. In Texas, a “dangerous surveillance pipeline” threatens health privacy. There are automated license plate reader cameras, which…
This year, the Trump administration drastically expanded what is known as the “global gag rule.” Across the world, people’s access to fundamental human rights will be imperiled by this decision. The global gag rule, initiated by Ronald Reagan in the…
Woodhull Response to Children's Bureau (CB), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Proposed Rule Change “Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children;…
Dear Chair Feldman, Vice Chair Kagan, and Members of the Maryland Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee, My name is Ricci Levy. I am the President and CEO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a national human rights organization. As…
Regulations with the June 13, 2025 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in State of Texas v. United States Department of Health & Human Services which concluded that the final rule “exceeded the Department…
Gender affirming care (GAC) includes medical, psychological, and social supports that help people live in alignment with their gender identity. As of 2025, more than 20 states have passed laws restricting or banning this care, often under the claim of…
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)[1], the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World)[2], Just Futures Collaborative, Pregnancy Justice, Global Alliance against Traffic in Women (GAATW),[3] Gender Centre Geneva Graduate Institute, Woodhull Freedom Foundation[4], and the Global…
2025 was brutal for LGBTQ+ communities. We covered an array of attacks on queer and trans rights, from President Trump’s January 28, 2025, Executive Order, to the destruction of gender-affirming healthcare for NYC trans youth, to Texas’s Senate Bill 8…
Across the U.S., states are quietly cutting child care funding, including by slashing the rates they pay providers on behalf of low-income families. To Ruth Friedman, the child care crisis, put simply, “disrupts parents’ employment, reduces earnings and savings, and…