Age-verification laws ostensibly targeting online pornography are causing significant collateral damage among sex educators and sexual health professionals, according to new data released today by the Woodhull Freedom Foundation. Despite promises that the age-verification laws would simply prevent minors from…
Across the country, state and federal legislators are concocting new laws and policies aimed at dehumanizing trans people. From Kansas to Texas to D.C., we have seen a slew of hateful, baseless attacks on trans people’s rights to travel, to…
The Honorable Jim Thomas Chair House Judiciary Committee, State of Ohio Ohio State Capitol Columbus, Ohio 43215 The Honorable D.J. Swearingen Vice Chair House Judiciary Committee, State of Ohio Ohio State Capitol Columbus, Ohio 43215 The Honorable Eric Synenberg Ranking…
Re: Woodhull Freedom Foundation Opposition to Tennessee Senate Bill 2409 "No Pride Flag or Month Act” My name is Ricci Levy, and I am the President and CEO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a national organization whose mission is to…
House Committee on Energy and Commerce 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 March 5, 2026 Dear Committee on Energy and Commerce Members, The Woodhull Freedom Foundation writes to express our opposition to the Kids Internet and Digital Safety…
Last summer, the Supreme Court’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton weakened the First Amendment rights of adults, in the name of “protecting children.” Paxton centers on a Texas law that imposes an age-verification requirement on websites that contain…
In The Buckeye Institute v. Internal Revenue Service, The Buckeye Institute, a nonprofit policy organization based in Ohio, challenged a federal tax law that requires most 501(c)(3) charities to disclose the names and addresses of their major donors to the…
Did you know that the First Amendment protects sexual expression? Hard to believe, given how motivated our lawmakers are to ban all forms of sexual expression, from pornography to sex ed. We checked the facts about the First Amendment, free…
NetChoice v. Griffin is a federal court case challenging an Arkansas law that would force social media platforms to verify users’ ages and require parental consent before minors could create accounts. The law was promoted as a way to protect…