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What is Legal Voice about?: Legal Voice secures and protects women's legal rights. Our drive for justice improves the lives of mothers, daughters, aunts, sisters, nieces & grandmothers in our region. A vital, active force in the community, we make substantive, lasting changes through legislation, self-help resources and litigation with a far-reaching public impact.
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Legal Voice While we’re away, why not read up on the effect that the proposed health care reform bill will have on immigrants’ rights? Great insight from our staff attorney, Sara Ainsworth…
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As you know, the House has passed an historic bill on health care reform. The Senate is poised to take up debate on its latest version, announced just this week. Now is the time for you to ...
Legal Voice Legal Voice is taking a break from Facebook next week while our office is closed for Thanksgiving. We’ll chat with you again starting November 30th!
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Just heard that Pride Foundation and Legal Voice are being recognized on Seattle Human Rights Day! We were selected because, "The Committee was very impressed
with your innovativeness and inclusiveness." We are incredibly humbled and honored. Information on the December 10th event included in the link below.
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November 19 at 8:47am
Legal Voice Legal Voice has been selected to receive the 2009 City of Seattle Distinguished Citizen Award for Human Rights. What an honor!
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Legal Voice Lisa Stone talks about why women are being asked to 'take one for the team' on the healthcare reform front, and what you can do about it...
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I just can’t let go of this “abortion coverage in health care reform” issue. The more I learn, the more commentaries I read, the more enraged I get. Let me count the ways:Quite apart ...
Legal Voice Writers have a responsibility to talk about women’s issues in a way that doesn’t reinforce hundreds of years worth of oppression and stereotypes. Learn what NOT to do on the Legal Voice blog...
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Look at this horrible, horrible advice.A woman is raped by her boss on a business trip, decides to have the baby, her husband leaves her. Years later she wants to reconnect with her ex, and writes to Lesley ...
Legal Voice Who's NOT sick right now?! Seems to be spreading like wild fire. Janet Chung on why it doesn't have to be this way...
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How many of you know someone who has been sick in the past month?If we were standing in a room together, chances are, every single person would have his or her hand up. This week alone, in my son’s classroom of 29 kids, 14 were out sick – as well as the teacher. ...
Legal Voice Wondering why the Stupak-Pitts amendment is causing such an uproar across the nation? Here's a very readable analysis of the disastrous affects the amendment would have.
Legal Voice Health care reform is on the brink of passing, but will it cover the needs of women?
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Remember that scene in the first Harry Potter book and movie, where Ron Weasley directs a chess game with Harry and Hermione taking the place of chess pieces so Harry can proceed to the next obstacle in ...
Legal Voice It’s official! Washington voters passed Referendum 71, including more than 230,000 people from outside of Western Washington. Without those votes, the measure would not have passed. Thank you to *ALL* of Washington for supporting R-71!
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Michelle Johnson Yeah!!! Thanks Legal Voice for all of your hard work!!
Legal Voice With over 300,000 ballots still to be counted, it's looking more and more like a victory for the side of equality. But what's with all that yellow east of the mountains?
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I’ve lived on or near Capitol Hill for some time now. I often refer to it as “the hill,” though I’m clear on the fact that there are 7 different hills here in Seattle. It’s ...
Legal Voice Guess what? Only TWENTY PERCENT of ballots have been returned thus far. Know what that means? That means that your vote counts FIVE TIMES as much! Make sure that all the people in your life have voted. And remind them why it's important to Approve R-71 and vote no on I-1033!
Legal Voice Okay procrastinators, it's your time to shine. Your votes are critical. Approve Referendum 71 and vote NO to Initiative 1033. Ballots must be postmarked by tomorrow. Beware of mailbox pick-up times, and don't forget to sign the envelope!
approvereferendum71.org
Washington Families Standing Together to Approve Referendum 71
