by Natasha Mundkur | Sep 1, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — A highly restrictive and blatantly unconstitutional Texas law that bans abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy went into effect Wednesday after the United States Supreme Court failed to rule on a pending emergency application brought by...
by Natasha Mundkur | Jul 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — As the world battles against the highly transmissible delta variant of the COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended Tuesday that vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in certain circumstances, reversing their...
by Natasha Mundkur | Jun 3, 2021 | Press Releases
The latest guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which permits vaccinated individuals to forgo masks in public indoor spaces, creates a continued unnecessary risk of contracting COVID-19 for essential workers and must be revised, according...
by Natasha Mundkur | Mar 30, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The lack of adequate recording and public dissemination of race and ethnicity data related to COVID-19 has contributed to disparate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, a letter from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to the...
by Press | Feb 4, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law along with 145 medical professionals issued letters to 29 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, calling for the collection and publication of race and ethnic demographic data related to...