Washington’s bold new abortion protections in spotlight at White House
Four Democratic state lawmakers will head to the White House on Thursday to share how Washington established itself as a haven for those seeking abortions since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision a year ago. State Sens. Manka Dhingra and Patty Kuderer and Reps. Drew Hansen and My-Linh Thai will join legislators from 15 other states and senior Biden administration officials to discuss how states are moving to safeguard reproductive health care access since the court ended federal protections when it overturned Roe v. Wade. Continue reading at Washington State Standard. (Getty Images)
Native adoptions can give priority to tribal families, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a federal law, intended to rectify past government abuses, that gives preference to the foster care and adoption of Native American children by their relatives and tribes. In a 7-2 decision, the court left in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which was passed to remedy what Congress said was a disgraceful history in which hundreds of thousands of Native American children were removed from their homes by adoption agencies and placed with White families or in group settings. Continue reading at The Washington Post. (Minh Connors/The Washington Post)
Washington employers push back on new worker heat-protection rules
Lorena, a former farmworker from Sunnyside, toiled day and night tending to blueberries in Washington’s Yakima Valley for close to a decade. By year six, Lorena’s employer had elevated her to a supervisory role – which she said she personally took as an opportunity to better advocate for her fellow farmworkers out in the sweltering summer conditions. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Jen Dev/Crosscut)
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