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Today, in a 5-4 judgment, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law which required abortion service providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsay Graham has scheduled a hearing tomorrow on the nomination of Justin Walker to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

It is past time that we take steps to address the daily threat of violence faced by people who trade sex.

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a xxx-xx vote H.R.5, the Equality Act, the federal bill introduced by U.S. Reps. David Cicilline (D-RI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), as well as Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), that updates existing federal nondiscrimination laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act, to confirm that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is unlawful discrimination based on sex.