Women

Time -   Across the country, federal legislation such as the SAVE America Act and a wave of state-level restrictive voting laws seek to impose new documentation requirements and bureaucratic hurdles which threaten to disproportionately affect women—especially the nearly 70 million married women whose names may not match their birth certificates, women of color who already face systemic barriers, and working mothers balancing their careers, caregiving responsibilities, and civic participation.

Research from the Brennan Center and the U.S. Government Accountability Office shows that overly burdensome photo ID requirements can block eligible citizens from voting. A lack of the required ID is particularly common among minorities, low-income voters, young people, seniors, and those facing economic barriers to obtaining documents. For this reason, while voting document measures are often framed as efforts to ensure “election integrity,” they are likely to narrow participation in practice. 

NPR - More than 40% of organizations working to end violence against women have had to scale back or shut down in the past year, according to an October 2025 global survey by U.N. Women. Once a bipartisan priority, combating gender-based violence has turned into "radioactive" issue, says Beatriz García Nice, a research analyst for the Latin America Program at the Stimson Center.