Protecting Women, One Case at a Time

It’s 2025 and there are ongoing cases in the courts that could affect women’s rights–from the ability to obtain medication abortion to protection from our former abusers. But these cases often don’t make headlines until the decisions are made. Our last episode, featuring Azaleea Carlea, Legal Director of Legal Momentum, addressed the powers and limitations of the legal system when it comes to protecting women’s rights. In this episode, NOW National President Christian F. Nunes sits down with Lynn Hecht Schafran, Senior Vice President of Legal Momentum, to discuss some of the court cases Legal Momentum is involved in—ones with major implications for our rights—to keep everyday feminists up-to-date about where our rights stand in the court of law. Want to hear more on how gender bias bubbles up in our legal system? Be sure to check out our episode, “The Abuse to Prison Pipeline,” featuring Becki Kondkar, founding director of Tulane Law School’s Women’s Prison Project.Links: https://www.legalmomentum.org/ https://www.legalmomentum.org/get-help-formCourt cases mentioned in this episode:Brenda Evers Andrew v. Tamika White, Warden (2025): https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/23-6573.html United States v. Rahimi (2024): https://www.oyez.org/cases/2023/22-915 FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (2024): https://www.oyez.org/cases/2023/23-235 Guest: Lynn Hecht Schafran, Esq. is Senior Vice President at Legal Momentum and has been Director of Legal Momentum's National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts (NJEP) since 1981. Lynn also serves as Senior Vice President and a Senior Staff Attorney, litigating and writing in the areas of rape, domestic violence, the intersection of domestic violence and sexual assault, neuroscience and its implications for the courts, and all aspects of gender bias in the courts.Take Action NOW: Join NOW this July for our National Conference in Las Vegas! Click here to learn more and register. We can’t wait to see you there!Listen to new episodes of Feminism NOW released every other Wednesday. To find out more about the National Organization for Women, visit our website.Legal Momentum Socials:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LegalMomentum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legalmomentum/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/LegalMomentum LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/legal-momentum YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@legalmomentum