October 20, 2021
URGE demands action from Senate Democrats & Biden after Senate Republicans Block Vote on Freedom to Vote Act
The Freedom to Vote Act is one of the most significant voting rights bills in generations. It would protect the right to vote and… Read more »
October 15, 2021
URGE RESPONDS TO 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS’ DECISION TO KEEP S.B. 8 IN EFFECT UNTIL ITS CONSTITUTIONALITY IS DETERMINED
“A week ago, we cautiously celebrated a preliminary injunction issued by the District Court to temporarily block the harmful Texas… Read more »
October 15, 2021
URGE Demands the Texas Senate Stops the Legislative Attack on Trans Youth After Texas House Passage of H.B. 25
Late last night, the Texas House of Representatives passed H.B. 25, a bill that would prohibit transgender students in public scho… Read more »
October 13, 2021
URGE Continues Exciting Growth, Adds Ten New Staff
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, the only national Reproductive Justice organization that centers the voices and… Read more »
October 7, 2021
URGE Statement on Ruling to Temporarily Block Texas’ Abortion Ban, S.B. 8
Statement from Kimberly Inez McGuire, Executive Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, on the U.S. District… Read more »
September 24, 2021
URGE Celebrates the Passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act in U.S. House
(Washington, DC) URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity issued the following quotes today after the passage of the Women… Read more »
September 2, 2021
URGE Statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Response to S.B. 8
Statement from Kimberly Inez McGuire, Executive Director of URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, on the Biden-Harris… Read more »
June 18, 2021
URGE Statement on Juneteenth
A century and a half since June 19, 1865, — the date federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure all enslaved African Ame… Read more »
June 8, 2021
Members of Congress Introduce Bill to Protect Abortion Access
The bill arrives just weeks after the Supreme Court announces it will hear an abortion ban case challenging Roe v. Wade (Washingto… Read more »
