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The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act aims to protect individuals from unjust treatment in the workplace, in hiring processes and in schools because of their hair.
Passed the House of Representatives on March 18, 2022 ( 235–189) The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2022 (also known as the CROWN Act of 2022) was a bill in the United States Congress intended to prohibit discrimination based on an individual's hair texture or hairstyle by classifying such discrimination illegal ...
Women’s Health Protection Act. An Act to protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services. The Women's Health Protection Act ( H.R. 12) is a piece of legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives, aimed at ...
t. e. In the United States, discrimination based on hair texture is a form of social injustice that has been predominantly experienced by African Americans and predates the founding of the country. [1] [2] [3] In the 21st century, multiple states and local governments have passed laws that prohibit such discrimination.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said before the vote. “Of course, many Republicans would rather sweep reproductive health under the rug, saying it’s political, but this is not ...
A bill meant to defend against hair-discrimination passed in the House of Representatives largely along party lines and is now headed to the Senate.
The Twenty-fourth Amendment ( Amendment XXIV) to the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964.
Baccam told reporters after his Soapbox appearance that the federal government needs to act to protect abortion access. "We have to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act," Baccam said.