LD-2 disclosure · 2nd Quarter - Report
FAMILY EQUALITY COUNCIL
Coverage · No income or expenses were reported on this filing.
Client
- Location
- New York · United States of America
Registrant
- Description
- Leading national non-profit organization dediated to securing equality for LGBT families.
- Location
- New York, New York, United States of America
Lobbying activities
6 issuesCivil Rights/Civil Liberties
Lobbied in Support of the Equality Act to increase civil rights protections for LGBTQI+ individuals. Also lobbied in favor of the John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act and other nondiscrimination protections in the child welfare system for LGBTQ+ youth in care, prospective foster and adoptive parents, and families of origin. Pushing back on efforts to remove Protections for Transgender individuals in Federal law. And where appropriate in other bills, we lobby for nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people and families in government services and programs, schools, the child welfare system, and reproductive healthcare.
LobbyistsNIKHIL VASHEE · LUCE REMY
Covered position (NIKHIL VASHEE): Director of Education Law & Policy
Covered position (LUCE REMY): Vice President of Public Policy
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Education, Dept of · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · Justice, Dept of (DOJ) · Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
In general and on an ongoing basis, we support protections for women's bodily autonomy, reproductive freedom, and choice and reproductive freedom (including WHPA);Lobbied in favor of efforts in the Senate to pass the Access to Family Building Act, which establishes a statutory right for an individual to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, such as IVF, and for a healthcare provider to provide ART services.
LobbyistsLUCE REMY
