“Harris-Perry cites a 2015 report from the National Partnership for Women and Families to emphasize this point: one in four Black women live in poverty, a rate two-and-a-half times that of white women. As the report says, “In spite of consistently leading all women in labor market participation, Black women are among the most likely in America to be poor.””
“There can be no question that abortion was on the ballot this midterm election. Last night, we witnessed major victories for women and all those who respect liberty,” the National Partnership for Women and Families said in a post-election press release.
“A report from the National Partnership for Women and Families also stated that Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related deaths or complications compared to women of other races and this spans income and education levels.”
Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, a non-partisan non-profit, said voters on Tuesday had “rejected the false narrative that too often treats women and the issues they care about as separate from the economy”.
“More than 6.5 million Latinas – or 42% of Latinas ages 15 to 49 – live in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion, according to the report by the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice.”
“‘Anybody who is capable of getting pregnant at some point in their life may need or want an abortion,’ said Shaina Goodman, director for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families, and report co-author ‘…That being said, there are people who are disproportionately harmed, and those are people who live at the intersection of multiple historically marginalized identities where there are real structural barriers to get care.'”
“A study by the National Partnership for Women & Families found that nearly 57 percent of all Black women and 53 percent of all women with disabilities live in the states that have already banned, or are likely to ban, abortion. It also found that the economic security of women and families already experiencing discrimination could be further threatened.”
“Anyone who is capable of getting pregnant at some point may need abortion care,” the director for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families, Shaina Goodman, said in an interview. “The breakdown of the data is really about telling a story about who is harmed. It’s moms, it’s moms with young kids, it’s people who are struggling to make ends meet.”
Nobody should be expected to go through these procedures without anesthesia, Venicia Gray, senior manager for maternal and infant health at the nonprofit National Partnership for Women & Families, told Axios.
A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, first shared with NBC News, found that close to 6.5 million Latinas (42% of all Latinas ages 15-49) live in 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortions after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade this summer.
“In 2021, the median pay for full-time women workers was about 83% of men’s pay, according to federal data, and women make less than their male counterparts in nearly all fields. For women of color, the numbers are even worse. A report by the National Partnership for Women and Families found that Black women make 64 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. For Latina women, it’s 54 cents and for Native American women, it’s just 51 cents.”
According to The National Partnership for Women & Families, the current gender wage gap is “even larger when measured over the long term because women are often pushed to spend time out of the workforce, in part due to caregiving.” This is compounded by the perception that workers are less committed to their jobs when they take parental leave, especially for men.
Shaina Goodman, director for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women and Families, emphasized that states with restrictive constellations of health and economic policies for pregnant and postpartum people, like abortion bans, no Medicaid coverage expansion for adults or postpartum people, and a lack of economic policies like paid leave and childcare, are also the states with high levels of maternity care deserts.
Vasu Reddy, senior policy counsel for economic justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families, says that opponents of paid leave include big businesses, trade associations, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “These groups continue to say that paid leave will be a burden on small businesses, but it’s not true,” she says. “We have reams of evidence to show that paid leave does not have a negative impact on small companies. Every state that has passed it has seen reduced worker turnover and less need to recruit and train new personnel. In fact, a recent survey found that at least 70 percent of small business owners support paid family and medical leave.”
“Paid Leave for All Action and the National Partnership for Women and Families Action Fund will release a scorecard ranking members of Congress on their support of paid leave.”
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According to a 2018 report from the National Partnership for Women & Families, Black women are also more likely to experience maternal health complications throughout their pregnancies. Additionally, hospitals serving mostly Black communities provide lower-quality care, performing worse on 12 out of 15 types of birth outcomes, including elective deliveries, non-elective cesarean births, and maternal mortality. Additionally, the same report finds that Black women experience higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, which can negatively impact their maternal and infant health outcomes. Compared with white women, Black women are also more likely to be uninsured, more likely to face greater financial barriers to care, and less likely to access prenatal care.
“A 2021 study by National Partnership for Women & Families says pay for full-time Black women in 25 states ranges from 49 to 68 cents for every dollar paid to a white man.”
“I think what is immediately evident when you attend those meetings is that she is very much involved in the conversation,” Jocelyn Frye, an ally of the Biden administration who is president of the advocacy group National Partnership for Women and Families.
“Adding to these complexities is the fact that postpartum care remains woefully inadequate in the US. According to the National Partnership for Women & Families, only 19% of Americans have access to paid family leave through their employers, and only 40% have personal medical leave through short-term disability insurance. That means more than half of Americans don’t have the ability to take off from work to care for their new baby, properly recover, and adjust to their new normal.”
“The National Partnership for Women & Families said more than 4 million Ohio workers are without paid family leave as of February of this year.”
