FACT SHEET | Judge Barrett's elevation to the country’s highest court would be disastrous for all of us in regards to our civil and human rights, but is especially dangerous for women of color who live at the intersection of multiple oppressions.
Past as Present: America’s Sordid History of Medical Reproductive Abuse and Experimentation
FACT SHEET | Recently, accounts of forced hysterectomies at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, have sparked widespread alarm and condemnation.
Executive Summary: Improving Our Maternity Care Now
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | We have identified three reliably high-quality forms of maternal and newborn care, as well as one promising, emerging model.
Bad Medicine: The Government’s Restriction on Medication Abortion
ISSUE BRIEF | Governmental attacks on women’s reproductive health are escalating, putting ideology above science. But the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has an opportunity to help remedy this dire situation, and to enable – rather than impede – people’s access to...
Improving Our Maternity Care Now
REPORT | Four care models decisionmakers must implement for healthier moms and babies
Latinos and Their Families Need Paid Sick Days
FACT SHEET | More than half of Latino workers—an estimated 15 million people—are unable to earn a single paid sick day.
Spotlight on Success: Commonsense Childbirth
CASE STUDY | An independent evaluation of 256 Commonsense Childbirth clients found that their approach to care greatly reduced, and even eliminated, inequities that pervade our standard approach to maternity care.
Know Your Rights for Parents and Educators: Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS | The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) contains important paid sick days and paid leave provisions that may help parents and educators by providing many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave for certain...
Paid Leave Is Critical for Public Health
FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the devastating ripple effect that the lack of social support systems has on the health of workers, the health of our country and the economy.
Clean Water Visual Factsheet
FACT SHEET | Companion piece to the 2020 report, Clean Water and Reproductive Justice: Lack of Access Harms Women of Color
Clean Water and Reproductive Justice: Lack of Access Harms Women of Color
REPORT | Frequently, Black, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, lower-income communities, rural communities, and communities living at the intersections of these identities struggle daily to access safe, affordable water, and their health is...
Working People Need Continued Investment in Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave
TALKING POINTS | Too many Americans are not able to take time off work to care for themselves or a loved one without risking a job or paycheck.
Letter to Congress: Policy recommendations for COVID-19 relief
Letter to Congress: Policy recommendations for COVID-19 relief
Americans’ Awareness of and Intentions to Use New Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Days Protections
POLLING | New polling data on Americans’ awareness of and intentions to use new paid family leave and paid sick days protections included in coronavirus legislation.
Know Your Rights: Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus (Simplified Chinese)
Simplified Chinese | With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave.
Know Your Rights: Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus (Traditional Chinese)
Traditional Chinese | With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave.
New Polling Confirms Strong, Broad Support for Paid Family and Medical Leave
The FAMILY Act, a comprehensive paid family medical leave proposal, continues to win high levels of support, even after voters hear about costs. Just-released polling finds that 75 percent of voters would support a national paid family and medical leave policy that...
Conoce tus derechos: Permisos pagados por enfermedad y permisos para cuidado infantil durante el coronavirus
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS | La pandemia del coronavirus está afectando a casi todo el país y la Ley de Respuesta al Coronavirus ‘Familias Primero’ (FFCRA) les da a muchos trabajadores el derecho a solicitar permisos pagados por enfermedad y permisos familiares pagados en...
Know Your Rights: Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus
With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave.
Expanding Paid Sick Days and Paid Family & Medical Leave in Response to COVID-19
FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the universal need for — and far from universal access to — paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in the United States.
