Victory for pregnant workers!

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is now the law of the land.

Victory for pregnant workers!

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is now the law of the land.

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Tell Congress: Vote now on the EACH Act!

The EACH Act guarantees coverage for abortion without restrictions based on how much money we earn, how we are insured, or where we live. Urge Congress to vote YES on the EACH Act.

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The National Partnership for Women & Families is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to make life better for women and families.

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HEALTH JUSTICE

Black Maternal Health Crisis

Too many Black women are dying in pregnancy and childbirth. We need systemic change to end this crisis and ensure communities are healthier and more responsive to Black women’s needs.

Threats On All Fronts

Every person should have the freedom to decide if, when, and how to raise a family. But many people in the United States face limits on this freedom – especially women of color, women with disabilities or with low incomes, transgender and nonbinary people, and those who are multiply marginalized. They face threats on all fronts when it comes to abortion access and policies necessary to thrive.

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The National Partnership is on the front lines fighting for health and economic justice, reproductive rights, women’s equality, and more.  

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NEWS: U.S. state abortion legislation to watch in 2023

“A federal appeals court on Wednesday seemed prepared to limit access to a key abortion medication first approved more than two decades ago, expressing deep skepticism that the government followed the proper process when it loosened regulations to make the pill more readily available.”

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New & Noteworthy

Historic Investments in Good Infrastructure Jobs Can't Leave Women Behind

The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides one of the most significant investments in the creation of good jobs in recent years. However, without intentional efforts to address occupational segregation in the key industries funded by the law, women could miss out on more than a million jobs in the next decade.

State Abortion Bans Threaten 6.5 Million Latinas

Latinas are the largest group of women of color living under current or likely abortion bans. Nearly 6.5 million Latinas-42 percent of them between 15 and 49 years old live in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion. Our new analysis details the ways in which the overturn of Roe v. Wade harms Latinas.

Improving Our Maternity Care Now

The U.S. maternity care system fails to provide many childbearing people and newborns with equitable, respectful, safe, effective, and affordable care. More people die per capita as a result of pregnancy and childbirth in this country than in any other high-income country.

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