Black Women’s Unemployment Has Skyrocketed. Here’s What Happened. – The 19th
“In the first year of the second Trump administration, there has been a barrage of harmful executive orders, the appointment of dangerous and unqualified political nominees, and the unprecedented firing of federal employees, along with restructuring or near elimination of many federal agencies.”
One Year In: 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families – Ms. Magazine
“In the first year of the second Trump administration, there has been a barrage of harmful executive orders, the appointment of dangerous and unqualified political nominees, and the unprecedented firing of federal employees, along with restructuring or near elimination of many federal agencies.”
Sen. Patty Murray: GOP Abortion Pill Hearing Is “Really About” a Nationwide Ban – Mother Jones
“A National Partnership for Women & Families analysis from June warned that 131 rural hospitals with labor and delivery units are at risk of closing altogether due to Republican-led cuts to Medicaid through President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’”
Some Americans Say They’ll Go Without Health Insurance as ACA Rates Spike – CBS News
“Since its introduction in 2010, the ACA has been instrumental in cutting the share of uninsured Americans from approximately 15% to 8%, according to Nima Sheth, vice president of health justice at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit advocacy group.”
Trump Administration Implements Its First National Abortion Ban – Jezebel
“Further, with more than a dozen states having a near or total abortion ban, the VA remained the last place for veterans to receive abortion services—and most of these abortion-banned states are where more than half of all women veterans live, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Medical Bias Against Pregnant Black Women Is Going Viral, but It Is not New – URL Media
“While a lot of the states have the goal of reducing maternal health disparities and know the disproportionate impact on Black birthing people in particular,” said Amani Echols, lead author of the analysis and Senior Manager of Maternal and Infant Health at NPWF.
Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet – Tech Policy Press
“The National Partnership for Women & Families points out that, ‘Sensitive personal records have already been used to prosecute reproductive health activities and adverse pregnancy outcomes like stillbirths and miscarriages.'”
Will a Lapse in ACA Subsidies Imperil Black Maternal Health? – POLITICO
“As Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership on Women & Families, sees it, the treatment Wells received was reprehensible. ‘This was not a new story. It is an old story, and it is something that is entirely preventable, and that is even more frustrating.’”
Privacy Concerns Linger in Reproductive Health Care Despite HIPAA Lawsuit’s Dismissal – News From the States
“Ashley Kurzweil, senior policy analyst for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families, said the dual threat that Paxton’s lawsuit presented was alarming on a much wider scale than just reproductive health care, so it is a relief that the case is dismissed.”
Black Women Are in an Employment Crisis. The Solution Isn’t Ideal. – URL Media
“Since August, Black women’s unemployment rates are up from 6.3 to 6.7 percent, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
