My family moved from Mexico to the United States in 1993 shortly after I was born. Texas became our home and there we built a life that was founded in perseverance and an unrelenting sense of hope.

by Adriano Perez | Apr 29, 2015 | Reproductive Rights
My family moved from Mexico to the United States in 1993 shortly after I was born. Texas became our home and there we built a life that was founded in perseverance and an unrelenting sense of hope.
"Because Equality" (video, 2-19, 2019)
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Statement of the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Women’s Law Center WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 24, 2025 – As advocates deeply committed to civil rights and gender justice, the National Partnership for Women & Families and...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 17, 2025 – For decades, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has played a pivotal role, protecting the rights of...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 27, 2025 – “The deceptive nature of the Trump Administration’s claim to care about ‘making America healthy again’ was laid bare by today’s...
Speaker Johnson has long claimed to be a pro-family champion. However, his recent actions to stymie efforts to allow U.S. Representatives who are new parents to vote by proxy after welcoming a child are anything but pro-family. The Proxy Voting for New Parents...
People in States With Abortion Bans Are Twice as Likely To Die During Pregnancy The 19th, April 23, 2025 Pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, a report released Wednesday...
This April marks the 8th annual Medicaid Awareness Month. This year, the commemoration is more crucial than ever. Medicaid gives people access to essential health care and support when they need it most, but enormous Republican-proposed cuts would jeopardize the...
FACT SHEET | A look at the wage gap for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women by ethnic subgroup, and what that gap means for them and their families.
ISSUE BRIEF | Four lawsuits from anti-abortion extremists challenging the 2024 HIPAA Privacy Rule are jeopardizing health privacy and threatening to put pregnant people at even greater risk of criminalization for their reproductive care.
REPORT | Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men, and that gap is widest for women of color. This persistent, pervasive wage gap is driven in part by gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and...