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One Historic Vote, One Big Problem to Fix

by Lisa Lederer | Nov 8, 2009 |

Statement of Debra L. Ness, President National Partnership for Women & Families

Nation’s Top Paid Sick Days Experts React to House Introduction Of Emergency Influenza Containment Act

by Lisa Lederer | Nov 3, 2009 |

Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families

Next Steps After Maria Shriver Report: More than 40 Organizations to Release “Valuing Families Agenda”

by Lisa Lederer | Oct 20, 2009 |

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New Analysis Shows Unpaid Care Work in the U.S. is Worth More Than $1 Trillion Each Year

Asian women and Latinas spend the most time on unpaid caregiving per capita WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 27, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) released a new analysis today, finding that Americans’ unpaid care work –...

EMTALA: Supreme Court Dismissal Leaves Pregnant Patients and Providers in Untenable Limbo

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 27, 2024 – Today, the Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, dismissed for now a challenge to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act’s...

Supreme Court Does Bare Minimum in Case That Never Should Have Happened

SCOTUS Rules Anti-Abortion Group Lacks Standing to Bring Suit WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 13, 2024 – Today, the Supreme Court ruled the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine lacked standing to challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of...

NEWS: Abortion bans have delayed emergency medical care. In Georgia, experts say this mother’s death was preventable.

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable. ProPublica, September 16, 2024 In her final hours, Amber Nicole Thurman suffered from a grave infection that her suburban Atlanta hospital was well-equipped...

NEWS: Here’s what Harris and Trump said about abortion in the 2024 presidential debate

Here’s What Harris and Trump Said About Abortion in the 2024 Presidential Debate TIME, September 10, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump lambasted one another over their stances on abortion during the presidential debate Tuesday night....

Digital Surveillance Supercharges Abortion Criminalization. Closing the Data Broker Loophole Is Urgent

When you visit a reproductive health clinic or have a telehealth meeting online with a doctor in the United States, the medical professionals you interact with are generally prohibited from sharing your health data without permission. But that privacy doesn’t extend...

With Abortion on the Ballot in November, 16.5 Million Women Could be Impacted

In the November 2024 election, abortion access will be on the ballot in 10 states. Our analysis shows that more than 16.5 million women of reproductive age – 21.9 percent of all women of reproductive age in the U.S. – could be impacted by changes to...

Disabled Women and the Wage Gap

Our analysis finds that disabled women workers overall are only paid 50 cents for every dollar a nondisabled man makes, due to a long legacy of ableism and discrimination.

Paid Leave Will Help Close the Gender Wage Gap

FACT SHEET | The wage gap illustrates the high cost women are paying for our nation’s policy failure, including our lack of paid family and medical leave to support family caregiving, which is still most often performed by women.

One Historic Vote, One Big Problem to Fix

Nation’s Top Paid Sick Days Experts React to House Introduction Of Emergency Influenza Containment Act

Next Steps After Maria Shriver Report: More than 40 Organizations to Release “Valuing Families Agenda”

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