Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released new analysis on the impacts of anti-abortion policies four years after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v. Wade.
National Survey Reveals Maternal Health Care Failures; Women of Color Hit Hardest
Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families, in partnership with MomsRising and the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, released the fourth national Listening to Mothers survey, the most comprehensive of its kind in a decade. Based on responses from 3,857 mothers of infants and toddlers across the country, the report places the experiences of pregnant people and new mothers at the center of the maternal health conversation and policy debate.
Senate Confirms Nominees Who Vow To Protect Trump, not the American People
The Senate rushed to confirm 107 nominees who vow to protect Trump, not the American people: Berry, Panuccio, Christine and Stuart will do immeasurable harm.
Republican Budget Bill Will Harm Millions of Women and Families
The Senate has voted to advance a Republican Budget Bill that would undermine the health and economic security of 17 million people who rely on essential programs like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for health care coverage.
Supreme Court Limits Medicaid Patients’ Right to Choose Their Health Care Provider
Today, in a new decision (Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic), the Supreme Court has made it harder for people in South Carolina with Medicaid coverage to choose their health care provider and limited their ability to challenge that restriction in court. The decision now opens the door for other states to exclude Planned Parenthood from their state Medicaid programs.
Three Years Post-Dobbs: Abortion Bans & Criminalization Threaten More than 15 Million Women of Color
Our analysis finds that more than 15 million women of color live in states where abortion is banned or under threat, or where there are bills to criminalize people for having an abortion. The analysis has been updated to reflect an Ohio proposal that was introduced last week.
Trump Administration Refuses To Allow Pregnant Patients To Access Abortion in Medical Emergencies
When a health crisis or emergency arises, and when minutes and seconds can be the difference between life or death, it is critical to ensure that patients receive the care that they need quickly and without hesitation. This week, the Trump Administration made this task harder by revoking guidance clarifying that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) applies in cases where abortion care is necessary to stabilize a patient, even when there is a state abortion ban in place.
House Republican Plan Would Inflict Harm and Chaos for Millions of Women and Families
The House of Representatives voted today to advance a budget reconciliation package that would undermine the health and economic security of tens of millions of people who rely on essential programs like Medicaid, the ACA, SNAP, and the Child Tax Credit, all to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.
Energy & Commerce Committee Plan Would Be a Disastrous Cut in Care for 13.7 Million People
The National Partnership for Women & Families strongly condemns the proposal released by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee to gut Medicaid as part of a broader reconciliation package to fund tax cuts for billion dollar corporations and the ultra wealthy.
NPWF Condemns Plans to Eviscerate the Department of Health & Human Services
“The deceptive nature of the Trump Administration’s claim to care about ‘making America healthy again’ was laid bare by today’s announcement to fire 10,000 workers across the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) apparently without regard to the potential harms to the health and well-being of families and health care delivery overall.”
National Partnership for Women & Families Asks Court to Protect HIPAA Reproductive Health Privacy Rule
The NPWF has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 25 reproductive health, civil rights, and social justice organizations in State of Tennessee et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supporting reproductive health privacy protections.
New Analysis Shows Trump’s Plans to Slash Medicaid Will Harm Older Women – and the Economy
A new analysis released today by the National Partnership for Women & Families and Justice in Aging reveals congressional plans to cut $880 billion from Medicaid spending amounts to cutting off benefits for nearly 4.8 million recipients ages 65 and older annually.
Largest U.S. Survey of Birth Experiences to be Released Summer 2025
Today, Moms Rising/Mamás con Poder and Black Mamas Matter Alliance joined the National Partnership for Women & Families to announce Listening to Mothers IV, a nationwide initiative to hear directly from mothers about being pregnant, giving birth, and supporting themselves and their babies postpartum.
New Analysis: Abortion on State Ballots Could Impact 16.5 Million Women
Today, the National Partnership released a new analysis on the likely impacts of abortion access on state ballots in the November 2024 election. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two years ago continues to cause significant harm to millions across the nation.
EMTALA: Supreme Court Dismissal Leaves Pregnant Patients and Providers in Untenable Limbo
Today, the Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, dismissed for now a challenge to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act’s (EMTALA) protections for emergency abortion care in Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States.
Supreme Court Does Bare Minimum in Case That Never Should Have Happened
Today, the Supreme Court ruled the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine lacked standing to challenge the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, one of two medications commonly used in medication abortion.
Lack of Abortion Care Hurts Overall Health and Economic Well-Being
NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye testified as an expert witness in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights’ hearing on “Crossing the Line: Abortion Bans and Interstate Travel for Care After Dobbs.”
Report Details Voters’ Access to Ballot Box Restricted in States that Restrict Abortion
In our new report, Democracy & Abortion Access: Restrictive Voting Laws Threaten Freedoms, we found that the states with abortion bans and other severe restrictions are among the states with the most repressive voting measures.
NPWF Recognizes First Disability Reproductive Equity Day
We are joining advocates in recognizing the first Disability Reproductive Equity Day, a day dedicated to promoting the bodily autonomy and dignity of disabled people, on May 23, 2024.
State Abortion Bans Threaten Nearly Seven Million Black Women
Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) and In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda released a new analysis on the threats that nearly 7 million Black women face in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion.