“I think back to when I was younger when we were sick, how my parents didn’t get to take time off to take care of us,” [Linfield College] sophomore Raul Sanchez said.
Heitkamp meets with women business leaders – The Jamestown Sun
[Sen. Heidi] Heitkamp also said the proposed Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, or FAMILY Act, would allow small businesses to offer the same family leave benefits now offered by large businesses. This would help make working for small businesses more attractive.
An American dad in Sweden now has plenty of family time – NBC
Children spending more quality time with their fathers has a cascade of social benefits, according to the Swedish government, but it also allows women to pursue their careers and become more active members of the workforce.
Family leave is a Catholic issue – U.S. Catholic
Being openly dedicated to the betterment of employees and their families remains a gold standard for Catholic organizations that align themselves with the Catholic mission. Some Catholic companies have begun to go beyond FMLA regulations to further support employees and their families.
The Supreme Court Should #EndTheLies – Ms. Magazine
“[This is] about the simple proposition that women seeking health care deserve the truth,” Debra L. Ness, the President of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said. “Women deserve unbiased information about their health care options. We have the right to transparent, truthful health information.”
Lawmakers Push to Expand Paid Family Leave in Rhode Island – Associated Press
The bill would also make caregivers of a sibling or grandchild eligible. It would increase the amount that people who [earn] less than double the minimum wage can receive when claiming temporary caregiver insurance.
Millennials Struggling to Care for Aging Baby Boomer Parents Call for Better Paid Leave – TIME
One positive aspect of so many millennials taking on caregiving responsibilities, experts say, is that it may force lawmakers and companies to start paying attention.
Jersey City to offer paid parental leave for municipal workers – Jersey Journal
Jersey City municipal workers will be eligible for paid parental leave, thanks to an executive order signed by Mayor Steve Fulop.
‘A Tremendous Achievement;’ Women’s Leader Applauds Starbucks for Reaching Gender, Race Parity in U.S. Wages
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘Women Deserve the Truth;’ States Must Be Allowed to Regulate Anti-Abortion Fake Clinics
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Civil Rights Chief At HHS Defends The Right To Refuse Care On Religious Grounds – NPR
[Judith] Lichtman is a senior adviser to the National Partnership for Women & Families. She says [Roger] Severino’s actions … suggest he intends to protect people who want to discriminate against women who want birth control or abortions, which she points out are legal health care services.
How paid leave affects families and not just those having babies – Deseret News
If Utah offered paid family leave, [Jasmine] Parker says she’d have a buffer — time to deal with crises in her own immediate family, time for a vacation, time to just breathe. “It would be amazing,” she says. “I think I’m probably like a lot of people. Sometimes, it feels pretty overwhelming.”
‘A Passionate, Powerful Champion for Women’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families, on the Passing of Rep. Louise Slaughter
Local Connection: Paid Family Leave – Hawaii News Now
We should not be asking families to choose between losing their income and caring for family members when they are ill.
New Report: In a Large Majority of States, ‘Bad Medicine’ Abortion Restrictions Undermine Abortion Care and Access
At this time when the Trump administration is using every lever at its disposal to limit women’s access to reproductive health care and roll back our rights, states too are passing laws that disregard science and evidence-based policies in ways that threaten...
New Report: In a Large Majority of States, ‘Bad Medicine’ Abortion Restrictions Undermine Abortion Care and Access – MarketWatch – MarketWatch
“When anti-abortion lawmakers actively promote junk science and enshrine it into statute, women suffer,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, vice president for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership. “Bad medicine abortion restrictions are the result of this kind of harmful, ideological policymaking, and it must stop.”
‘We’re in the 19th century’: Tammy Duckworth on motherhood and the Senate – The Guardian
“We seem to have this view that paid family leave is some sort of touchy-feely women’s only policy,” [Sen.] Duckworth said. “This isn’t just an entitlement. It’s really an economic imperative for our nation.”
Paid family and medical leave is necessary to protect Americans – Albuquerque Journal
Having enough time to establish a breastfeeding relationship prior to returning to work represents one of a multitude of reasons why paid family medical leave is an issue central to the health of New Mexican families.
A New Study Shows How Other Countries Are Making Paid Leave Work – Slate
Jody Heymann, the study’s senior author, says it’s clear that if the U.S. implemented a program aligning with the study’s findings, “families would be less likely to fall into poverty, women would have better economic outcomes in terms of their earnings, which contributes to family earnings, and the U.S. would be every bit as able to compete and have as low an unemployment rate.”
Media Advisory: What’s Needed to Create an Effective U.S. Paid Leave Policy? New Report Has Answers, Based on Analysis of Medical Evidence and 5,500+ Studies of Policies in U.S. States and Other Countries
Tomorrow, at a time of unprecedented bipartisan attention to how best to address the nation’s lack of paid family and medical leave, the National Partnership for Women & Families will convene an audio news conference to discuss a comprehensive new report on...
