Researchers recommend implementation of permanent emergency leave policy that is comprehensive and invests in public awareness and enforcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 21, 2023 – A new report released today by the National Partnership for Women &...
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New Census Data Show Policy Matters But There Is More Work to Do
by Katherine Gallagher Robbins | Sep 14, 2022 | Fair Pay
Public policy has the power to set women and families up for success, and new data released by the Census Bureau yesterday provide a critical look at where our country stands on the issues that matter most in determining just how successful they are. The data, which look at poverty, health insurance, and income in the United States, make clear that policy makers have unfinished business to take care of to make sure women and families have all the supports they need to live healthy and secure lives.
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Moms’ Equal Pay Day: Another Thing on the To-Do List
by Jessica Mason | Sep 8, 2022 | Fair Pay
Well, it’s Moms’ Equal Pay Day again. All the way in September. That’s right – a typical mother would have to work nine additional months into 2022 just to be paid what fathers made in 2021. And wow, has it been a tough nine months for moms in the United States.
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NEWS: Abortion pill providers experiment with ways to broaden access
by Repro Health Watch | Sep 8, 2022 | Repro Health Watch
As bans and restrictions proliferate across the country, abortion pill providers are pushing the envelope of regulations and laws to meet the surging demand for medication abortion in post-Roe America. Some are using physician discretion to prescribe pills to patients further along in pregnancy than the 10-week limit set by the Food and Drug Administration.
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NEWS: Nearly 1/3 low-income Asian women in states with limited abortion access
by Repro Health Watch | Sep 1, 2022 | Repro Health Watch
When a young Rohingya woman touched down in New York in 2018, she thought she had finally reached safety – the end to an arduous lifelong journey of fleeing persecution without much choice. […] “Getting an abortion had a financial cost to it, but now that cost has essentially tripled,” said Rachna Khare, the executive director of Daya, a Houston-area survivors organization.
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State Abortion Bans Could Harm More than 1.3 Million Asian American and Pacific Islander Women
by Katherine Gallagher Robbins | Aug 30, 2022 | Reproductive Rights
The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has harmed millions of people across the nation, impeding their access to abortion, disrupting their economic futures, and putting their health and even their lives at risk. The impact of this decision is particularly harmful for women of color, who are less likely to have insurance, and face economic barriers to accessing abortion.
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NEWS: States with abortion restrictions fail to support pregnant people
by Repro Health Watch | Aug 25, 2022 | Repro Health Watch
States that have enacted abortion restrictions or bans are doing little to “support the health and economic security of pregnant and birthing people and their families,” according to a new report from the National Partnership for Women & Families first shared with Axios.
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NEWS: New Biden abortion rights push addresses both women and men
by Repro Health Watch | Aug 18, 2022 | Repro Health Watch
“Cheered by a decisive win for abortion rights in a Kansas vote and eyeing November midterm elections, the White House is launching a push for abortion access that aims to influence men as well as women, sources with direct knowledge told Reuters.”
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NEWS: Online privacy in a post-Roe world
by Repro Health Watch | Aug 11, 2022 | Repro Health Watch
“The case of a Nebraska woman charged with helping her teenage daughter end her pregnancy after investigators obtained Facebook messages between the two has raised fresh concerns about data privacy in the post-Roe world.”
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NEWS: Biden signs second executive order to protect U.S. abortion access
by Repro Health Watch | Aug 4, 2022 | Repro Health Watch
“Joe Biden signed a second executive order on Wednesday that aims to protect access to reproductive healthcare after the US supreme court struck down the constitutional right to abortion.”
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Centering the Wellness & Mental Health of Communities of Color
by Ashi Arora | Jul 29, 2022 | Health Justice
In the fight towards equity and justice for women and families, we must acknowledge the factors that negatively impact communities of color’s well-being, which include but are not limited to collective, cultural, generational, and systemic trauma. Compounding that harm are the structural and cultural barriers to accessing culturally congruent, trauma-informed, anti-racist support and care exacerbate mental health challenges and inequities. We have compiled some resources that center the experiences, expertise, voices of communities of color.
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NEWS: Their medications cause pregnancy issues. Post-Roe, that could be dangerous
by Repro Health Watch | Jul 28, 2022 | Repro Health Watch
“Karen Kaiser says she will never forget her feelings of dread and sadness as she hurried past picket lines of antiabortion protesters in 2008. In the waiting room of a Maryland Planned Parenthood, “I remember crying,” she said. Kaiser had decided to have an abortion in part because she was taking a medication called Depakote to control her bipolar disorder.”
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NEWS: They had miscarriages, and new abortion laws obstructed treatment
by Repro Health Watch | Jul 21, 2022 | Repro Health Watch
“Last year, a 35-year-old woman named Amanda, who lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, had a miscarriage in the first trimester of her pregnancy. At a large hospital, a doctor performed a surgical procedure often used as a safe and quick method to remove tissue from a failed pregnancy… Eight months later,”