More than three million disabled women live in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion since Dobbs WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 1, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) released a new analysis on post-Dobbs America,...
Black Maternal Health Week 2024: The Legacy of Black Maternal Wisdom
by Jessica Bates | Apr 17, 2024 | Maternal Health
To tell the story of reproductive justice without the long history of the labor of Black women’s bodies is to do a disservice to the reproductive justice movement.
NEWS: What we know about the Arizona abortion ban
by Repro Health Watch | Apr 11, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
Arizona’s highest court upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for women’s health care and election-year politics in a critical battleground state.
It’s Tax Season. Who’s Budgeting for Women’s Futures?
by Jessica Mason | Apr 10, 2024 | Congressional Relations
Recent budget proposals by the Biden administration and Republicans in Congress show how the two parties plan to support – or not – women and families.
HHS Must Finalize Updated 504 Regulations
by Marissa Ditkowsky | Apr 8, 2024 | Health Justice
In September 2023, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services proposed a rule updating disability discrimination regulations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for the first time in almost 40 years.
What Does the Jobs Report – and My Grandmother’s Cookbook – Tell Us About the Care Economy? | #JobsDay April 2024
by Katherine Gallagher Robbins | Apr 5, 2024 | Fair Pay
For Care Workers Recognition Month, we look at how caregiving jobs are faring in today’s economy – and why care work is personal for so many people.
NEWS: Florida court allows 6-week abortion ban, but voters will get to weigh in
by Repro Health Watch | Apr 4, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
The Florida Supreme Court overturned decades of legal precedent on Monday in ruling that the State Constitution’s privacy protections do not extend to abortion, effectively allowing Florida to ban the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy.
Bridging the Divide: How Businesses are Investing in Equal Pay and Gender Equity
by Jesse Matton | Mar 29, 2024 | Fair Pay
Businesses play a key role in reducing the gender wage gap.
NEWS: Supreme Court skeptical of challenge to mifepristone
by Repro Health Watch | Mar 28, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
In the first abortion-related case before the Supreme Court since its 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a majority of the justices appeared to express skepticism that a coalition of anti-abortion doctors had the right to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s 2016 and 2021 decisions to expand access to mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortion.
Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women Who Advocate for DEI
by Hodan Deria, Anagha Sreevals, Aimee Peoples | Mar 27, 2024 | Other
To commemorate this year’s Women’s History Month theme, which celebrates women who advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), the DEIA team explored their reflections of the significance of this month and its dedicated theme.
113 Years Later, We Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
by Marissa Ditkowsky | Mar 25, 2024 | Fair Pay
Today, we remember one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history – the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Over 100 workers, mostly young, immigrant women and girls, died.
Women’s History Unsung Hero: Celebrating the Advocacy of Florynce Kennedy
by Hodan Deria | Mar 22, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
To commemorate Women’s History Month, Hodan Deria, 2024 Spring DEIA Intern highlights Florynce “Flo” Kennedy for her life-long dedication to advocacy. Through her activism for civil rights, feminism, and LGBTQ+ rights, Kennedy’s legacy continues to inspire and inform discussions on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
NEWS: Why abortion in the U.S. is on the rise
by Repro Health Watch | Mar 21, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
To understand the evolving landscape for abortion in the United States, you have to consider two seemingly contradictory things.