Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 22, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a regulation that would strengthen the Health Insurance...
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NEWS: Florida Supreme Court to Hear Pivotal Battle Over Abortion
by Repro Health Watch | Feb 8, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
Florida abortion rights groups are heading to the state Supreme Court this week as part of their effort to put abortion protections on the ballot in November.
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Democracy & Abortion Access: How Underrepresentation of Women in State Legislatures Threatens Freedom
by Jocelyn Frye | Feb 5, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
When the Supreme Court handed down the damaging Dobbs decision, it did not just strip millions of people of their reproductive choices… The Court also deepened the effects of long-standing, systemic efforts to silence the voices of women in our democracy.
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Black women still face inequities in today’s strong labor market | #JobsDay February 2024
by Katherine Gallagher Robbins | Feb 2, 2024 | Fair Pay
January’s jobs report shows another strong job month for the economy, but persistent inequities underscore the need to center Black women in our economic policymaking.
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NEWS: Supreme Court Sets Date for High-Stakes Abortion Pill Oral Arguments
by Repro Health Watch | Feb 1, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
The Supreme Court on Monday set a date for one of the highest-stakes and closest-watched cases of the term – announcing it will hear oral arguments on how patients can access mifepristone, the commonly used abortion pill, on March 26.
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Fifteen Years After Ledbetter, Here’s Why We Need to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
by Brittany Williams, Molly Kozlowski | Jan 26, 2024 | Fair Pay
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was an important step towards closing the wage gap. Since 2009, the wage gap has shrunk by 7 cents. Despite the progress made, there is far more work to be done to eliminate the wage gap that robs the United States’ economy of over 1 trillion dollars a year.
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NEWS: Harris, Biden Deliver Fiery Message on Abortion Rights
by Repro Health Watch | Jan 25, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
Vice President Harris framed the fight for abortion access in searing terms in this battleground state Monday afternoon, highlighting what she called “the horrific reality that women are facing every single day” since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade 18 months ago.
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Did the economy deliver for women in 2023? Will it in 2024? | #JobsDay January 2024
by Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Anwesha Majumder | Jan 25, 2024 | Fair Pay
The economy ended 2023 strong, but women of color are not getting their fair share.
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In the Year of the Union, Black women and Latinas lead union growth in 2023
by Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Anwesha Majumder | Jan 24, 2024 | Fair Pay
Latinas see the largest increase in union membership rates among women despite little change in overall share of union membership.
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Reflections on Where We Are Post-Dobbs
by Meera Rajput | Jan 22, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
Monday, January 22, marks the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade – and while this should have been a day to honor and reflect how far we have come since Roe was decided, it is now a day to lament what we have lost.
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NEWS: Ohio Woman Who Suffered Miscarriage at Home Will Not Be Criminally Charged
by Repro Health Watch | Jan 18, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
An Ohio woman who suffered a miscarriage and left the nonviable fetus at home will not be criminally charged, a grand jury decided Thursday, dismissing a case that highlighted the extent to which women can be prosecuted when their pregnancy ends – whether by abortion or miscarriage.
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NEWS: SCOTUS Allows Idaho to Keep Banning Abortion in Nearly All Cases
by Repro Health Watch | Jan 11, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
The Supreme Court has allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, which applies to medical emergencies. The decision arrived on Friday as a legal battle over reproductive rights rages on in the state, and is the first time the high court weighed in on Idaho’s abortion ban since the overturning of Roe v. Wade
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NEWS: The states where abortion could be on the ballot in 2024
by Repro Health Watch | Dec 21, 2023 | Repro Health Watch
Seven states have directly voted on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 — and abortion rights advocates are so far undefeated with ballot measures.