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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Disabled employment is at a record high, but disparities remain
by Marissa Ditkowsky, Anwesha Majumder | Feb 22, 2024 | Fair Pay
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual data about disabled people in the U.S. workforce. The data reveal a continued upward trend in disabled employment. However, inequities remain for disabled people, particularly disabled women and disabled people of color.
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NEWS: Alabama Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children, Raising Questions About Fertility Care
by Repro Health Watch | Feb 22, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
An Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children has sent shock waves through the world of reproductive medicine, casting doubt over fertility care for would-be parents in the state and raising complex legal questions with implications extending far beyond Alabama.
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“The Math Ain’t Mathing”: Black Women in Hollywood and the Wage Gap
by Brittany Williams | Feb 16, 2024 | Fair Pay
In light of Taraji P. Henson’s recent interview with Gayle King, this piece discusses how Hollywood continues to undervalue and under pay Black Women actors.
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NEWS: Anti-Abortion Centers Raked in $1.4bn in Year Roe Fell
by Repro Health Watch | Feb 15, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
Anti-abortion facilities raked in at least $1.4bn in revenue in the 2022 fiscal year, the year Roe v. Wadefell – a staggering haul that includes at least $344m in government money, according to a memo analyzing the centers’ tax documents that was compiled by a pro-abortion rights group and shared exclusively with the Guardian.
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Toward Maternity Care APMs That Improve Outcomes And Equity
by Carol Sakala, Megan Burns | Feb 13, 2024 | Maternal Health
One leading strategy for confronting the maternal health crisis is to advance payment and delivery reforms with the specific aim of improving maternal-newborn outcomes and increasing equity.
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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.