“We strongly urge Senators this week to vote yes on Sen. Brian Schatz’s motion to include the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA) in the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference agreement. Passing FEPLA, which was included in the...
Shameful: Partisan Politics Block Another Highly Qualified Judicial Nominee
by Debra L. Ness | Dec 7, 2011 | Supreme Court and Judicial Nominations
All year, we’ve seen partisan politics impede the progress America needs — from jobs to anti-discrimination measures to work and family advances to the safety net.
Honoring the Nation’s Family Caregivers with the Policies They Need
by Vicki Shabo | Nov 23, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
When President Obama proclaimed November National Family Caregivers Month this year, he described family caregiving as “heroic work… often done while caregivers balance other commitments to their families, jobs, and communities.”
Birth Control Under Attack
by Debra L. Ness | Nov 22, 2011 | Reproductive Rights
Anti-choice extremists are trying to undermine women’s right to birth control under the Affordable Care Act.
New Study: Lack of Paid Sick Days Contributed to Millions of H1N1 Cases
by Debra L. Ness | Nov 22, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that various racial and ethnic groups were at greater risk of exposure to H1N1 during the pandemic because they didn’t have access to paid sick days.
Keep Medicaid Safe to Keep Women Healthy!
by Debra L. Ness | Nov 18, 2011 | Other
With a little over a week for the Congressional super committee to complete its work, we must raise our voices to ensure Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are protected in the final deficit reduction package.
Tell Congress That Preserving Medicaid is Critically Important to Women and Families
by Danielle Garrett, National Women's Law Center | Nov 18, 2011 | Other
The deadline for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (The Super-Committee) to reach an agreement is fast approaching.
Super Committee and Health Care: How Potential Cuts to Medicaid Could Harm Low-Income Women and Girls
by Davida Silverman, NHeLP | Nov 18, 2011 | Other
“Shared sacrifices.” “Tough decisions.” “Everything is on the table.” This is the rhetoric being used to describe the Super Committee’s daunting task of reducing the national deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next ten years.
Dear Supercommittee: There’s Nothing “Super” about Cutting Medicaid
by Andrea Friedman | Nov 18, 2011 | Other
As a nation, our conversations often revolve around “family values.” Yet when it comes to showing that we truly value families, politicians sometimes fall short.
A Blog Rally to Protect Medicaid
by Andrea Friedman | Nov 18, 2011 | Reproductive Rights
There’s been a lot in the news lately about the so-called “supercommittee” in Congress, which has been tasked with trimming more than a trillion dollars from the federal deficit. It’s the supercommittee’s job to figure out which programs will get the budget axe.
How Washington’s Budget Priorities Injure Immigrant Women
by Debra L. Ness | Nov 17, 2011 | ACA
Many women in the United States take a huge step forward under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Paid Sick Days: Healthier Families, More Than $1 Billion in Savings
by Vicki Shabo | Nov 17, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
Paid Sick Days and Health: Cost Savings from Reduced Emergency Room Visits finds that, regardless of workers’ access to health insurance, there are undeniable connections between the ways in which private sector workers use the health care system and whether they have access to paid sick days.
Why Now is the Time to Support, Not Undermine, Medicaid
by Debra L. Ness | Nov 17, 2011 | Other
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), as the only national organization advocating for reproductive justice and health for millions of Latinas, their families and their communities, strongly urges the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or “Supercommittee” to reexamine their logic when considering cuts or reforms to Medicaid in order to achieve deficit reduction.