Maternal Health
This Earth Day, Let’s Treat Environmental Justice as a Gender Equity Issue

This Earth Day, Let’s Treat Environmental Justice as a Gender Equity Issue

As we celebrate Earth Day and reflect on the steps we can all take to protect our planet, it’s important to highlight that climate change doesn’t impact everyone equally. Decades of racist policies – from housing to infrastructure to economic policies – often restricted low-income communities and communities of color to areas with more environmental hazards and heavy pollution.

Braidwood v. Becerra Poses New Threat to Women and Families

Braidwood v. Becerra Poses New Threat to Women and Families

No-Cost Preventive Services in Danger
In Braidwood Management, Judge O’Connor ruled unconstitutional a key provision of the ACA preventive health services requirement. This would undermine access to cost-free coverage for chronic disease screenings, cancer screenings, and vaccinations that over 150 million people benefit from.

NEWS: No, Justice Alito, reproductive justice is in the Constitution

NEWS: No, Justice Alito, reproductive justice is in the Constitution

Editor’s Note: The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and reverse a legal precedent of nearly 50 years is no surprise. The willingness of the Court’s majority to disrespect the importance of women’s autonomy and catapult them backwards into a 19th century, second-class status speaks volumes about the majority’s lack of respect for women’s equality and individual dignity.

Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week 2022

Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week 2022

Black Maternal Health Week was created to raise awareness of the root causes of poor maternal health outcomes for Black women and to inspire activism in support of Black-led maternal health initiatives. Founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, the goals of Black Maternal Health Week are to: Deepen the national conversation about Black maternal health in the US…

Stabilize Housing, Improve Women’s Health

Healing with HEAA

Supporting the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) should be a no-brainer. This bill would help eliminate racial and ethnic health and health care disparities.