FACT SHEET | In maternity care, ample opportunities exist to change the way care is provided to better serve women and babies.
Advancing Health Equity: Addressing the Role of Structural Racism
ISSUE BRIEF | In the United States, health and racism are inextricably linked. Racism and discrimination are deeply ingrained in the social, political, and economic fabric of our society and have a harmful impact on individuals and communities of color.
Paid Sick Days Enhance Women’s Abortion Access and Economic Security
ISSUE BRIEF | Paid sick days laws could give a woman seeking abortion care the time she needs to travel to a clinic, receive care and recover without risking financial insecurity from the loss of several days' pay or her job.
Improving Maternal Health Outcomes Requires Bold Congressional Action
FACT SHEET | The United States is currently experiencing a maternal health crisis. Bold legislation is required to significantly improve outcomes and save women’s lives.
Despite Significant Gains, Women of Color Have Lower Rates of Health Insurance Than White Women
FACT SHEET | Pervasive coverage disparities remain for women of color, despite significant health insurance gains since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Health insurance provides access to the care women of color need to get and stay healthy, including...
Tackling Maternal Health Disparities: A Look at Four Local Organizations with Innovative Approaches
ISSUE BRIEF | Community-based maternal care models can help to narrow the disparities in maternal health outcomes by providing expanded prenatal, childbirth and postpartum support that is respectful and culturally relevant to at-risk women.
S. 109: The End of Abortion Coverage
FACT SHEET | S. 109, the deceptively titled "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act," introduced by Sen. Wicker (R-M.S.), is radical legislation that threatens women's access to medical care.
Bad Medicine: Admitting Privileges Requirement Undermines Abortion Access in Louisiana
FACT SHET | Abortion access in Louisiana is hanging by a thread as we anticipate what will happen in the state if an admitting privileges requirement is allowed to go into effect.
Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda Is Undermining Abortion Care and Access in Oklahoma
ISSUE BRIEF | Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda is Undermining Abortion Care and Access, a 2018 report by the National Partnership for Women & Families, finds that a large majority of states have one or more of these “bad medicine” laws. Oklahoma is a key...
Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda Is Undermining Abortion Care and Access in Kansas
ISSUE BRIEF | Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda is Undermining Abortion Care and Access, a 2018 report by the National Partnership for Women & Families, finds that a large majority of states have one or more of these “bad medicine” laws. Kansas is a key...
We Decide: Demanding the Policies Pregnant People Need to Thrive
INFOGRAPHIC | When it comes to pregnancy and parenting, we all want to make the best decisions for our families and ourselves so that we can thrive.
Listening to Black Mothers in California
ISSUBE BRIEF | Highlights results from Black women survey respondents. It underscores many social and economic issues affecting pregnant and parenting Black women, including their mental health, experiences with discrimination, postpartum experience and issues related...
Listening to Latina Mothers In California
ISSUE BRIEF | This issue brief highlights results from Latina survey respondents, underscoring social and economic issues affecting pregnant and parenting Latinas, including their mental health, experiences with discrimination, postpartum experience and issues related...
Listening to Asian and Pacific Islander Mothers in California
This issue brief highlights results from Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women survey respondents. It underscores many social and economic issues affecting pregnant and parenting API women, including their mental health, experiences with discrimination, postpartum...
Attacks on the Affordable Care Act, Planned Parenthood and Medicaid Are Attacks on Reproductive Justice for Women of Color
FACT SHEET | Reproductive justice will be attained when all people have the economic, social and political power and means to make decisions about their bodies, sexuality, health and families. Because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of women of color have...
A Double Bind: When States Deny Abortion Coverage and Fail to Support Expecting and New Parents
ISSUE BRIEF | Every person should have the freedom to decide if, when and how to raise a family. But for many women struggling to make ends meet, this is not reality. Instead, they face layers of obstacles, including denial of access to abortion care and a lack of...
Recommendations on Harmonization of Privacy Laws
LETTER | Secure and private electronic information exchange can enable safe, more effective and more coordinated care; greater consumer engagement in health; and ultimately improved patient experiences and health outcomes.
Childbirth Connection: Labor pain tables
FACT SHEET | There are many drug and drug-free ways to help you cope with labor pain. The benefits of some methods are better understood than others.
Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth Major Findings (2013)
REPORT | This report explores women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400 women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals from 2011 to 2012. Major survey findings show that a medically...
Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out Questionnaire
Listening to Mothers III: New Mothers Speak Out Questionnaire
