WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 22, 2024 – This term, two important cases are in front of the Supreme Court that could restrict abortion care nationwide, have devastating impacts on the health of women of color, and undermine the independence of federal...
Using Paid Sick Days for Medication Abortion
Everyone needs time to access health care without threatening their economic stability. Paid sick days allow a person to recover from short-term illnesses, access preventive care, undergo a basic medical procedure, or care for a sick child or family member. Yet more...
Toolkit: Patient & Family Engagement
Getting Started Toolkit for Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Health and Advancing Equity
Executive Summary: Patient & Family Engagement
Toolkit for Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Health and Advancing Equity
Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Midwifery
REPORT | This report outlines the evidence that supports midwifery’s unique value across different communities, the safety and effectiveness of midwifery care in improving maternal and infant outcomes, the interest of birthing people in midwifery care, and the current...
Spotlight on Success: The Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns Initiative
CASE STUDY | The Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns Initiative was a federal five-year, multi-site project to test and evaluate enhanced prenatal care interventions for women enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) who were at risk...
Spotlight on Success: Mercy Birthing Center
CASE STUDY | The Mercy Birthing Center illustrates the potential of a flourishing midwifery-led unit within a hospital. The center is a separate unit operated by CNMs within Mercy Hospital St. Louis. It was established in response to women’s growing interests in...
Recommendations to Increase Access to Midwifery Care
RECOMMENDATIONS | Midwives have a distinctive, dignifying, person-centered, skilled model of care and an exemplary track record. They are an important part of the solution to the nation’s need for a higher-performing maternity care system and shortage of maternity...
Executive Summary: Improving Maternity Care Through Midwifery
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | Research shows that midwifery care provides equal or better care and outcomes compared to physician care on many key indicators, including higher rates of spontaneous vaginal birth, higher rates of breastfeeding, higher birthing person satisfaction...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: SexEd
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to sex education and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that sex ed is truly...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Contraception
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to contraception and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that contraception is...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Parenting
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on the right to parent and articulates specific concerns for people with disabilities, including those who experience multiple forms of...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Abortion
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to abortion and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that abortion is truly...
Poor-Quality Built Environments Hurt Moms
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Deficiencies in neighborhoods' physical conditions impair the health of pregnant people and their infants.
Maternal Mental Health Crisis Undermines Moms’ and Babies’ Health
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Untreated maternal mental health means worse health outcomes for moms and babies.
Incarceration Hurts Moms and Babies
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Mass incarceration is hurting pregnant people and their infants
Substance Use Disorder Hurts Moms and Babies
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Health care and support for pregnant people with substance use disorder are inaccessible and inequitable, and instead they shamed, stigmatized, and punished.
Racism Hurts Moms and Babies
MOMS & BABIES | Public awareness about the devastating impacts of systemic and interpersonal racism has increased sharply with the escalation of racist violence and the COVID-19 pandemic’s disparate impact on communities of color.
Saving the Lives of Moms and Babies
REPORT | This series connects the dots between how different socioeconomic factors affect maternal and infant health, the outsize impact these factors have on BIPOC communities, and recommendations to effect the change we need to ensure all moms and babies thrive.
Immigrant Moms and Babies Are Being Denied Health Care
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Many immigrants are denied access to health care, leaving moms and babies at risk.
Higher Temperatures Hurt Moms and Babies
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Our climate is getting hotter and it risks the health of moms and babies.