Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 15, 2024 – Today, the Biden Administration published a final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), landmark legislation...
Homelessness Hurts Moms And Babies
The Problem: The homelessness crisis is worsening and imperils pregnant people and their infants
Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Four Care Models State Policymakers Must Implement for Healthier Moms and Babies
RECOMMENDATIONS | Research shows that specific care models in use today lead to demonstrably higher quality care and improved outcomes. We just have to take action to make them readily and widely available.
Disastrous and Dangerous: Judge Barrett Would Wreak Havoc on the Lives of Women of Color
FACT SHEET | Judge Barrett's elevation to the country’s highest court would be disastrous for all of us in regards to our civil and human rights, but is especially dangerous for women of color who live at the intersection of multiple oppressions.
Past as Present: America’s Sordid History of Medical Reproductive Abuse and Experimentation
FACT SHEET | Recently, accounts of forced hysterectomies at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, have sparked widespread alarm and condemnation.
Improving Our Maternity Care Now
REPORT | Four care models decisionmakers must implement for healthier moms 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.
Black Women Experience Pervasive Disparities in Access to Health Insurance
FACT SHEET | Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that, despite significant health insurance gains since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented, pervasive coverage disparities remain for Black women.
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...
Maternity Snapshot: Black Maternal Health
FACT SHEET | Black women in the United States experience unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes, including disproportionately high rates of maternal death related to pregnancy or childbirth.