More than three million disabled women live in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion since Dobbs WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 1, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) released a new analysis on post-Dobbs America,...
Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda is Undermining Abortion Care and Access in Oklahoma
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 offender.
Better Together: Policies to Expand Insurance Coverage and Promote Supportive Workplaces Help Families Thrive
A family’s health is inextricably linked to its financial well-being. For many people, being sick, having a chronic condition, or caring for a loved one makes it challenging to remain in the labor force. It is even more challenging when employers fail to provide paid leave and paid sick days making it difficult or impossible for people to take time away from work to get care or treat a serious health issue.
Paid Family and Medical Leave: A Racial Justice Issue — and Opportunity
This issue brief describes health and economic disparities faced by people of color to show that addressing our paid leave crisis is a racial justice issue that requires a carefully designed and implemented federal policy solution.
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing
The Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing aims to chart an efficient pathway to a maternity care system that reliably enables all women and newborns to experience healthy physiologic processes around the time of birth, to the extent possible given their health needs and informed preferences.
Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda is Undermining Abortion Care and Access in Louisiana
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. Louisiana is a key offender.
Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda is Undermining Abortion Care and Access in Wisconsin
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. Wisconsin is a key offender.
Black Women’s Maternal Health – 2018 version
Black women in the United States experience unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes, including disproportionately high rates of death related to pregnancy or childbirth.
Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda Is Undermining Abortion Care and Access
Across the country, politicians are enacting anti-abortion laws that ignore evidence and science and mandate how health care providers must practice medicine, regardless of the provider’s professional judgment, ethical obligations or the needs of his or her patients.
HIPAA y Su Derecho a Su Información de Salud
HIPAA, siglas en inglés de la Ley de Portabilidad y Responsabilidad de los Seguros de Salud de 1996, es una ley federal cuyo objetivo es mantener privada y segura su información de salud.
Esta ley regula quién tiene acceso a su información de salud. También le da el derecho de obtener su información de salud y compartirla con terceros como su familia o una aplicación (app) en su teléfono. Esto se conoce como el “derecho individual de acceso.”
HIPAA and Your Rights to Your Health Information
HIPAA, also called the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is a federal law that aims to keep your health information private and safe. It gives you the right to get your own health information, and to send it to other people like your family or an app on your phone. This is called the “individual right of access.”
A Double Bind: When States Deny Abortion Coverage and Fail to Support Expecting and New Parents
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 workplace supports.
A National Imperative
Most working people in the United States do not have access to paid family or medical leave.
Publications Using Listening to Mothers Survey Data
Data from Listening to Mothers surveys has been further analyzed by experts and academics over the years to identify evidence-practice gaps and make international comparisons.