States Limit Access to Abortion and the Ballot Box WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 30, 2024 – A new report, Democracy & Abortion Access: Restrictive Voting Laws Threaten Freedoms, by the National Partnership for Women & Families found that the states with...
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States Limit Access to Abortion and the Ballot Box WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 30, 2024 – A new report, Democracy & Abortion Access: Restrictive Voting Laws Threaten Freedoms, by the National Partnership for Women & Families found that the states with...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 22, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) is joining advocates in recognizing the first Disability Reproductive Equity Day, a day dedicated to promoting the bodily autonomy and dignity of disabled people, on...
Bans compound threats to Black women including the Black maternal health crisis and barriers to economic stability Read the report WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 15, 2024 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) and In Our Own Voice:...
Biden Administration Proposes a Rule To Make Over-the-Counter Birth Control Free NPR, October 21, 2024 The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would expand access to contraceptive products, including making over-the-counter birth control and condoms free for...
On October 1, 2024, at 4:45 p.m., I frantically called my gynecologist’s office. It was only 15 minutes before they closed, but I desperately needed to speak to someone because the medication I needed to soften my cervix for Intrauterine device (IUD) insertion the...
I remember it like it was yesterday. At my 10-week appointment with my OB-GYN, I was so excited to see how much my future baby had grown in the last four weeks. It had only been at my last visit a few short weeks prior that it was confirmed that after months of...
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