Supreme Court gives some employers more leeway on birth control – Los Angeles Times
“Women who thought, in 2014, that their birth control coverage was secure now have to stop and consider the views of their bosses. That is truly outrageous,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Supreme Court ruling draws passionate reactions in Louisiana, nation – NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune
“Whether it affects 500 or 5 million women, this is a dangerous and appalling intrusion that takes the country backward and undermines women’s health,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families
Hobby Lobby: Court boosts corporations again – BBC News’ “Echo Chambers”
Meanwhile, Debra L Ness of National Partnership for Women & Families took the opposite view: Today’s US Supreme Court rulings in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. cases are deeply troubling – even shocking, in that the Court is allowing some bosses to deny women coverage for something as basic as birth control.
How America ended up with the worst maternity leave laws on Earth – The Week
The idea that women should get paid leave when they have babies started to crop up around World War I and again around World War II. Countries’ populations had been decimated, which meant there was a high premium on women as economic contributors and childbearers, explains Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families. She says that in the United States, in part due to fewer casualties and the fact that men returned to the labor force, there weren’t the same incentives to offer women paid maternity leave.
S.F. abortion protest buffer zone in danger after Supreme Court vote – San Francisco Chronicle
Judith Lichtman of the National Partnership for Women and Families, which supports abortion rights, said the ruling would create new burdens for patients. “Women deserve access to reproductive health care without being intimidated, harassed, threatened, followed or in other ways harmed,” she said.
Approps battles over Obamacare — Will Congress last word on Hobby Lobby? — Nestle goes to Washington – Politico Pulse
The U.S.’s exceptionally bad support for parental leave – Washington Post
A 2012 poll conducted for the National Partnership for Women and Families showed 86 percent support for paid parental leave (that includes the support of 73 percent of Republicans).
Is paid family leave bad for business? – CNN Opinion
Senate Committee Passes Pro-Choice Measures in Appropriations Bill – RH Reality Check
“This is a welcome and long overdue step toward fair and equal treatment of women who volunteer for their country in the Peace Corps,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, in a statement about the committee’s action to repeal the restriction. “It would finally give Peace Corps volunteers the same abortion coverage as other women who get their health insurance through the federal government. It’s about time.”
FMLA Leave Would Cover Same-Sex Couples Who Are Married No Matter Where They Live – Bloomberg BNA
Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, called the proposal “a very welcome pro-family step that makes our country more fair and family friendly.”
