The Supreme Court Should #EndTheLies – Ms. Magazine
“[This is] about the simple proposition that women seeking health care deserve the truth,” Debra L. Ness, the President of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said. “Women deserve unbiased information about their health care options. We have the right to transparent, truthful health information.”
Lawmakers Push to Expand Paid Family Leave in Rhode Island – Associated Press
The bill would also make caregivers of a sibling or grandchild eligible. It would increase the amount that people who [earn] less than double the minimum wage can receive when claiming temporary caregiver insurance.
Millennials Struggling to Care for Aging Baby Boomer Parents Call for Better Paid Leave – TIME
One positive aspect of so many millennials taking on caregiving responsibilities, experts say, is that it may force lawmakers and companies to start paying attention.
Jersey City to offer paid parental leave for municipal workers – Jersey Journal
Jersey City municipal workers will be eligible for paid parental leave, thanks to an executive order signed by Mayor Steve Fulop.
How paid leave affects families and not just those having babies – Deseret News
If Utah offered paid family leave, [Jasmine] Parker says she’d have a buffer — time to deal with crises in her own immediate family, time for a vacation, time to just breathe. “It would be amazing,” she says. “I think I’m probably like a lot of people. Sometimes, it feels pretty overwhelming.”
Civil Rights Chief At HHS Defends The Right To Refuse Care On Religious Grounds – NPR
[Judith] Lichtman is a senior adviser to the National Partnership for Women & Families. She says [Roger] Severino’s actions … suggest he intends to protect people who want to discriminate against women who want birth control or abortions, which she points out are legal health care services.
Local Connection: Paid Family Leave – Hawaii News Now
We should not be asking families to choose between losing their income and caring for family members when they are ill.
New Report: In a Large Majority of States, ‘Bad Medicine’ Abortion Restrictions Undermine Abortion Care and Access – MarketWatch – MarketWatch
“When anti-abortion lawmakers actively promote junk science and enshrine it into statute, women suffer,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, vice president for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership. “Bad medicine abortion restrictions are the result of this kind of harmful, ideological policymaking, and it must stop.”
‘We’re in the 19th century’: Tammy Duckworth on motherhood and the Senate – The Guardian
“We seem to have this view that paid family leave is some sort of touchy-feely women’s only policy,” [Sen.] Duckworth said. “This isn’t just an entitlement. It’s really an economic imperative for our nation.”
Paid family and medical leave is necessary to protect Americans – Albuquerque Journal
Having enough time to establish a breastfeeding relationship prior to returning to work represents one of a multitude of reasons why paid family medical leave is an issue central to the health of New Mexican families.