State Laws Are Reaching Into The Exam Room To Interfere With Doctors And Their Patients – Think Progress
“It’s an unprecedented coalition, and I think that really speaks to the depth and breadth of this growing problem we’re seeing,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, the director of reproductive health programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, the organization that spearheaded the new report. “We thought it was really important to come together and expose what was happening here.”
The Strange Laws That Dictate What Your Doctor Tells You – The Atlantic
According to the report, written jointly by the National Partnership for Women & Families, National Physicians Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, more than 15 million Americans live within a mile of a fracking well that was recently drilled.
Paid family leave movement follows gay rights playbook, bypasses Congress – Fortune
“This past year, in part because of heightened momentum and the emphasis that Obama has put on paid leave, we’ve seen 17 states propose legislation based on this issue,” says Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Planned Parenthood Is Under Attack. What Do We Do? Stand Up, Fight Back! – Ms. Magazine
Planned Parenthood supporters voiced outrage over the hearings, calling them “callous” and “mean-spirited.” Said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, in a statement.
These Fortune 500 Companies Make Billions — but Won’t Pay for Your Maternity Leave – DailyWorth
Since FMLA’s inception in 1993, American men and women have used it more than 200 million times, the National Partnership for Women & Families estimates.
Federal 20-Week Abortion Ban Fails to Proceed Through Senate – Care2.com
“Today, extremists pushed an unconstitutional national 20-week abortion ban, and tomorrow they threaten to continue holding the federal budget hostage to their dangerous agenda,” said Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families, via statement. “It’s past time politicians exit the exam room. Women in this country need and deserve access to comprehensive reproductive health services, including abortion care.”
No One Left Behind: Technology can be used to cut health care disparities – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Consumer Partnership for eHealth, led by the National Partnership for Women & Families, has pushed for minimum standards in electronic health records to ensure they collect enough information on patient ethnicity and other factors to inform care. It’s also demanded that records be made available to patients in multilingual formats that explain jargon in layman’s terms, said Mark Savage, the director of health information technology policy and programs.
30 Years of the 100 Best: Debra L. Ness – Working Mother
Our own Debra L. Ness discusses our changing workplace culture.
The Unexpected News About Women, Men And Retirement – Forbes
New U.S. Census Bureau data released just today determined that women and their families are losing $10,672 in income every year due to the gender-based wage gap, says Debra L. Ness, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Business School Professors Push for Paid Family and Sick Leave Legislation – Bloomberg Business
“The business school community was missing from the debate,” says Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, the advocacy group behind the letter.
