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Through Doula Support

NPWF Applauds Renewed Push in Congress for National Paid Sick Days and Paid Family and Medical Leave

National Partnership for Women & Families joins Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill to reintroduce paid leave and paid sick days, including paid safe leave for survivors of domestic abuse WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 18, 2023 – In a renewed push for a...

NPWF Urges Biden and Congressional Leadership to Reject Debt Limit Deal That Would Harm Women and Families’ Health and Economic Security

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Partnership for Women & Families President Jocelyn C. Frye sent a letter to the Biden administration and congressional leadership, urging...

President’s Executive Order Shows Need for Strong Supports to Help Families Thrive

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 18, 2023 – "The National Partnership for Women & Families applauds the Biden administration for taking an important next step toward...

NEWS: Abortion pills prescribed by pharmacists are newest effort in abortion fight

Abortion Pills Prescribed by Pharmacists Are Newest Effort in Abortion Fight The New York Times, January 7, 2025 Pharmacists have begun prescribing abortion pills, not simply dispensing the medication – a development intended to broaden abortion access by taking...

NEWS: Texas sues New York doctor for telemedicine prescription of abortion pills

Texas Sues New York Doctor for Telemedicine Prescription of Abortion Pills NBC News, December 13, 2024 Texas sued a New York physician for prescribing a woman abortion pills, according to a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Ken Paxton. In the lawsuit, filed...

2024 Legislative Roundup

For millions of women, all it takes is one major life event – a new baby, a serious illness, losing a job, a family crisis, some unexpected emergency – and everything can unravel. And too many women still face discrimination and other obstacles –...

Polling Memo: Paid Family and Medical Leave is a Crucial Component to the Success of Build Back Better

Paid family and medical leave is a crucial component to the success of the Build Back Better Plan because it is known and overwhelmingly popular and frames this as the American Family Plan. Paid leave is one of the best-known elements of the Plan, and it is well-liked.

Paid Leave Is a Lifeline in the States

Universal paid family and medical leave is critical to American families’ financial security, especially for low-income women and workers of color. Establishing national paid leave by passing the Build Back Better Act would provide this vital benefit to the 77 percent...

Gender and Geography of Higher-Income Workers

Nationally, 16.5 percent of full-time, year-round workers have earnings of $100,000 or more – an estimated 19.2 million people. Due to the gender wage gap, men are more likely than women to have earnings above this threshold: 20.6 percent of men (13.5 million) working...

Report: MA Needs to Reduce Barriers to Community Births – Public News Service

The Science is Clear: Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Hurt Women’s Health – Union of Concerned Scientists

Les Américaines racisées accouchent de plus en plus hors hôpital, contraintes par la précarité – Madmoizelle

See where Illinois ranks among states for working mothers – The Intelligencer

US women of color increasingly seeking alternatives to hospital births – study – The Guardian

More people of color gave birth outside hospitals in 2020, report finds – Axios

More People Giving Birth at Home and In Birth Centers

More Black people sought births outside hospitals in 2020, report finds – Washington Post

Sharita Gruberg Joins National Partnership for Women & Families as Vice President for Economic Justice

Inside Meadows’ phone on Jan. 6 – POLITICO

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