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Jul 8, 2025 |
Today, President Trump signed the Republican budget bill that will undermine the health and economic security of millions of people who rely on essential programs like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for health care coverage and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food assistance.
Jul 3, 2025 |
“A key tenet of the bill’s current iteration is a whopping $1.1 trillion in cuts over the next decade to Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Currently, 24 million women are enrolled in Medicaid; 56% of those women are of reproductive age, according to research from the National Partnership for Women and Families. Women of color make up over half of this group as well.”
Jul 2, 2025 |
The Senate has voted to advance a Republican Budget Bill that would undermine the health and economic security of 17 million people who rely on essential programs like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for health care coverage.
Jul 1, 2025 |
“Only about half of small businesses offer their employees any amount of paid family or medical leave, according to a nationwide 2024 survey of 500 small business owners conducted by Lake Research Partners for the Small Business Majority and the National Partnership for Women & Families. And small businesses that do provide paid leave tend to offer much shorter durations than larger companies.” … “The NPWF Report highlights how smaller companies are innovating on paid leave by prioritizing flexibility. The Report also reveals how public policy gaps make it harder for small and mid-sized companies to keep up with larger companies on paid leave.”
Jul 1, 2025 |
“The historically brutal Medicaid cuts—a staggering $930 billion slashed from the program over the next decade—could force as many as 144 rural hospitals around the US to close their labor-and-delivery units or drastically scale back services, a new analysis by the National Partnership for Women & Families projects. That could have potentially catastrophic consequences for maternal and infant health. ‘When somebody is in labor or having a pregnancy-related emergency, every second counts,’ says Rolonda Donelson, lead author of the analysis. ‘And with these hospital closures, people are going to have to travel further and further to get the help that they need.’”
Jun 26, 2025 |
A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) finds that if Americans who provide care to loved ones received a check for that work, it would be in the amount of more than $1.1 trillion.
Jun 26, 2025 |
Today, in a new decision (Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic), the Supreme Court has made it harder for people in South Carolina with Medicaid coverage to choose their health care provider and limited their ability to challenge that restriction in court. The decision now opens the door for other states to exclude Planned Parenthood from their state Medicaid programs.
Jun 23, 2025 |
Our analysis finds that more than 15 million women of color live in states where abortion is banned or under threat, or where there are bills to criminalize people for having an abortion. The analysis has been updated to reflect an Ohio proposal that was introduced last week.
Jun 20, 2025 |
“’In the letter, he mentions that EMTALA requires caring for the pregnant woman and their unborn child. Pre-Dobbs, that might not have meant much, but post-Dobbs, with the rise in fetal personhood in state abortion bans, it raises questions on whether the providers in these emergency departments have any duty to the unborn fetus and whether they can provide this emergency stabilizing care when it conflicts with their state abortion ban,’ said Donelson, the Huber Reproductive Health Equity Legal Fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.’”
Jun 10, 2025 |
“‘The National Partnership for Women & Families released its 2025 Leading on Leave Report today. The report recognizes companies with comprehensive paid leave policies and highlights key trends in paid leave innovation.”
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FAMILY Act would provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 16, 2025 – Today, leaders from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) joined Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as they...
NPWF analysis finds a leading factor is men’s earnings growing at a faster rate than women’s WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 10, 2025 – The pay gap between full-time working women and their male counterparts has widened for the second year in a row. A...
The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy and the National Partnership for Women & Families Release New Reports Detailing Impact Cuts to Social Security Would Have on Nation’s Heroes WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 19, 2025 – This week, the Campaign for a...
Karrie Jones sits in a wheelchair at the Dallas Regional Medical Center in Mesquite, Texas, alongside a charge nurse. She is screaming, crying, and squirming in pain. She called the hospital while en route and informed them that she was in active labor; however, upon...
AG Ken Paxton Sues Another Out-of-State Provider Accused of Illegally Sending Abortion-Inducing Pills to Texans The Texas Tribune, January 27, 2026 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a Delaware nurse practitioner for allegedly mailing abortion...
Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans ProPublica, January 20, 2026 ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of pregnant women living in states with abortion bans found that abortion bans generally do not include exceptions that cover...
LETTER | On behalf of the undersigned organizations and the tens of millions of working families we represent, we urge members of Congress to become a co-sponsor of the Family And Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY) Act.
ISSUE BRIEF | Thirteen states have partially or fully passed Momnibus legislation. Two of these states brought forward new Momnibus 2.0 legislation in the 2025 state legislative session that has not advanced.
FACT SHEET | The Healthy Families Act would set a national paid sick days standard – a critical step toward meeting the health and financial needs of working families.
