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Jul 9, 2025 |
New data from the National Partnership for Women & Families and A Better Balance reveals how Black and Southern workers bear the brunt of abusive state overreach.
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 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.
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 10, 2025 |
“Despite growing demand, 73% of U.S. workers still lack access to paid leave,” said Jesse Matton, Director of Corporate Social Impact Policies at NPWF, via email. “With the Leading on Leave report, we’re spotlighting companies that are turning policy into action—and showing that transparency and innovation are critical to both workforce equity and long-term business resilience.”
Jun 10, 2025 |
Today, the National Partnership for Women and Families unveiled the top companies setting new standards for paid leave policies in 2025. The 2025 “Leading on Leave” report highlights seven companies that exceeded benchmark qualifications for their policies and practices on paid leave.
Jun 6, 2025 |
When a health crisis or emergency arises, and when minutes and seconds can be the difference between life or death, it is critical to ensure that patients receive the care that they need quickly and without hesitation. This week, the Trump Administration made this task harder by revoking guidance clarifying that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) applies in cases where abortion care is necessary to stabilize a patient, even when there is a state abortion ban in place.
Jun 6, 2025 |
“Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, is featured in the documentary. Caregiving issues, she said, ‘are not niche concerns.’
’The vast majority of families navigate these problems every day and it is important for people to see that they are part of a large community of people struggling to figure things out,’ Frye said.”
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New data from the National Partnership for Women & Families and A Better Balance reveals how Black and Southern workers bear the brunt of abusive state overreach WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 9, 2025 – Everyone gets sick, and no one should be forced to choose...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families 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...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families 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...
Planned Parenthood Wins a Temporary Injunction Over Medicaid Funding The New York Times, July 7, 2025 Planned Parenthood won a temporary injunction on Monday that allows its clinics to continue to receive Medicaid funding for services that are unrelated to abortion....
July 10th, 2025, is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, commemorating how far into the year that Black women need to work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men made in the previous year. In 2023, Black women earners, including full-time, part-time and part-year workers, were...
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage ProPublica, July 1, 2025 Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and...
TOOLKIT | This toolkit is your guide to using the WNBA All-Star Game as a conversation starter about gender justice at work. It’s for anyone: whether you’re watching the game at home, hosting friends, organizing a watch party, or just want to talk with people...
ISSUE BRIEF | Lawmakers in 18 states across the country – the majority of which are in the South – fail to guarantee that workers can earn paid sick days, and at the same time block local governments from setting their own standards for local workers, families and...
ISSUE BRIEF | Rather than passing a comprehensive bill to create a national paid family and medical leave program, Congress's reconciliation bill uses a much narrower, business-focused tax code approach to extend a corporate tax credit that has failed working families.
