Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 28, 2024 – Today, the Supreme Court upended sound, longstanding, legal precedent that has provided protections for everyday people for decades...
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National Partnership Condemns Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision that will Harm Women, Families and the Nation
Jun 28, 2024 |
Today, the Supreme Court upended sound, longstanding, legal precedent that has provided protections for everyday people for decades by overturning the landmark Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council decision, severely limiting the ability of public agencies to issue regulations to protect people in every corner of the nation from bad actors.
New Analysis Shows Unpaid Care Work in the U.S. is Worth More Than $1 Trillion Each Year
Jun 27, 2024 |
The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) released a new analysis today, finding that Americans’ unpaid care work – two-thirds of which is done by women – is valued at more than $1 trillion each year.
EMTALA: Supreme Court Dismissal Leaves Pregnant Patients and Providers in Untenable Limbo
Jun 27, 2024 |
Today, the Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, dismissed for now a challenge to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act’s (EMTALA) protections for emergency abortion care in Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States.
Texas abortion ban linked to 13% increase in infant and newborn deaths – NBC News
Jun 24, 2024 |
“‘The specific increase in deaths attributable to congenital anomalies really makes an ironclad link between the change in the law and the terrible outcomes that they’re seeing for infants and families,’ said Nan Strauss, senior policy analyst of maternal health at the National Partnership for Women & Families, who was not involved with the research. ‘The women and families have to suffer through an excruciating later part of pregnancy, knowing that their baby is likely to die in the first weeks of life.'”
‘We are the people that we serve’: How an ex-abortion clinic became a lifeline for Black moms – USA Today
Jun 23, 2024 |
“‘There are a set of corrective measures that are really about tackling systemic biases throughout the healthcare system… It’s hard work, but it’s also essential if you really try to build something that’s workable for the future that is better than what we had before that’s really responsive to the needs of all patients, particularly those who are most vulnerable who have the least economic capacity and have access to health care,’ said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.”
Abortion access is motivating Latinas to vote in the 2024 election: Here’s why it matters – Reckon News
Jun 20, 2024 |
“Women of color and Latinas have been particularly impacted by the fall of Roe. A 2023 report by the National Partnership for Women and Families estimated that nearly 6.5 million Latinas, or 42% of all Latinas of reproductive age in the country, live in a state that either had or was likely to ban abortion.”
When You’re Self-Employed, Determining Maternity Leave Is a Double-Edged Sword – PopSugar
Jun 18, 2024 |
“‘There isn’t a national mandate that requires an employer to provide paid family or medical leave,’ says Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy group that focuses on these issues. ‘The FMLA gives you something and it’s important, but it’s only one step in terms of where we need to be.'”
The Supreme Court delivered a win for abortion access, but the war is far from over – The Boston Globe
Jun 14, 2024 |
“‘The efforts to really impede the right to travel, really go to the heart of our Constitution and our democracy,’ Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, said at a Senate hearing Wednesday on the Freedom to Travel for Healthcare Act. ‘And, you know, even in a world where people disagree on a lot of things, our ability to go from state to state of our own accord is a fundamental principle.'”
Supreme Court Does Bare Minimum in Case That Never Should Have Happened
Jun 13, 2024 |
Today, the Supreme Court ruled the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine lacked standing to challenge the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, one of two medications commonly used in medication abortion.
Watch: Witness Brilliantly Shuts Down GOP Senator’s Abortion Question – The New Republic
Jun 13, 2024 |
“‘Well, Senator, first of all, don’t ask a question if you don’t want to know the answer.’ Wise words were offered on Wednesday by Joceyln Frye, president of National Partnership for Women & Families, during testimony to a congressional subcommittee on the freedom to travel for abortion care.”
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