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Biden’s Emergency Abortion Push Collides With High Court Fight – Bloomberg

“‘If you are a pregnant person in Texas, and you are experiencing life-threatening pregnancy complications and you go to the hospital emergency department, odds are good that you won’t be able to get the lifesaving care that you need until you’re kind of literally on death’s door,’ said Shaina Goodman, director for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women and Families.”

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Census Bureau’s Proposed Changes Threaten To Undercount People With Disabilities – Disability Scoop

“Part of the issue with what they proposed is they are asking this scale and then excluding every person who says they have some difficulty in terms of these functions. Even if you say you have some difficulty with all of these functions, you would not be included as disabled,” said Kate Gallagher Robbins, senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.

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As the nation battles a maternal health crisis, more women of color are choosing birth centers over hospitals – CNN

“While the majority of births in the US still happen in a hospital setting, in 2020 nearly 2% of people chose to give birth in a ‘community birth setting’ such as a birth center or home birth, according to the most recent data from the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit that tracked these trends based on birth certificate data.”

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NPWF Releases Latest Research on Disabled Women Workers

The “Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Food Insecurity, Housing and Transportation,” further illuminates the ways in which systems and institutions have harmed disabled women – particularly disabled women of color – and their loved ones.

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