SCOTUS Rules Anti-Abortion Group Lacks Standing to Bring Suit WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 13, 2024 – Today, the Supreme Court ruled the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine lacked standing to challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of...
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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.”
‘Disrespectful to women’: Women and families advocate smacks down GOP fearmongering on abortion – The ReidOut with Joy Reid on MSNBC
Jun 13, 2024 |
Jocelyn Frye: “… I think the reason they do it is because they’re trying to stigmatize people who are trying to seek abortions. So they frame the conversation in the most extreme way possible, in ways that we know don’t really happen. So they can look reasonable when they push back on abortion. It simply doesn’t happen that way and it was important to say that, because it really paints a picture that is disrespectful to women and anybody who’s seeking an abortion.”
Lack of Abortion Care Hurts Overall Health and Economic Well-Being
Jun 13, 2024 |
NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye testified as an expert witness in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights’ hearing on “Crossing the Line: Abortion Bans and Interstate Travel for Care After Dobbs.”
With the Affordable Connectivity Program gone, how will women of color and disabled people be affected? – Prism
Jun 13, 2024 |
“For disabled women, ‘it’s really critical for access to reproductive health care, information, and options, especially for folks who live in states where they have banned or are likely to ban abortions,’ said Marissa Ditkowsky, who serves as the disability economic justice counsel at the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF).”
National Partnership Launches Application for Businesses Offering Paid Leave
Jun 12, 2024 |
Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families opened its “Leading on Leave Index” application to business and human resources leaders at companies across the U.S.
The Equal Pay Act passed over 60 years ago. So, why do women still make less than men? – USA Today
Jun 11, 2024 |
“For every dollar men earn today, women across the board earn 78 cents, according to US Census Bureau data analysis by the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
“…On average, women employed in the United States lose a combined total of more than $1.6 trillion every year due to the wage gap,” according to a report from the National Partnership for Women and Families. Families, businesses and the economy suffer as a result.”
Report Details Voters’ Access to Ballot Box Restricted in States that Restrict Abortion
May 30, 2024 |
In our new report, Democracy & Abortion Access: Restrictive Voting Laws Threaten Freedoms, we found that the states with abortion bans and other severe restrictions are among the states with the most repressive voting measures.
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