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Jan 20, 2026 |
“In the first year of the second Trump administration, there has been a barrage of harmful executive orders, the appointment of dangerous and unqualified political nominees, and the unprecedented firing of federal employees, along with restructuring or near elimination of many federal agencies.”
Jan 14, 2026 |
“A National Partnership for Women & Families analysis from June warned that 131 rural hospitals with labor and delivery units are at risk of closing altogether due to Republican-led cuts to Medicaid through President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’”
Jan 12, 2026 |
“Since its introduction in 2010, the ACA has been instrumental in cutting the share of uninsured Americans from approximately 15% to 8%, according to Nima Sheth, vice president of health justice at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit advocacy group.”
Dec 26, 2025 |
“Further, with more than a dozen states having a near or total abortion ban, the VA remained the last place for veterans to receive abortion services—and most of these abortion-banned states are where more than half of all women veterans live, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Dec 17, 2025 |
As states prepare for the 2026 legislative sessions, the National Partnership for Women & Families and New America’s Better Life Lab released new research today, evaluating private insurance–based paid family and medical leave laws.
Dec 9, 2025 |
“While a lot of the states have the goal of reducing maternal health disparities and know the disproportionate impact on Black birthing people in particular,” said Amani Echols, lead author of the analysis and Senior Manager of Maternal and Infant Health at NPWF.
Dec 8, 2025 |
“The National Partnership for Women & Families points out that, ‘Sensitive personal records have already been used to prosecute reproductive health activities and adverse pregnancy outcomes like stillbirths and miscarriages.'”
Dec 5, 2025 |
“As Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership on Women & Families, sees it, the treatment Wells received was reprehensible. ‘This was not a new story. It is an old story, and it is something that is entirely preventable, and that is even more frustrating.’”
Dec 4, 2025 |
“Ashley Kurzweil, senior policy analyst for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families, said the dual threat that Paxton’s lawsuit presented was alarming on a much wider scale than just reproductive health care, so it is a relief that the case is dismissed.”
Dec 3, 2025 |
The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy (CFFE) in collaboration with the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) has just released a report analyzing the impact of Social Security benefits for Georgia veterans and their families.
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Researchers urge policymakers to compare worker benefits in optional, market-based programs to those in universal, comprehensive programs WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 17, 2025 – As states prepare for the 2026 legislative sessions, the National Partnership...
The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy and National Partnership for Women & Families Highlight the Importance of Social Security Benefits for Georgia’s Veterans and Military Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 3, 2025 – The Campaign for a Family...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 20, 2025 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families announced the additions of Shalanda Young and Neneki Lee to the Board of Directors. Both were appointed effective November 2025. Young brings over two decades of...
In the first year of the second Trump Administration, there has been a barrage of harmful Executive Orders, the appointment of dangerous and unqualified political nominees, unprecedented firing of federal employees along with restructuring or near elimination of many...
Louisiana Wants a California Doctor Extradited To Face Abortion Charges. Newsom Isn't Having It. POLITICO, January 14, 2026 After Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill sought to extradite a California doctor accused of violating Louisiana’s abortion laws on Tuesday,...
The first jobs day for 2026 shows unemployment rates were largely unchanged in December, and job gains (+50,000) were relatively modest. These December figures continued a trend for the year: often small monthly changes, especially among headline data. But the reality...
A section-by-section summary of the Healthy Families Act, which would establish a national paid sick days standard.
FACT SHEET | The ACA remains widely popular, with a majority of U.S. adults favoring its provisions across political lines. Yet 15 years and over 100 attempts to repeal, defund or deauthorize later, the ACA continues to face political and legislative threats.
FACT SHEET | The wages of Latina women are driven down by a number of current factors including gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and a lack of workplace policies that support family caregiving, which is still most often performed...
