NPWF President Jocelyn Frye discusses a “report on how abortion bans are impacting millions of Latinas and what options remain in restricted states.”
Over 12 Million Latinas Harmed by Abortion Restrictions and Health Care Cuts
New analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice reveals the harmful impact of abortion restrictions on Latinas four years after the Dobbs decision overturned the federal right to abortion.
Four Years Post-Dobbs: New Attacks on Abortion Access Harm 62 Percent of U.S. Women of Reproductive Age
Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released new analysis on the impacts of anti-abortion policies four years after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v. Wade.
National Survey Reveals Maternal Health Care Failures; Women of Color Hit Hardest
Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families, in partnership with MomsRising and the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, released the fourth national Listening to Mothers survey, the most comprehensive of its kind in a decade. Based on responses from 3,857 mothers of infants and toddlers across the country, the report places the experiences of pregnant people and new mothers at the center of the maternal health conversation and policy debate.
What’s Driving up Childbirth Costs and How Families Can Plan Ahead – InvestigateTV
“The estimated out-of-pocket costs for most mothers are $2,700 with insurance, according to Erin McKay, managing director of health justice at the National Partnership for Women & Families. Without insurance, those costs are typically $19,000.
“McKay said the financial challenges facing parents having a child is something many families are running into.
“’Nothing in the health care system is simple. But the two main reasons that I keep coming back to with regard to the high costs of childbirth are because we are paying for care that does not improve care for moms and babies, and a scarcity of reproductive and maternal health care drives up costs,’ McKay said.”
Once a Luxury for Moms, Doula Care Is Going Mainstream – Associated Press
“In 2006, 3% of women in the U.S. got care from a doula during labor, according to a survey conducted for the nonprofit Childbirth Connection, now a program of the National Partnership for Women & Families. That figure has doubled or tripled since then, researchers estimate.”
How Blue States Got Around the GOP’s Efforts to Ban Abortion in Red States – Mother Jones
“’So far, 22 states and Washington, DC, have created some version of shield protections; eight of those states, including New York and California, have adopted laws that explicitly protect people who provide or facilitate abortion care via telemedicine. The laws have proven to be ‘one of the strongest tools that reproductive freedom advocates have to protect abortion access in a post-Roe reality,’ says Ashley Kurzweil, a senior policy analyst at the National Partnership for Women & Families. ‘It’s painfully obvious that anti-abortion extremists are targeting shield laws because they are working.’”
One Year In: 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families – Ms. Magazine
“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.”
Sen. Patty Murray: GOP Abortion Pill Hearing Is “Really About” a Nationwide Ban – Mother Jones
“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.’”
Some Americans Say They’ll Go Without Health Insurance as ACA Rates Spike – CBS News
“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.”
Trump Administration Implements Its First National Abortion Ban – Jezebel
“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.”
Medical Bias Against Pregnant Black Women Is Going Viral, but It Is not New – URL Media
“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.
Will a Lapse in ACA Subsidies Imperil Black Maternal Health? – POLITICO
“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.’”
Privacy Concerns Linger in Reproductive Health Care Despite HIPAA Lawsuit’s Dismissal – News From the States
“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.”
Hospitals and Clinics Are Shutting Down Due to Trump’s Health Care Cuts. Here’s Where – The Guardian
“Almost 100 are located in counties that have no other source of obstetric care besides the hospital, according to a forthcoming analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families, an advocacy group. White, Native American and low-income women are especially likely to lose their sole source of care.”
How to Oppose Divisive Narratives and Preserve Social Benefits for All – Nonprofit Quarterly
“For instance, this spring the National Partnership for Women & Families published a series of blog posts highlighting the lifesaving impact of Medicaid on not only the authors but also their loved ones.”
National Partnership Welcomes Nima Sheth as Vice President of Health Justice
The National Partnership for Women & Families announced that Nima Sheth has joined the organization as Vice President for Health Justice.
NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye: “Health care cuts hurt women workers — and weaken our entire economy”
NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye testified before the House of Representatives’ Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, the Democratic Women’s Caucus and other House leaders at a hearing on “The Cost of Care – Strengthening the Care Economy and Protecting the ACA
Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her ‘Safety.’ Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime – 404 Media
“’It’s harrowing that law enforcement is weaponizing automatic license plate reader technology for pregnancy policing. But given the surge of investigations and prosecutions targeting people for their pregnancy outcomes post-Dobbs, this surveillance ploy comes as no surprise. Reproductive dragnets are not hypothetical concerns. These surveillance tactics open the door for overzealous, anti-abortion state actors to amass data to build cases against people for their abortion care and pregnancy outcomes,’ said Ashley Kurzweil, Senior Policy Analyst for Reproductive Health and Rights for the National Partnership for Women & Families. ‘Law enforcement exploitation of mass surveillance infrastructure for reproductive health criminalization promises to be increasingly disruptive to the entire abortion access and pregnancy care landscape. The prevalence of these harmful data practices and risks of legal action drive real fear among abortion seekers and helpers – even intimidating people from getting the care they need.’”
Looming Medicaid Cuts Could Hurt Black Children, Advocates Warn – POLITICO
“’Having these cuts is something that’s going to limit that access for a lot of Black women out there, and that’s something that will have a ripple effect on maternal mortality and morbidity,’ said Rolonda Donelson, a reproductive health equity legal fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.”