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Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families

As we kick off the start of Black Maternal Health Week, Black women in this country are still experiencing unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes and serious complications related to childbirth. Black women are still three to four times more likely to experience...

Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families

How a Political Agenda is Undermining Abortion Care and Access

Additional Guidelines are Unjustified and Unnecessary

Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families

National Partnership Agenda Urges Reforms that Support Women and Families

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 27, 2025 – “The deceptive nature of the Trump Administration’s claim to care about ‘making America healthy again’ was laid bare by today’s...

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 26, 2025 – This week, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin once more vetoed HB 2531, legislation that would have provided 12 weeks of paid family...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 22, 2025 – Yesterday, the White House sent a memo to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem directing the Department of Justice to pursue sanctions against lawyers and law firms that...

Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills Have Been Available in the U.S. for Over a Year. Here’s Who’s Using Them CNN, August 18, 2025 About two years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States,...

Despite clear warnings about the threats to health care access, food stability, and economic security, lawmakers ignored these concerns and voted to pass the action. The passage of the budget bill highlights the growing disconnect between lawmakers’ votes and the...

The Trump Administration has used its first months to take direct aim at the tools that have been critical for Black workers’ entry into the middle class. From Day One of his second term, President Trump and his foot soldiers have sent a clear message – that the...

REPORT | To assist state Medicaid agencies and maternal health champions in the states participating in the Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) initiative, we developed a playbook that provides concrete checklists, specific resources, and evidence about the value of...

FACT SHEET | The Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model's initiatives center on three main pillars: access to care, infrastructure, and workforce capacity, quality improvement and safety, and whole-person care delivery.

FACT SHEET | A look at the wage gap for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women by ethnic subgroup, and what that gap means for them and their families.

What if motherhood didn’t have to be so hard? – USA Today

The Best Mother’s Day Gifts From Lawmakers

Women’s Leader Decries Another Trump Administration Attack on Health Care

This Black Maternal Health Week, It’s Time to Listen to Black Women

Nine nurses are pregnant at a Maine hospital. They all work in the baby-delivery unit. – Washinton Post

Women’s Leader Urges Congress to Pass EACH Woman Act

President’s Latest Budget Is a How-To Guide for Harming Families

The secret number maternity hospitals don’t want you to know, and why we’re revealing it – USA Today

Women’s Leader Applauds Congress for Voting Down Anti-Abortion Bill

Trump’s Shameful Gag Rule Will Deny Millions Essential Care and Information

The Florida Yoga Studio Shooter Had “Hatred Towards Women,” Police Say – Bustle

Meghan Markle May Be Taking an Alternative Approach to Childbirth – Vogue

A Weak and Divisive President With an Agenda the Country Rejects

Bad Medicine in Kansas and Oklahoma

New Guidelines for Facilities Performing Office-Based Procedures Including Abortion

“A March for the Future of All Women”

Texas Ruling Is a Shameful Attack on the Health and Well-Being of Women and Families

How Much Does It Actually Cost to Give Birth? – The Cut

National Women’s Group Outlines Mandate for Lawmakers

They Were Covered by Health Insurance, but Their Newborn Son Wasn’t – Healthline

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NPWF Condemns Plans to Eviscerate the Department of Health & Human Services

NPWF Condemns VA Governor Youngkin’s Veto of Paid Leave Legislation

Nearly Two Dozen Leading Civil Rights Groups Condemn Trump Administration Memo Threatening Lawyers and Law Firms That Bring Suits Against the Federal Government

NEWS: Who’s using over-the-counter birth control pills in the U.S.

The Republican Budget Bill Highlights a Growing Disconnect Between Lawmakers and Constituents

5 Ways the Trump Administration is Eroding the Economic Stability of Black Women and the Pathways Used by Black Workers to Move Into the Middle Class

Transforming Maternal Health in Medicaid

State Opportunities for Improving Health for Moms and Babies

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women and the Wage Gap