“‘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.”
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.”
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.”
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.
Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) and In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda released a new analysis on the threats that nearly 7 million Black women face in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion.
“The analysis from National Partnership for Women & Families and In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda found that nearly 7 million Black women ages 15-49 live in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion.
The number of states to ban or limit abortion care has increased since the 2022 Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to abortion.”
“The study, by the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) and the non-profit In Our Own Voice, shows the stark impact of overturning Roe v. Wade on Black women, NBC News reported.
Jocelyn Frye, president of the NPWF, told NBC that understanding the concerns of Black women can help address barriers to care facing other demographics of women.”
“The report also found that 2.7 million of the Black women of reproductive age living in such states are already ‘economically insecure’ and that 1.4 million of them work in service jobs — which are less likely to provide resources like paid sick days, flexible scheduling and more. They include Black women with disabilities, multiracial Black women, veterans and immigrants.”
“‘Right now, it falls short in terms of what pregnant people would need,’ said Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, vice president of health justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families. ‘Given that the majority of hospitals have gotten the designation because the requirements for it are a pretty low bar, it’s not really a useful distinction even for those consumers that do have a choice,’ Hernández-Cancio said. ‘Because if the majority of the hospitals have it, and all the ones in your area do, it doesn’t make a difference.'”
How should those advancing anti-racism in healthcare talk about the work? An expert panel discusses this, and other community-submitted questions, before sharing personal stories of how they came to work in healthcare and community advocacy. Sinsi Hernández-Cancio (National Partnership for Women & Families) stresses the importance of storytelling.
The new requirements to implement Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will strengthen protections against discrimination in health care programs and activities.
“Women’s advocates see the politics of the lawsuit as well. ‘It’s no coincidence that this organized, partisan effort is occurring in states that have some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country,’ Jocelyn Frye of the National Partnership for Women & Families wrote in a statement. ‘Any attempt to dismantle these protections will have serious consequences for women’s health, working families, and the ability for women to thrive in the workplace.'”
The National Partnership and Physicians for Reproductive Health (PRH) released a new analysis of the impact of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on abortion providers.
This term, two important cases are in front of the Supreme Court that could restrict abortion care nationwide, have devastating impacts on the health of women of color, and undermine the independence of federal institutions…
The National Partnership calls out the recent effort to downplay U.S. maternal mortality crisis.
Tomorrow, President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address in which he’ll highlight his agenda in a critical election year. The stakes are high for working families.
“The National Partnership commends the Veteran Administration’s commitment to protecting abortion care and its action to expand access to abortion care and counseling for service members and their loved ones.”
“This is the latest example of far-right extremists using the courts to attack the rights of women and all pregnant people. The legal reasoning put forward by Judge Hendrix, a Trump appointee, is deeply problematic…
“This is the latest example of far-right extremists using the courts to attack the rights of women and all pregnant people. The legal reasoning put forward by Judge Hendrix, a Trump appointee, is deeply problematic…
“‘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.”
