States Where Abortion Is Illegal Also Have the Worst Support Systems for Mothers – U.S. News & World Report
“What we have seen for years is that lack of access to abortion or restrictions around abortion also occur in states that have some of the fewest supports,” says Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
“The folks pushing the harshest restrictions around reproductive rights are also the ones who don’t support the child tax credit or the child care expansion or paid family leave,” she says.
“And if you get out of the work-family policies, they are also the ones pushing voting rights restrictions,” Frye adds. “What it says to me is that this is really not about supporting women or families. It is not about women’s health. It is about a different type of agenda that mostly involves controlling women and controlling women’s bodies and furthering a particular ideology and viewpoint. And that is contrary to the rhetoric around supporting women and families.”
Abortions in Michigan: What we know about the women who get them – Detroit Free Press
Shaina Goodman, director of reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a non-partisan abortion rights advocacy group, said “real people are suffering as a result” of the to-be-determined status of abortion in states like Michigan. She said restrictions may push people to pursue unofficial abortions that wouldn’t be reported to the state.
‘Our freedoms are under attack’: Women express hopelessness about the state of the country – The 19th
“Lelaine Bigelow, the vice president for social impact and congressional relationships for the National Partnership for Women and Families, also listened to the focus groups and said it stuck out to her that women really want to hear from politicians on this issue.”
PRESS RELEASE: Georgia Must Reinforce Health and Safety Net Ecosystem in The Wake of The 11th Circuit Decisio – Georgia Budget & Policy Institute
“The National Partnership for Women & Families estimates that approximately 870,900 reproductive-age women in Georgia are economically insecure, which means that they live in a family below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.”
McDonough: VA ‘looking very closely’ at abortion options for veterans – CNN
“An analysis by the National Partnership for Women & Families found that nearly 400,000 female veterans of reproductive age live in states likely or certain to ban abortion.”
After Dobbs, Republicans Offer Few Ideas for Increasing Support for Children and Families – The Nation
Senate Budget Reconciliation Deal is Bittersweet Compromise that Fails to Center Women
Statement of Jocelyn C. Frye, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
How women of color in Georgia will be affected by the state’s new abortion law – 90.1 FM WABE
How women of color in Georgia will be affected by the state’s new abortion law, an interview with Shaina Goodman
A Week-By-Week Guide to C-Section Recovery – Baby Chick
The Childbirth Connection site is part of the National Partnership for Women & Families that has been helping women and families regarding maternity care for over 100 years. The Childbirth Connection site has a great section that answers questions in preparation for your cesarean section and options for delivery after your cesarean section.
New Analysis: State Abortion Bans Will Impact 36 Million Women
Women of color, women with disabilities, and women veterans will be harmed
States that ban, restrict abortion do not guarantee paid family leave for all residents – Fox43
States with restrictions or bans on abortion, or those that are expected to enact them, do not guarantee paid leave for all residents. The only states that guarantee paid family leave for all residents also protect the right to abortion.
State abortion bans could affect over half of female veterans and women with disabilities, analysis finds – NBC News
State abortion bans passed in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could affect more than half of all female veterans and women with disabilities in the United States, an analysis by the National Partnership for Women and Families says. …
The findings shine a light on subgroups of American women who faced barriers to abortion access before the court’s June 24 decision on Roe, called Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, said co-author Shaina Goodman, director of reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women and Families. …
Adults with disabilities are nearly twice as likely as people without disabilities to report unmet health needs because of barriers to care and are twice as likely to live in poverty, which could make traveling to other states for abortions difficult or impossible, Taylor-Parker said, citing a report produced last fall by the National Partnership for Women and Families and the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network. …
Texas, which has an abortion ban, has the highest number of women with disabilities of reproductive age of any state at 448,400, followed by Florida, which has a 15-week abortion ban and 301,500 women with disabilities of reproductive age, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families. …
The National Partnership for Women and Families analysis found that state abortion bans will pose a particular barrier for women who are veterans, especially for the majority who access health care through the Department of Veteran Affairs, which does not provide abortion or abortion counseling. Active service members, spouses and their dependents can still get abortions using military treatment facilities in cases of rape, incest or when the mother’s life is at risk. …
Texas also has the highest number of female veterans of reproductive age of any state at 85,800, followed by Florida with 54,900, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
The overturning of Roe v. Wade: What it means for African American and Hispanic women – The Atlanta Voice
In April 2019, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a study showing “Black women are more likely to hold low wage jobs that do not provide health benefits.”
POV: The overturning of ‘Roe’ ignores economic realities for pregnant people – Fast Company
The reality is that this decision must be understood in the context of women and all pregnant people‘s full lives, and how women’s ability to control their fertility is inextricably linked to the gains they have made since Roe was decided nearly 50 years ago.
Letter: Protection for pregnant women – The Sentinel
“According to data provided by the National Partnership for Women & Families, nearly 31,000 cases of pregnancy discrimination were filed with federal and state agencies between 2011 and 2015”
How Philanthropy is Responding to the Fall of Roe — and What Abortion Rights Organizers Need Now – Inside Philanthropy
“The decision was years in the making — the inevitable result of a decades-long campaign to put politics and ideology ahead of women’s health and wellbeing and the rule of law,” said Jocelyn C. Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
“Today’s decision severely limits access to abortion care, but tomorrow, it could be access to birth control or some other form of care,” said Frye of the National Partnership for Women & Families. “Women’s health should not be treated like a political football, and the consequences of these decisions are not a game.”
Where are our post-Roe reforms? It’s about the children, right? – Washington Post
“Our nation’s failure to provide a basic paid sick days standard has never been more apparent and workers and their families are paying the price,” according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Umm, Yes, The “Roe” Decision is a Problem for Black People – the B|E note
“Doctors have said it puts them in an untenable position where they have to base decisions on their legal liability, which shouldn’t be a consideration at all,” said Shaina Goodman, director for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women and Families. “At what point is the life of the mother at risk, when she’s coding on the table?”
Maternal mortality rates in the US outpace other industrialised nations. It’s about to get worse – The Independent
“The Supreme Court’s decision and its potentially life-threatening consequences will disproportionately impact Black women, who are three times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than white women. Black women are also more likely to be uninsured, according to a 2019 report from the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
