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Black Communities See Largest Increase

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

As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Coalition Believes No Worker Should Face Financial Ruin for Staying Home While Sick or to Care for Family

Women Do a Majority of Unpaid Care Work, With Each Woman Spending Nearly 300 Hours per Year on Caregiving WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 26, 2025 – A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) finds that if Americans who provide care...

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 26, 2025 – Today, in a new decision (Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic), the Supreme Court has made it harder for people in South...

Read the full report WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 23, 2025 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families updated a recent analysis showing the harm that anti-abortion policies are causing for millions since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health...

Abortion Pill Access Threat Renewed by Red States, Federal Study Bloomberg Law, September 24, 2025 Texas, Florida, and Louisiana are urging U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas to let them join Missouri v. FDA, a lawsuit by three...

September 24, 2025 Dear the American public, We, the undersigned organizations representing the interests of women across the country, write to oppose President Trump’s unprecedented attempted firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and his further attempts to...

Signed 60 years ago this week, Executive Order (EO) 11246 was a historic federal action from President Lyndon Johnson to move our country towards equal opportunity in employment. Strengthened through amendments over the last six decades, the executive order prohibited...

FACT SHEET | Fifty-five percent of Pennsylvania veterans – 360,600 vets – receive income from Social Security, such as retirement benefits or disability benefits. About 18,200 veterans receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which supports low-income people with...

FACT SHEET | Thirty-seven percent of Virginia veterans – 233,900 vets – receive income from Social Security, such as retirement benefits or disability benefits. About 10,600 veterans receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which supports low-income people with...

ISSUE BRIEF | Lawmakers in 18 states across the country – the majority of which are in the South – fail to guarantee that workers can earn paid sick days, and at the same time block local governments from setting their own standards for local workers, families and...

Les Américaines racisées accouchent de plus en plus hors hôpital, contraintes par la précarité – Madmoizelle

More people of color gave birth outside hospitals in 2020, report finds – Axios

US women of color increasingly seeking alternatives to hospital births – study – The Guardian

More People Giving Birth at Home and In Birth Centers

More Black people sought births outside hospitals in 2020, report finds – Washington Post

The Power of Accountability – HCPLAN

As COVID-Era Restrictions End, Disabled Americans Want to Avoid a ‘Return to Normal’ – TIME Magazine

The Healthcare Industry Can Do More for Maternal Health – MedPage Today

Telemedicine Abortion At A Crossroads: As Access Grows During Pandemic, States Increasingly Prohibit It – Inside Health Policy

The Most Problematic Pending Legislation Across the Country for DEI Professionals – Diversity Inc

Virtual mental health services are more available than ever. Is it enough? – The 19th

An Abortion Rights Advocate Explains Why The Fight for ‘Roe’ Has Just Begun – Fatherly

National Partnership Applauds RWJF Abortion Rights Stance

The True Cost of Childbirth – Giddy

Disability Rights and Reproductive Rights are About the Ability to Control One’s Own Body – rePROs Fight Back

The maternal health crisis: Challenges, opportunities and solutions for moms, infants and families – Touchpoints

Virginia takes steps to address maternal health disparities and mortality ahead of 2022 session – State of Reform

Why Abortion Rights Are a Workplace Issue – Quartz

Improving Maternal Care Across All Demographics – Issuu

Coalition of Health and Caregiving Advocates Urges Congress to Pass Paid Family and Medical Leave

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Unpaid Caregiving in the U.S. Valued at More Than $1.1 Trillion, Per New Analysis

Supreme Court Limits Medicaid Patients’ Right to Choose Their Health Care Provider

Three Years Post-Dobbs: Abortion Bans & Criminalization Threaten More than 15 Million Women of Color

NEWS: Abortion pill access threat renewed by red states, federal study

Women’s Community Open Letter in Support of Dr. Lisa Cook

The 60th Anniversary of This Landmark Civil Rights Order Reminds Us That Progress Is Possible

Pennsylvania Veterans Social Security and Supplemental Security Income

Virginia Veterans Social Security and Supplemental Security Income

Nearly 73 Million Workers Live in States That Block Local Communities from Making Progress on Paid Sick Days