SCOTUS Rules Anti-Abortion Group Lacks Standing to Bring Suit WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 13, 2024 – Today, the Supreme Court ruled the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine lacked standing to challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of...
A Punitive Double Bind: Families Suffer When States Deny Abortion Coverage and Fail to Support Expecting and New Parents
Analysis Identifies Worst States for Low-Income Women, Marks 40 Years of Hyde Amendment
New Census Data Show the Gender Wage Gap is ‘Persistent, Pernicious and Especially Punishing’ to Key Groups of America’s Women
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Expecting Better: New Study Lauds Advances But Gives 27 States Grades of ‘D’ or ‘F’ for Failing to Support New Parents in the Workplace
New State-by-State Analysis Reinforces the Need for Congress to Advance Paid Leave and Other Family Friendly Policies
The Gender Wage Gap Costs America’s Women Nearly $500 Billion Per Year, New Equal Pay Day Study Finds
If the Gap Were Closed, Each Woman Could Afford Food for 1.6 Years, Seven More Months of Mortgage and Utilities, or 11 More Months of Rent
Family Friendly Workplace Laws Taking Effect in Early 2016
Memo to Interested Media
Reintroduction of Bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is ‘Essential Step’ in Protecting Pregnant Workers From Discrimination
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Supreme Court’s Ruling in Young v. UPS is “Good News” for Pregnant Workers, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Judith L. Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
Family Friendly Workplace Laws Taking Effect in Early 2015
Memo to Interested Media
New Poll: Across Party and Demographic Lines, Voters Need and Want Laws That Support Families’ Economic Security
Just-Completed Analysis Finds 23 Percent of Candidates for Governor and Congress Featured Their Positions on Family Friendly Policies on Their Websites This Year, Identifies a Relationship Between Doing So and Winning
Expecting Better: Most States Get Poor Grades for Failing to Adopt Workplace Policies that Support New Parents in New Study; 31 States Get Grades of “D” or “F”
In Advance of Monday’s White House Summit on Working Families, New State-by-State Analysis Reinforces Compelling Need for Congress to Act
Labor Department Forum in San Francisco Continues Critically Important Dialogue on Working Families’ Needs
Statement of Vicki Shabo, Vice President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Women’s Leader Applauds Senate Hearing on Women’s Economic Security
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Expecting and New Mothers Face Avoidable Challenges in the Workplace, Survey Shows
Holding a job is the new normal for pregnant women in the United States, but many encounter significant barriers to success on the job and at home, according to a survey of new and expecting mothers that was released today.
New Jersey is “More Fair and Family Friendly” Thanks to New Law Protecting Pregnant Workers
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Toward a Family Friendly America: States and Cities Are Adopting Historic Advances This Year, But Progress at the Federal Level is Slow
Working Families Have Celebrated Progress in a Dozen Cities and States Since March
Maryland Becomes a “More Fair and Family Friendly State” as Governor O’Malley Signs Bill to Protect Pregnant Workers
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Would Promote the “Equality America’s Mothers and Families Need and Deserve” Says Women’s Leader
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Senate Introduction of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a “Welcome and Necessary Step Forward” for Women and Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
For Labor Day, New State-by-State Data Find that a Significant Number of Pregnant Women are in the Workforce
Unprecedented Analysis Provides Further Evidence: Curbing Unfair Treatment of Pregnant Workers Is Essential
Growing Congressional Support for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is “Encouraging” Since Prompt Passage is a High Priority for Women and the Nation, Women’s Leader Says
The nation’s leading advocacy group for family friendly policies commended more than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday for supporting employed women and discrimination-free workplaces by sponsoring the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The...