“It adds insult to injury to hold up the vote to confirm Lynch until that bill passes,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Women’s Health Leader Applauds Proactive Efforts in Texas to Get Politics Out of the Exam Room and Protect the Dignity of Patients and Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘Fetal Anesthesia’: The Creative New Way To Limit Abortion Access And Enshrine Bad Science Into Law – ThinkProgress
According to a recent report from the National Partnership for Women & Families, 33 states currently have at least one of those “bad medicine” laws on the books.
21st Century Women’s Health Act is the ‘Right Approach at the Right Time to Improve and Protect Women’s Health’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Our C-Section Rate Won’t Budge—Is It Because We Don’t Trust Women’s Hormones? – Pacific Standard Magazine
Childbirth Connection, the group behind the report (and now part of the National Partnership for Women and Families) organized the publication in such a way that you can read the meaty executive summary in under an hour, send the Pathway to a Healthy Birth booklet to your pregnant friend, or geek out on the full report.
Can abortion rights reach across the congressional aisle? – Medill on the Hill
In the 114th Congress, which convened in January, about a dozen abortion restrictions and anti-abortion bills have been introduced, according to Sarah Lipton-Lubet, director of reproductive health programs for National Partnership for Women and Families.
“These bills insert politicians in the exam room,” said Lipton-Lubet.
Hormones & Healthy Birth: Avoid Interventions that Are Not Medically Necessary – Giving Birth With Confidence
The Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing report from Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women and Families, offers several guidelines when it comes to avoiding interventions (when not needed for medical reasons), as this is one of the most potent sources of harm when it comes to interrupting the hormonal process.
Senators propose development of maternal care quality measures – Pediatric News
Our country’s infant and maternal mortality rates are too high, and our performance on prematurity, low-birth-weight babies, cesareans, early elective deliveries, and exclusive breastfeeding lags behind that of many other nations,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families. “We simply must improve the quality of care for both mothers and babies – and this legislation can do that.”
America’s Servicewomen, Military Families Need Congress to Pass Shaheen/Speier Bill
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Women’s Leader Applauds President Obama’s ‘Pro-Women, Pro-Families’ FY2016 Budget Proposal
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
On Roe Anniversary, Women’s Leader Calls House Vote “An Insult to All Women and Families”
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
The House of Representatives “Failed Women and the Country” Today
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Congress Should Prioritize Passage of Women’s Health Protection Act
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Women’s Leader Says Obama Speech Offered the “Right Agenda at the Right Time”
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
A Victory for Equity: Women’s Leader Commends Congress for Providing Limited Abortion Coverage for Peace Corps Volunteers
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
“Women’s Health, Economic Security and Equal Rights Hang in the Balance” as Supreme Court Hears Young v. UPS, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Will Supreme Court endorse discrimination against pregnant workers? – Los Angeles Times
“Every family in America has a stake in the outcome of this case,” said Judith L. Lichtman, a senior advisor to the National Partnership for Women and Families, which submitted a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of 12 groups committed to maternal and fetal health.
Pregnancy discrimination case reaches U.S. Supreme Court – McClatchy DC
“It’s really tough to think, that in this day and age, when women are half the workforce, and so many families depend on their income, that women are still having to choose, and potentially, lose their job and lose their health insurance because they’re pregnant,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Editorial: Pregnant women deserve job protection in Supreme Court case – The Dallas Morning News
(Statistics provided by the National Partnership for Women & Families)
Is This Pregnancy-Discrimination Case the Next Lilly Ledbetter? – TIME
“Here we are at the end of 2014, talking about pregnancy discrimination, which we women’s rights advocates thought we had addressed and basically fixed in 1978,” says Judith Lichtman, senior adviser at the National Partnership of Women and Families.