New Analysis Details Ways Overturn of Roe v. Wade Harms Latinas
Abortion bans affect Latinas the most among women of color, new report finds – NBC News
A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, first shared with NBC News, found that close to 6.5 million Latinas (42% of all Latinas ages 15-49) live in 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortions after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade this summer.
Experts Urge Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension As Abortion Bans Drive Care Deserts – InsideHealthPolicy
Shaina Goodman, director for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women and Families, emphasized that states with restrictive constellations of health and economic policies for pregnant and postpartum people, like abortion bans, no Medicaid coverage expansion for adults or postpartum people, and a lack of economic policies like paid leave and childcare, are also the states with high levels of maternity care deserts.
How Harris is listening — and speaking — about abortion rights before the midterms – NPR
“I think what is immediately evident when you attend those meetings is that she is very much involved in the conversation,” Jocelyn Frye, an ally of the Biden administration who is president of the advocacy group National Partnership for Women and Families.
‘Abortion absolutely is health care,’ U.S. House panel told as GOP pursues nationwide ban – Maryland Matters
“Women’s progress has always been inextricably linked with the ability to control our own bodies,” Jocelyn Frye, the president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, told members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform during a three-hour-plus hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building. “Access to abortion has been pivotal to women and all those who give birth,” Frye continued. “Research shows that restricting abortion impacts the health, safety, and welfare of people who are pregnant.”
Latinas from Coast to Coast launches second panel discussion on abortion in Texas – AL DÍA
A new analysis cited by Timmaraju from the National Partnership for Women & Families found that state abortion bans can harm nearly 15 million women of color. Latinos make up the largest group of women who will be harmed, at 6.5 million.
Pregnant Asians at Unique Risk in a Post-‘Roe’ World – Rewire News Group Group
Even before the overturning of Roe, Asian immigrants faced many barriers in accessing reproductive care. The end of Roe unquestionably impacts all Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, with National Partnership for Women & Families estimating that 1.3 million AAPI women and birthing people live in states where their abortion rights are at risk. Asian Americans largely support abortion rights; according to the Pew Research Center, 74 percent of Asian American respondents favor legal abortion, the highest approval rating of any racial group. We know there is a lot at stake when our bodily autonomy, health, and economic outcomes are stripped away.
Nearly one-third of low-income Asian women now live in states with limited abortion access – NBC News
According to new data from the National Partnership for Women & Families and an NBC News analysis, 31% of lower-income Asian women of reproductive age live in states that have banned or are set to ban abortions. With reproductive care becoming harder to access each day, experts say the most vulnerable groups will be the most crippled — and face the starkest consequences.
Abortion misinformation surges in Latino communities – Axios
Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, vice president for health justice at the nonpartisan nonprofit National Partnership for Women & Families, noted that Latinos often distrust medical institutions due to histories of maltreatment, like forced sterilizations.
Abortion Access Shrinks With New Restrictions In Effect In 4 More States – Kaiser Health News
States that have enacted abortion restrictions or bans also have “systemic” barriers in place that impede “the health and economic security of pregnant and birthing people and their families,” according to a new report from the nonpartisan and nonprofit National Partnership for Women & Families first shared with Axios. (Chen, 8/25)
Report: Pregnant people face “systemic” barriers in states with abortion restrictions – Axios
States that have enacted abortion restrictions or bans also have “systemic” barriers in place that impede “support the health and economic security of pregnant and birthing people and their families,” according to a new report from the nonpartisan and nonprofit National Partnership for Women & Families first shared with Axios.
New Report Finds States Likely to Ban Abortion Also Lack Health Care Access and Workplace Protections
Threats On All Fronts: The Links Between the Lack of Abortion Access, Health Care and Workplace Equity
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
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
Disability rights groups are fighting for abortion access — and against ableism – Fox Metro News
“An analysis by the National Partnership for Women and Families found that abortion bans in the 26 states that are certain or likely to ban abortion could affect up to 2.8 million women with disabilities (53 percent of all such women in the U.S.).”
