National Partnership calls out recent effort to downplay U.S. maternal mortality crisis WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 18, 2024 – In case you missed it, the National Partnership for Women & Families is pushing back on a study released last week claiming that...
NEWS: Historic abortion clinic visit by Vice President Harris
by Repro Health Watch | Mar 14, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
Vice President Harris is visiting an abortion clinic in Minnesota on Thursday — an extraordinary stop meant to signal the importance the Biden campaign is placing on reproductive rights in the 2024 presidential race.
We analyzed 46 years of consumer sentiment data – and found that today’s ‘vibecession’ is just men starting to feel as bad about the economy as women historically have
by Anwesha Majumder, Katherine Gallagher Robbins | Mar 14, 2024 | Fair Pay
Of the numerous economic trends filling column inches over the last few years, few have gained as much traction as the “vibecession.” But whose feelings have been driving the vibecession in the first place? In a word, men’s.
Setting the Record Straight: The Truth About the Wage Gap
by Brittany Williams, Sarah Suleman | Mar 11, 2024 | Fair Pay
In 2019, a poll revealed that nearly half of men believe that the wage gap is “made up.” It’s time to set the record straight.
Black women and Latinas are joining the job market – but are they finding the jobs they’re searching for? | #JobsDay March 2024
by Katherine Gallagher Robbins | Mar 8, 2024 | Fair Pay
For Women’s History Month, we celebrate the progress we have made while acknowledging the persistent inequities that remain in our labor market.
NEWS: CVS and Walgreens to sell abortion pills this month
by Repro Health Watch | Mar 7, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
The two largest pharmacy chains in the United States will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month, a step that could make access easier for some patients.
Our Bodies to Our Votes — The Attack on Our Individual Freedoms
by Jocelyn Frye | Mar 5, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
The Dobbs decision poses a fundamental threat to key pillars of a functioning democracy by diluting constitutional and federal protections, preferencing state power over individual freedoms, and handing over greater control to existing – and often, biased – power structures…
NEWS: The GOP Is in Full-Blown Crisis Mode After the Alabama IVF Ruling
by Repro Health Watch | Feb 29, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
To the fellas in the Republican Party: Are we having fun yet with post-Dobbs reproductive rights policy? As was not unexpected after Dobbs, a state Supreme Court (Alabama’s in this case) has determined that frozen embryos have personhood rights, prompting the state’s largest hospital to halt IVF treatments for fear of legal repercussions.
Bills in Limbo aren’t Helping Black Mothers
by Madison Alvarez | Feb 26, 2024 | Maternal Health
In honor of Black History Month, this piece highlights the Black Maternal Health Momnibus act as a labor of love and how keeping these bills in limbo isn’t helping black mothers.
Alabama’s Ruling Weaponizes the Toll of Fertility Treatment
by Shaina Goodman | Feb 23, 2024 | Reproductive Rights
What the Alabama Supreme Court has done in ruling that an embryo counts as a child under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Child statute does not honor the experience of people navigating infertility. Instead the court weaponizes the psychological toll of fertility treatment in service of an extremist, ideological project to undermine reproductive freedom and autonomy.
Disabled employment is at a record high, but disparities remain
by Marissa Ditkowsky, Anwesha Majumder | Feb 22, 2024 | Fair Pay
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual data about disabled people in the U.S. workforce. The data reveal a continued upward trend in disabled employment. However, inequities remain for disabled people, particularly disabled women and disabled people of color.
NEWS: Alabama Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children, Raising Questions About Fertility Care
by Repro Health Watch | Feb 22, 2024 | Repro Health Watch
An Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children has sent shock waves through the world of reproductive medicine, casting doubt over fertility care for would-be parents in the state and raising complex legal questions with implications extending far beyond Alabama.
“The Math Ain’t Mathing”: Black Women in Hollywood and the Wage Gap
by Brittany Williams | Feb 16, 2024 | Fair Pay
In light of Taraji P. Henson’s recent interview with Gayle King, this piece discusses how Hollywood continues to undervalue and under pay Black Women actors.