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The historic COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of the digital age. Technology became even more important in our daily lives -- turning into a requirement for meeting our basic needs and communications.

The Problem: Deficiencies in neighborhoods' physical conditions impair the health of pregnant people and their infants

The Problem: Mass incarceration is hurting pregnant people and their infants

The Problem: Health care and support for pregnant people with substance use disorder are inaccessible and inequitable, and instead they shamed, stigmatized, and punished.

The Problem: Untreated maternal mental health means worse health outcomes for moms and babies

Explaining New Paid Parental Leave Benefits for Congressional Employees

The executive branch can play an essential role in influencing, regulating and rewarding employer practices to improve workplace gender equity, safety and opportunity. Alongside legislative priorities, the next administration must pursue a range of executive actions to strengthen economic and health outcomes for all working people.

Everyone should be able to weather a financial shock -- a major illness, a layoff -- without losing their housing or falling deep into debt. Everyone should be able to afford educational opportunities for themselves or their children and be able to retire with dignity and security. And every entrepreneur with a dream should be able to access the resources they need to start a new business and invest in their local economy. But a systemic racial wealth gap puts financial security, economic opportunity and community uplift out of reach for millions of Black people in the United States.

Public awareness about the devastating impacts of systemic and interpersonal racism has increased sharply with the escalation of racist violence and the COVID-19 pandemic’s disparate impact on communities of color.

FACT SHEET | A national paid family and medical leave insurance program would provide mothers and fathers with much-needed pay when they need time off for family or medical reasons.

The Problem: Many immigrants are denied access to health care, leaving moms and babies at risk

The Problem: Violence against pregnant people inflicts lasting harm on them and their babies

The Problem: The homelessness crisis is worsening and imperils pregnant people and their infants

The Problem: The lack of national paid leave compromises the health and well-being of pregnant people and their infants

This series connects the dots between how different socioeconomic factors affect maternal and infant health, the outsize impact these factors have on BIPOC communities, and recommendations to effect the change we need to ensure all moms and babies thrive.

The Problem: Our climate is getting hotter and it risks the health of moms and babies

More than 65 million women provide unpaid care in the form of child care, family care and eldercare during 2020. A majority of these women did so while holding full- or part-time jobs.

"I am honored to be here today to share our thoughts and concerns about ensuring that the broader implementation of telehealth works to reduce long-standing health inequities, and does not unintentionally exacerbate them."

FAQ | Answers to frequently asked questions about the Family And Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY Act).