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The National Partnership for Women & Families is pleased to support Bill 23-0318, the Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019. This bill removes criminal penalties from the selling and buying of consensual sex and invests in the health, rights and safety of sex workers while decreasing sex trafficking.

National Partnership for Women & Families' Response to the Emergency Submission Comment on Immigrant Health Insurance Coverage.

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women are experiencing an alarming rate of maternal mortality: they are three to four times more likely than white women to die of complications related to pregnancy and/or childbirth.

FACT SHEET | On the need for the country's workplace policies to provide domestic and sexual violence survivors the support and job protection they need to recover - through a paid sick and safe days standard.

Because not everyone who needs access to abortion care may be aware of paid sick days laws in their state, we partnered with the National Network of Abortion Funds to create this Know Your Rights document for Rhode Island.

Despite significant attacks on reproductive health and rights in 2019, several states are fighting to ensure that abortion care is accessible for all. This fact sheet celebrates state wins on protecting and expanding access to abortion care.

In 2019, we saw a surge of laws restricting reproductive rights. Anti-abortion politicians passed a total of 58 abortion restrictions, including 26 bans on abortion.

FACT SHEET | The Healthy Families Act would set a national paid sick days standard – a critical step toward meeting the health and financial needs of working families.

A section-by-section summary of the Healthy Families Act, which would establish a national paid sick days standard.

Family planning services are a necessary component of health care for women and families. Access to preventive and reproductive health care allows people to choose if and when to have children and create the stability to have the job, family and future they want.

ISSUE BRIEF | Paid family and medical leave has become more prominent in state and national legislative debates. But the details must be right in order to make paid leave work for the people who need it most.

FACT SHEET | Both parents and educators know firsthand the importance of keeping children healthy, and access to paid sick days for parents can make a real difference.

By undermining the ACA, conservative lawmakers are gambling with the health and economic stability of Black, Latina and Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women, families, and communities.

This brief gives small employers specific recommendations to support paid leave based on research from the report Meeting the Promise of Paid Leave: Best Practices in State Paid Leave Implementation.

Paid family and medical leave has clear benefits to public health, working families’ economic security, businesses and the economy – yet millions of working people across the United States currently lack access, and people with low incomes are disproportionately being left behind.

This brief gives health professionals specific recommendations to support paid leave based on research from the report Meeting the Promise of Paid Leave: Best Practices in State Paid Leave Implementation.

This brief gives state lawmakers and advocates specific recommendations to support paid leave based on research from the report Meeting the Promise of Paid Leave: Best Practices in State Paid Leave Implementation.

CHART | A detailed summary of existing family leave laws in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington, New York, D.C., Massachusetts and Connecticut

This disastrous policy impacts 55,000 D.C. women of reproductive age enrolled in Medicaid; pushing abortion care out of reach for many.

A section-by-section summary of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which would ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for pregnant women who need them.