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Even More Than Abortion: The Constitutional Importance of Roe v. Wade and the...

Roe did far more than establish the right to abortion; it solidified and expanded the constitutional “right to privacy,” which has also been described as the right to autonomy or to be let alone. This...

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Making Room for Pregnancy on the Job

Almost 40 years after passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnant women still face challenges on the job. This is especially so in jobs that require physical activity like running, lifting,...

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Stop Detaining Pregnant Immigrant Women

CW: Discussion of infant loss This week, Senator Murray, along with 24 cosponsors, introduced the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act. The bill would reinstate the presumption of releasing...

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To Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality, Listen to the Data

More mothers die from pregnancy-related causes in the United States than any other high-income country. And maternal health outcomes in the U.S. are only getting worse. From 2010 to 2014, our...

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Black Maternal Health Week 2019: Celebrate, Decolonize, and Restore

Happy Black Maternal Health Week! The National Women’s Law Center is a proud supporter of Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) and we want to highlight some of the trailblazing accomplishments happening...

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Don’t Be a Jerk on Mother’s Day: Support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Remember when you were a kid and you would say something really mean to your mom? And then Mother’s Day would roll around and you would write one of those “thanks for putting up with me” mea culpa...

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Pregnancy Accommodations in the States

Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have passed bills or issued Executive Orders to explicitly grant pregnant employees the right to reasonable accommodations at work. Twenty-two of these...

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American companies—like Microsoft, Levi Strauss & Co., and Adobe—Support...

(Washington, D.C) Today, Representatives Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and John Katko (R-NY), along with Jamie Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), and Bobby Scott (D-VA), will re-introduce the bipartisan...

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5 Things You Need to Know About Trump’s Attacks on Birth Control Coverage

In 2017, the University of Notre Dame teamed up with the Trump-Pence administration in a secret settlement agreement to deny students and staff birth control coverage. This was happening at the same...

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Impact of Redefining the Poverty’s Inflation Measure

The Trump administration is floating a proposal that would use a slower measure of inflation for annual adjustments to the Official Poverty Measure (OPM) in an attempt to rob communities of basic...

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The Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act: One Step Forward and Two Steps...

According to its sponsors, the Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment H.R. 4738, (“Amendment Act”) seeks to address a critical problem of pregnant workers being forced to choose between their jobs and...

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Trump’s Travel Ban of Women of Child-Bearing Age Condemned By Health Experts

Director of Health Equity at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Dorianne Mason also accused the government of “doing nothing more than [penalizing] pregnancy and women.” “It is an invasion of...

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Four Gender Justice Wins in Virginia That Show Representation Matters in 2020

Women’s political voices matter. We all knew that, but now we have even more proof! A recent National Women’s Law Center and Quorum joint Fact Sheet found that women’s political representation is...

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Promoting Equitable Access to Health Care in Response to COVID-19

The spread of COVID-19 has unleashed a health and economic crisis of unprecedented scope. This disaster has laid bare the fragility of our health care system and the inequities that pervade it. Unless...

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Women Make Up the Majority of Front Line Workers of the COVID-19 Crisis

The post Women Make Up the Majority of Front Line Workers of the COVID-19 Crisis appeared first on NWLC.

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Letter Opposing the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the United States...

From Fatima Goss Graves, CEO of the National Women’s Law Center: On behalf of the National Women’s Law Center (the “Law Center”), I write in strong opposition to the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett as...

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Collateral Damage: Scheduling Challenges for Workers in Low-Wage Jobs and...

An updated resource from the National Women’s Law Center, “Collateral Damage: Scheduling Challenges for Workers in Low-Paid Jobs and Their Consequences,” describes the range of difficult work schedules...

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100 Wins, 100 Days: Decisive Actions to Advance Gender Justice

The post 100 Wins, 100 Days: Decisive Actions to Advance Gender Justice appeared first on NWLC.

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Pregnant Workers Fairness Coalition Applauds Senate Introduction of the...

(Washington, D.C.) Today, Senator Bob Casey (D – PA), Senator Bill Cassidy (R – LA), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D- NH), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R – WV), Senator Tina Smith (D – MN), and Senator Lisa...

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Four Gender Justice Wins in Virginia That Show Representation Matters in 2020

Women’s political voices matter. We all knew that, but now we have even more proof! A recent National Women’s Law Center and Quorum joint Fact Sheet found that women’s political representation is...

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