New National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund analysis finds that President Trump’s own voters are particularly at risk of losing their only source of hospital-based obstetric care as a result of his so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act. These closures imperil maternal and infant health outcomes, impact other hospitals in the region, and harm local economies.
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New groundbreaking polling from Lake Research and HIT strategies commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund shows that women likely voters in battleground states believe in the need for access to abortion as well as the ability to take paid time off to care for themselves and their families.
The research shows that large numbers of Democratic women (95%), Independent women (84%) and Republican women (77%) believe that an elected official's support for paid family leave is important.
On the issue of abortion, Democratic women (92%), Independent women (70%), Republic women (45%) say it’s important that an elected leader supports a federal law to protect access to abortion nationwide.
Read MoreThe National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund announced that the organization will run ads in Wisconsin and Nevada highlighting the importance of the freedom to access abortion care and the freedom to be able to take paid time off for family and medical needs. The organization’s goal is to highlight what’s at stake for voters this November as they head to the polls to choose candidates that reflect their values.
Read MoreThis weekend we learned that President Joe Biden will end his campaign for the presidency. President Biden has served our country with dignity, compassion, and an unflinching commitment to lifting up all people. He led us out of the pandemic, bolstered our economy, and made unprecedented investments in care, jobs, and families. He deserves our thanks and deep appreciation.
Read MoreThe second-ever Paid Leave Scorecard by the National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund and Paid Leave for All Action highlights where members of Congress stand on efforts to support the creation of a national paid family and medical leave program.
This year, we are scoring three bills: the FAMILY Act (H.R. 3481/S. 1714), the Job Protection Act (H.R. 694/S. 210), and the Caring for All Families Act (H.R. 789/S. 242). We are also giving a special notation to Members of Congress who have introduced legislation that expands access to paid or unpaid leave, or have led on the issue in other ways.
Read MoreThe National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund, as part of the Care Can’t Wait Coalition, released a full page ad in the New York Times praising President Joe Biden for including care priorities in his recent State of the Union address.
Read MoreIn case you missed it, POLITICO featured our paid leave scorecards in its Weekly Shift newsletter!
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The first scorecard from Paid Leave for All Action and the National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund highlights where members of Congress stand on recent legislation critical to enacting a national paid family and medical leave program — the House-passed Build Back Better Act, the FAMILY Act (H.R. 804/S. 248), and the Job Protection Act (H.R. 6938/S. 3748).
Read MoreThe evaluation by Paid Leave for All Action and the National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund highlights 38 Senators and 206 Representatives who’ve consistently voted and co-sponsored paid leave legislation.
Read MoreWe are at a crucial point in our democracy. The approaching 2022 midterm elections are shaping up to be some of the most consequential in history for gender justice.
Women — especially Black, Latina, Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, and Indigenous women — have shouldered the dual crises of the COVID-19 public health crisis and the economic recession it triggered. For nearly three years, we have shown up for our country as essential frontline workers across industries, particularly in the health care, food service, education and child care sectors. We also showed up as a critical voting bloc in 2020, both as the workers and consumers powering our economy, as well as the community leaders powering our institutions. And we continue to show up in the streets and on the steps of courthouses to defend our basic rights to freedom and equality.
Read MoreNew polling from Paid Leave for All Action and Global Strategy Group (GSG) highlights the depth and intensity of support for paid leave, particularly in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade: 81% of voters in midterm battleground states support paid leave, a double-digit increase in support over the last year. One-third of battleground voters have become more supportive of paid leave policies in the months since the Court struck down Roe. The poll surveyed voters in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Read MoreToday, the National Partnership Action Fund announced that it is launching a campaign effort to ensure that the agenda that women and families voted for in the past election is carried out by policy makers. Recent polling has shown that paid family and medical leave is one of, if not the most, popular elements of any plan to help our economy rebuild amidst an ongoing pandemic. Women in particular have borne the brunt of the pandemic, with 3 million leaving the workforce, with one of the core reasons being a lack of ability to take leave to care for themselves and others. Yet the past few weeks have shown that women are still having to fight to be heard in the broader agenda.
Read More“It is unacceptable that in 2018 millions of working people are forced to choose between economic security and their health or the health of a loved one, but Tuesday’s results provide more evidence that paid family and medical leave is a winning issue,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the Action Fund.
“It is past time for lawmakers to catch up to the public’s needs and demands and pass a comprehensive paid family and medical leave policy like the FAMILY Act.”
Read MoreThe National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund launched its first-ever election ads, backing congressional candidates in the upcoming midterm elections.
All of the candidates the Action Fund is highlighting — more than 200 “paid leave champions” — have publicly supported paid family and medical leave beyond just paid parental leave.
Read MoreBy voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, a slim majority of U.S. Senators turned their backs on America’s women — and on workers, people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQ community, and people with disabilities.
They failed in one of the Senate’s most essential duties by putting a nominee who is unfit in every possible way onto the Supreme Court.
Read MoreWe march because we won’t accept a President who promotes division, anger and hate. We march because our future and our children’s future is on the line. We march, quite simply, because we have to — because this shameful chapter in our country's history must end.
Read MoreI’m one of the more than 67 million women and girls in the United States who have a so-called “pre-existing condition.” And if conservative lawmakers had their way, I’d be left out in the cold when it comes to health insurance coverage. Why? Because I’ve given birth.
Read MoreEveryone in the United States should be able to live their healthiest life. If we are serious about creating and sustaining a just society that offers equal opportunity for all, we must be serious about fostering every single person’s health. Unfortunately, today, our health care system is failing at this.
Read MoreIt’s past time for real, comprehensive paid leave in the United States. We can win this together, and — when we do — we’ll have made important progress in our global standing when it comes to supporting women and families, and toward the more equitable country women and our allies are demanding for the well-being of all of us and generations to come.
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