By Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights National Women’s Law Center Are women in America healthier than they were 10 years ago? Which state and federal policies can help improve women’s health? Join the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. EST for our special Making [...]
By Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women’s Law Center The process of implementing the new health care law continues this week as a panel of independent experts meet to begin to develop evidence-based preventive health guidelines for women that will be used to determine what preventive services will be covered [...]
by Jasmine Tucker The unemployment situation is dire, especially among those who have been jobless for an extended period of time. Unfortunately, the situation is not likely to get better any time soon—national unemployment in October was above nine percent for the 18th consecutive month and is projected to remain above nine percent throughout 2011. [...]
by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law Center We all recognize the stereotype of the unmarried father–absent, uninterested, and uninvolved in his kids’ lives. But the cliché that unmarried fathers never have meaningful relationships with their children–just because they aren’t married to their children’s mother–has never been true across the board, and today in [...]
If you are like me, by now, you’ve been subject to a deluge of cable news punditry about what the election results mean. Not to be out done, politicians have used acceptance speeches, concession speeches, and basically any appearance that might include a podium and microphone to give their reasons for what the election results [...]
By Steph Drahan, National Women’s Law Center Can you picture it? Neither can I. But for pregnant inmates in many states, this is how motherhood begins: with their legs shackled to metal hospital bedposts. For Shawanna Lumsey, this isn’t an exercise in imagination, but in fact her experience when delivering her son, Jordan. My name [...]
By Brigette Courtot, National Women’s Law Center “Optional maternity coverage has a very unfavorable impact on our bottom line…[t]his coverage option will be eliminated in stages.” This is just one of many illuminating quotes from insurance company leaders that can be found in a set of memos released last week the House of Representatives’ Committee [...]
by Stephanie Drahan and Thao Nguyen, National Women’s Law Center September 22, 2010: You get sick. You go to the doctor. You get diagnosed. Your insurance company drops your coverage when you need it the most. You now find yourself fighting your illness and the insurance company. September 23, 2010: You get sick. You go to [...]
by Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security, National Women’s Law Center This Saturday, August 14, is the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. It was President Franklin Roosevelt who signed the bill into law, but it was Frances Perkins, the first woman in the Cabinet, who made it happen. [...]
By Stephanie Drahan, Outreach Associate, National Women’s Law Center As we like to repeat, in March, an historic health care reform law passed! In September, many of the provisions will start going into effect, including one of the most popular: the “under 26” or dependent coverage provision. This provision allows young adults, who are under [...]
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