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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food!

May 4, 2018

SNAP plays a critical role in addressing food insecurity, and the SNAP cuts proposed by the House will have a devastating impact. The risk is even greater for LGBTQ people who are not only 1.6 times more likely to experience food insecurity, but who are also particularly vulnerable to employment discrimination and new SNAP time limits and work requirements.

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Jen Herrick

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Health Care

March 15, 2018

What the what?! When it comes to health care, the patient should always come first. But a harmful and discriminatory rule proposed by the Trump Administration is opening the door to widespread discrimination toward women and LGBTQ+ people. Not okay. This new proposed rule would allow providers (...

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Felicia Burnett

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Health Care

March 6, 2018

President Trump is playing political football with gun safety policy, with health care, and with our lives. The Trump Administration is up to it again with their underhanded, secret, back-door tactics—and I'm not talking about Russia! Recently, President Trump bragged at the Conservative Political...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care Politics & Policy

December 11, 2017

November was National Adoption Awareness Month. To raise awareness about adoption in the LGBTQ community, MomsRising partnered with Family Equality Council , Children’s Action Network , and PFLAG to host a tweetchat about adoption by LGBTQ adults. If you missed out on the tweetchat, no worries!...

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Isabella Higgins

Health Care Politics & Policy

October 15, 2017

It’s maddening. On the heels of rolling back birth control protections for women last week through an executive order, President Trump issued another executive order to undo critical parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare) that have made it easier for individuals to access affordable...

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Felicia Burnett

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October 6, 2017

Last week, Congressional Republicans let the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expire and voted in favor of gutting Medicaid which would result in millions more uninsured children. This week, the Trump administration rolled back access to birth control and the House passed a 20 week...

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Felicia Burnett

MomsRising Politics & Policy

October 6, 2017

Earlier today, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued new guidance allowing individuals and businesses to act in the name of “religious freedom” and discriminate against LGBTQ people, without fear of government reprisal. The order allows individuals to act or abstain from action according to...

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Health Care Politics & Policy

September 19, 2017

It’s not yet October, but it seems that some extremists in the U.S. Senate and Pres. Trump are bringing out the zombies—in the form of yet another ridiculous and damaging Obamacare (health care) repeal bill! Boo. **We can’t let this bill pass! Sign on now to tell your U.S. Senator: Protect our...

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Felicia Burnett

Food! Immigration MomsRising Near You

July 24, 2017

¡Hola queridas lectoras y madres de Mamás con Poder! Mi nombre es Romina Tibytt. Soy mamá latina de 3 hermosos niños. Dos varones de 15 y 12 y la princesa de 9 años. Durante el fin de semana del PrideFest en la ciudad de Nueva York, tuve la oportunidad de colaborar con Mamás con Poder para informar...

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Romina Tibytt

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Health Care

July 12, 2017

Donald Trump continues to shock us with his bullying behavior—but bullying in this administration isn’t limited to Donald Trump’s twitter account. Unbelievably, Republicans in the U.S. Senate, along with Trump, are trying to pass a health care bill that will rip coverage from 22 million people and...

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Felicia Burnett