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November 15, 2022

Why is abortion critical for moms? America’s moms were faced with the unthinkable reality when the U.S. Supreme Court relegated our autonomy to the states, making our ability to access the reproductive health care we needed almost impossible. Everything changed for every woman, every family, and...

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Diarra Aida Diouf

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December 12, 2022

“I’m used to being in places where you’re not appreciated…being with MomsRising, I’m appreciated”

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Kerri Karvetski

Family Economic Security

November 28, 2022

I was a homeless preteen for an amount of time that trauma won’t allow me to properly timestamp. For years I blamed my mother for her “bad decisions.” I had a hard time not examining myself as a spawn of irresponsibility. But, life experience has allowed me to reclassify this memory. My mother was...

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Leslie Rose

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Health Care

October 19, 2022

My name is Ansley, I live in NH, and I’m a proud stepmom. In the spring of 2021 our family lost employer provided health insurance due to slowdowns because of the pandemic. At about $2000 a month COBRA wasn’t an option for us on top of other bills we were juggling to pay. Like millions of other...

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Nancy Glynn

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Health Care

October 19, 2022

My name is Amber MacQuarrie, I’m a single mom of two kids, and I would like to tell you what having access to healthcare has done for us. Healthcare is the reason my kids have a mother, at least twice over. It’s the reason my 9 year old daughter can now walk and no longer needs her wheelchair. It's...

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Nancy Glynn

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Momsrising RISER Jacqeline at the Capitol

Childcare & Early Education

October 19, 2022

"I love you ladies... If it wasn't for y'all, our stories would not be heard."

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Diana Limongi

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MomsRising

October 14, 2022

"I’ve always been the 'introverted quiet girl' and I learned being quiet is a great way to truly listen to people, listen to what they left unsaid and truly find the connection between us all."

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Kerri Karvetski

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September 30, 2022

"I am the commissioner of two fantasy football leagues, one of which I started just so I could play against my husband twice a year."

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Kerri Karvetski

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MomsRising member Angelina Scott and her husband, Matthew.

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

August 30, 2022

"I’ll never forget stumbling into my pharmacy one day, my blood pressure soaring. I could barely see. I asked the pharmacist: Could you just give me a couple pills? Just five or six, until my next paycheck comes in? I'm scared."

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Kerri Karvetski

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