Maternal Justice

February 11, 2022

Even if you haven’t been playing Wordle, it’s been hard to escape the new online word game. And in exciting news, this week, we have our own version of Wordle with 5Actions for you to take that are important to American families. Your voice is needed, and we can’t get critical legislation passed...

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Sue Anne Reed

Family Economic Security Maternal Justice

February 8, 2022

Members of Congress and their staff regularly read the local newspapers from their home districts and states to stay in touch with what their constituents care about and want them to prioritize. Using our easy online tool, can you submit a letter to your local paper about the importance of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act? We will walk you through each step and provide sample content and talking points!

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Sara Alcid

Maternal Justice MomsRising

January 16, 2022

Right now, the United States is the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world, with major racial disparities with Black women losing their lives at 3 to 4 times more than the rate of white women due to maternity-related causes, independent of age, economic background, or education. This is a fact that has not changed for several decades.

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Tina Sherman

Sign on to the Women's Health Protection Act

Breastfeeding Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

January 14, 2022

It’s the first #5Actions of 2022: Last year, despite being in the middle of a pandemic, we did some amazing things together. You took over 1,400,000 actions, made 60,000+ phone calls, submitted over 4,000 letters to the editor, and so much more. Now, in 2022, there’s more work to be done to build...

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Sue Anne Reed

Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising

January 11, 2022

Many of us had a pit in our stomach as we watched the arguments last month at the U.S. Supreme Court on the fate of Roe v. Wade. Those justices will decide whether millions of people will lose access to abortion and the reproductive care they need. It’s past time for lawmakers to act to protect our reproductive rights!

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Diarra Diouf

Health Care Maternal Justice

December 20, 2021

“Please don’t let me die. Please save my baby.” She was gasping between labored breaths on the operating room table, squeezing my hand, and begging me to save her life as we prepared to emergently intubate and deliver her. She had COVID-19.

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Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

December 17, 2021

Every provision of the Build Back Better agenda is supported by at least two in three Americans. This is why it's important to spread the word far and wide about what is in this proposed legislation and what it would mean for families.

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Felicia Burnett

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Childcare & Early Education Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave

December 10, 2021

I’m stubborn. Yes, I have gifts to buy, cookies to bake, and kids and loved ones to care for, all on top of the ongoing madness of the pandemic. But I’m not taking my eyes off the Build Back Better Act. Not now. Not when we are so close to finally getting the care policies that my family -- and so...

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Maternal Justice MomsRising

December 10, 2021

Moms are exhausted. Burnout is real. The pandemic's effect on maternal mental health is staggering. We must – and we can – put into place public policies to support families and ease the stress and anxieties mothers are facing.

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

November 23, 2021

“The free market works well in many different sectors, but childcare is not one of them. It does not work for the caregivers. It does not work for the parents. It does not work for the kids. And because it does not work for them, it does not work for the country."

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