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Reproductive Justice: Here's What You Need to Know

February 22, 2022
An overview of Reproductive Justice related federal and state policy updates. The Set Up… What seemed to move quickly towards the middle-end of last year, began as a slow burn.
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Kids and the COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A

February 18, 2022
MomsRising recently hosted a conversation with experts from the CDC to talk about the kids' COVID-19, vaccine. Below is a summary of our questions and answers. (Se puede leer en español aquí. ) Felicia Burnett, National Director for health care at MomsRising: How do we know that the covid vaccine...
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Tell the U.S. Senate, it's time to lower drug prices!

February 10, 2022
“Before I had Medicaid, I went into a coma about once a month because I am on insulin. I have many complications as a result of going years without healthcare. Now I never go into comas. Insulin has gone up so much that if not for insurance, I would not be able to buy it. It’s unethical to force...
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Q&A: Kids' COVID Vaccine

January 27, 2022
This week, MomsRising hosted a bilingual webcast with expert guests from the CDC about the kids' COVID vaccine, with the first half in English and the second half in Spanish. We are now over 2 years into this pandemic and it’s touched practically every piece of our lives from child care and grocery...
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Maternal Immunization

Protect Yourself. Protect Your Baby. Get Vaccinated.

January 25, 2022
Navigating the vast world of advice offered to pregnant individuals can be daunting, but there is at least one thing experts agree on: making sure you get the vaccines recommended during the course of pregnancy, including the COVID-19 vaccine, is one of the best ways pregnant people can help...
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Support the Women’s Health Protection Act

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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Omicron is raging & families need support

January 5, 2022
Like many others, my 2022 is off to a rocky start. I am writing this as I scramble to find a COVID-19 test appointment for my feverish two-year-old and my son is home with his school closed. I know I am far from alone. Families need a lifeline, but just when we need help the most, the U.S. Senate failed to act before the new year to extend the monthly Child Tax Credit payments and pass key policies like paid family and medical leave and child care that would have helped families, businesses, and our economy weather this COVID-19 surge.
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Holding Gratitude and Grief

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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What's in Build Back Better (BBB) for Families? MomsRising Staff Explains

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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NEW sticky note deadline is December 24

December 16, 2021
More than 2,000 moms and family members across the country have already signed up to do this action, and we are extending the deadline to December 24 timed to the state of play in Congress. Our wave of sticky notes from moms, caregivers, and family members on Senate office doors across the country needs to keep growing over the next critical week to help keep this legislation moving!
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