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Breastfeeding Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

12/10/20

Women have spent decades fighting for equal rights. We have made significant strides in many arenas, enacting a variety of social, political, and economic reforms. But one notable exception is the receipt of evidence-based care during pregnancy, when women and their providers are often left in the...

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Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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Health Care

12/10/20

The U.S. Supreme Court — now with a full slate of justices — has just heard a case to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that the Trump administration supports. In addition to robbing 23 million Americans of health care coverage, eliminating the ACA would threaten a critical and long-term...

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Bruce Lesley

Families & The Federal Budget

12/07/20

We’re approaching a crisis on top of another crisis during this COVID-19 pandemic. Unless Congress acts quickly, many of the pandemic relief policies that have been lifelines for our families (such as expanded unemployment benefits, emergency paid family leave and earned sick days, and eviction...

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Hanna Addis

Food!

12/07/20

Many North Carolina families are struggling to put healthy food on the table. The way our food system is set up, the healthy choice is not always the easy or affordable choice. The economic impacts of the pandemic have made it even harder for many families to afford healthy food. While MomsRising...

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Jessica Burroughs

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MomsVote

12/07/20

Our jobs as moms who care about voting and democracy is not over yet!! The Georgia Special Election is on January 5, 2021, and is incredibly important. We need your texting fingers, we really do! We’ll provide everything you need to make a big impact: A list of people to text who don’t regularly...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

12/07/20

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage our communities, many people are losing their employer sponsored health care coverage just when they need it the most. And because the Trump administration has consistently tried to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [1], many people are not aware...

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Tasmiha Khan

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

12/04/20

ICYMI: This week the MomsRising community continued to lift democracy and open avenues for everyone to thrive…all during a historically devastating pandemic. You are true superheroes, and we are so thankful to be doing this work with you. 1. GIVE: A Sister MomsRising Donor Will Match Your...

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Kerri Karvetski

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

12/04/20

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be an urgent crisis, yet many of the protections passed earlier this year are set to expire at the end of the month. We are calling on the U.S. Senate to immediately pass a relief package now that will benefit everyone in our nation. We also must urge Congress to...

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Sue Anne Reed

Families & The Federal Budget

12/03/20

We’ll get straight to the point: We’re about to go off a COVID cliff. And we need your help. In just three weeks, unless Congress acts, many of the pandemic relief policies that have been lifelines for our families (like expanded unemployment benefits, emergency paid family leave and earned sick...

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Hanna Addis

MomsRising

12/01/20

What a week. What a year. What a moment in our nation’s history. What a time for you and your family. This has been a hard year. Thank you. You are a true superhero. Yes, you. You have done the impossible this year . Even though it’s a pandemic and you’re juggling more than seems possible each day...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner