Maternal Justice

March 30, 2018

In another shocking move designed to terrorize the immigrant community, the Trump administration announced yesterday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will detain many more pregnant women who are awaiting deportation proceedings in court. This move is cruel, inhumane and absolutely...

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Maternal Justice

March 30, 2018

A conversation between ACLU and MomsRising. Women and Mass Incarceration #MaternalJustice

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Tasmiha Khan

Maternal Justice

March 19, 2018

Black women currently die from childbirth-related causes at 3-4x the rate of White women. This rate has not changed for almost six decades. Black mamas’ maternal mortality/morbidity is a continuation of ongoing systemic racism + oppression.

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Tasmiha Khan

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Gun Safety Immigration Maternal Justice Podcast

March 19, 2018

Breaking Through is off this week, but we rounded up some of our favorite recent moments for this "Best Of" episode! This week we cover the intersection of art, culture, representation and politics with Jessica Byrd, a woman who was named the January Woman to Watch by Essence Magazine, “12 New...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

March 9, 2018

Last night, the Washington legislature passed Initiative 940, a ballot measure brought by the De-Escalate Washington Coalition. Legislators also passed a clarifying bill, HB 3003, the result of months of deliberations between families affected by police violence, the De-Escalate Washington...

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Maternal Justice

February 28, 2018

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Tasmiha Khan

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Immigration Maternal Justice

February 23, 2018

Did you know stories are one of our most powerful tools for changing hearts and minds? Stories are personal, they're real, and they really paint the picture of what's really happening on the ground. MomsRising has brought your stories around the importance of healthcare, early learning and food...

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Karen Showalter

Maternal Justice

February 20, 2018

MomsRising, along with special guests Women’s Refugee Commission and Human Rights Watch holds a Tweetchat on the topic of W omen in Detention and Separation of Families.

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Tasmiha Khan

Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

February 7, 2018

By: Alexandria Hill, MD Increasingly, women with cardiac disease are getting pregnant. We typically associate cardiac disease with people who have had a heart attack or open-heart surgery. But, as a physician and a cardiac patient myself, I think about the people born with heart abnormalities or...

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