Maternal Justice

March 26, 2020

When a crisis like coronavirus (COVID-19) erupts, it puts a further strain on ongoing public health and social issues. As the Guttmacher Institute points out “the specific risk to pregnant women and their infants is not yet clear, but these groups are often particularly vulnerable to infectious...

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Tasmiha Khan

Health Care Maternal Justice

March 14, 2020

An overview of Maternal Justice related federal and state policy updates for February and March 2020

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S. Nadia Hussain

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Childcare & Early Education Maternal Justice MomsRising

February 29, 2020

WOW - with all the actions taken, events accomplished, and donations given, we felt the love in February! Particularly powerful: MomsRising member Angelica testified before Congress about the child care crisis we face in this country, sharing her personal story as a single mom. Check it out, and...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Maternal Justice

February 7, 2020

Un resumen de las noticias más recientes de las políticas relacionadas con Justicia Materna a nivel federal y estatal Reunión del Subcomité de Salud Materna e Infantil El martes, 28 de enero de 2020, se llevó a cabo la audiencia “Esperando Más: Haciendo Frente a la Crisis de Salud Materna e...

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S. Nadia Hussain

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Maternal Justice

February 5, 2020

My story is not the traditional story of boy meets girl, girl falls in love, they get married and live happily ever after. Six months prior to me getting pregnant, I decided to end my relationship with my on-again, off-again high school sweetheart. We were living together for about two years at this point and I just wasn’t happy. We discussed having a family together and not once did it ever happen. After we broke up and he moved out, I decided to do something for myself.

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Vu-An Marie Foster

Maternal Justice MomsRising Politics & Policy

February 4, 2020

Happy 2020! It’s January and our work to strengthen this movement of women, moms, and families already has MOMentum! I’ll start with great news: Thanks to donors like you, we exceeded our fundraising goal in our 2019 end-of-year giving campaign, activating our match! That means we brought in more...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Health Care Maternal Justice

February 4, 2020

An overview of Maternal Justice-related federal and state policy updates.

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S. Nadia Hussain

Health Care Maternal Justice

January 13, 2020

Stillbirth affects tens of thousands of American families every year. This post was originally written for National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month in October 2019. After Autumn was stillborn, I was full of self-loathing over the fact that I failed to bring her home alive. However, once I...

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Debbie Haine Vijayvergiya

Maternal Justice

January 1, 2020

El año pasado vimos aumentar el momentum alrededor de la mortalidad materna, justicia reproductiva y servicios abortivos a nivel nacional y estatal. Apoyamos coaliciones/orgs a cargo de mujeres afroamericanas como SisterSong, BMMA y Ancient Song Doula que luchan por autonomía corporal como derecho...

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Diarra Diouf

Health Care Maternal Justice

December 11, 2019

What do rising maternal mortality rates and restrictive abortion laws have in common, women of color are disproportionately impacted. The National Partnership for Women & Families and In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Justice Agenda examine the connections in a new issue brief.

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