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As the Family and Medical Leave Act Turns 30 This Weekend, Moms Tell Congress: We’re Tired of Being in the Shadow. We Need Paid Leave for All, NOW

January 31, 2023
Media advisory ** Media Advisory for 9 am Thursday, February 2, 2023 **  Three decades after the Family and Medical Leave Act became law, giving about three in five U.S. workers access to unpaid leave, America’s moms and families are telling Congress: We’re tired of being in the shadows. We need paid leave for all now!
MomsRising Together

Heartsick and Horrified

January 27, 2023
Statement “America’s moms are heartsick and horrified by the brutal police murder of Tyre Nichols. No words can convey our deep, endless sorrow that a father, a son, a man who was simply driving his car in his own neighborhood was brutally murdered by the very people whose job it is to protect us.
Campaigns:
Police Reform
MomsRising Education Fund

AAPI Against Gun Violence Coalition to Host Press Conference to Discuss Gun Violence Prevention and the AAPI Community

January 24, 2023
Media advisory WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, January 25 at 2 PM ET, the AAPI Against Gun Violence Coalition will host a virtual press conference to discuss gun violence prevention.
Campaigns:
Gun Control
MomsRising Education Fund

Again and Again and Again, This Time Against Asian Americans. The Gun Violence That Is Plaguing Our Country Must End.

January 22, 2023
Statement “Last night, on the eve of the first day of the Lunar New Year, celebrated by millions of Asian Americans in the United States, a man opened fire at a dance studio in Monterey Park, killing ten and injuring ten more. This is the 5th mass shooting in the United States already in 2023, and one more excruciating reminder of the devastation gun violence is causing our communities and our country.
Campaigns:
Gun Control
MomsRising Together

50 Years After ‘Roe v. Wade,’ SCOTUS Has Taken the Country Backward, Causing Immense Hardship and Chaos for Moms, Families, and the Country – But America’s Moms Are Determined to Secure Access to Abortion Care

January 20, 2023
Statement “This weekend, instead of celebrating the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and all the promise it once brought, the nation continues to reel from last June’s cruel, horrific ruling by SCOTUS in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Make no mistake: America’s moms reject the dangerous post-Roe world the U.S. Supreme Court has created, and anti-abortion extremism in all its forms. 
Campaigns:
Reproductive Justice
MomsRising Together

America’s Moms Greatly Concerned that New Biden Asylum Policies Will Put Moms, Children, and Families in Grave Danger

January 6, 2023
News release “The moms and families who seek asylum in the United States are trying to escape violence and persecution to protect and care for their children. It is disappointing that the Biden administration is adopting policies that will deny access to asylum for so many of them while putting unaccompanied children in danger and consigning thousands of vulnerable moms and families to grave physical harm when they are expelled to Mexico.
Campaigns:
Immigration
MomsRising Together

Major Victory for Moms and Families as Measures to Support Pregnant and Breastfeeding Workers Are Poised for Passage by Congress!

December 22, 2022
Statement “The country’s moms and families won a major, meaningful, long overdue victory today when the U.S. Senate included the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in the FY23 budget bill. When lawmakers enact these two essential measures, breastfeeding moms will no longer be forced to pump breastmilk in bathrooms, cars, closets and cafeterias; and fewer pregnant workers will be forced out of their jobs because employers deny them reasonable accommodations like carrying water bottles and taking more bathroom breaks.
Campaigns:
Breastfeeding, Maternal Health, Federal Budget, Immigration
MomsRising Together

Moms Applaud Increased Spending on Maternal and Child Health, But Failure to Invest More in Child Care, Address Pregnancy Discrimination, and Extend Expanded Child Tax Credit a Deep and Harmful Disappointment

December 20, 2022
Statement “The FY23 budget Congress will vote on this week contains welcome new investments in maternal and child health and child nutrition – but in many other ways, this budget fails moms and families. It will perpetuate hardship and poverty, harming families and damaging our economy for years to come. Moms expected and deserve better.
Campaigns:
Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Early Care & Education, Federal Budget, Health Care, Immigration
MomsRising Together

Moms Cheer as President Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act Into Law

December 13, 2022
Statement “Our nation is more fair and will be more successful now that the Respect for Marriage Act is law. This badly needed law reaffirms the freedom to marry the person you love. It protects the marriages of same-sex and interracial couples, repeals the discriminatory, deceptively named Defense of Marriage Act, and makes federal benefits available to married couples no matter which state they live in.
MomsRising Together

MEDIA ADVISORY: Excuse Our Fowl Language, But What the Duck?

December 12, 2022
Media advisory **MEDIA ADVISORY** Tuesday, December 13, 8:30 am ET Excuse Our Fowl Language, But What the Duck?  MomsRising Members with Rubber Duckies to Greet Members of Congress Tuesday Morning, Urging Them to Make a Big Splash for Moms During the Lame-Duck Session    
Campaigns:
Workplace Justice, Maternal Health, Early Care & Education, Federal Budget
MomsRising Together

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