Maternal Justice

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

February 25, 2022

Popcorn and BINGO with the President... all from the comfort of your living room! Want in? This Tuesday night (March 1st) at 9pm ET / 6pm PT President Joe Biden will be giving the 2022 State of the Union (SOTU). In order to make watching fun and powerful, we've created a BINGO card to help you...

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Hanna Addis

Health Care Maternal Justice

February 24, 2022

The United States is the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world. Major racial disparities exist where Black women lose their lives at 3 to 4 times the rate of white women due to maternity-related causes, independent of age, economic background, or education, a fact that has done unchanged for several decades.

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Monifa Bandele

We Are MomsRising

Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising Politics & Policy

February 24, 2022

What is Reproductive Justice? Bodily autonomy. Fair treatment. Attainable and affordable healthcare access.

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Diarra Diouf

Childcare & Early Education Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice MomsRising Realistic & Fair Wages Social & Emotional Development

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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Diarra Diouf

Maternal Justice

February 11, 2022

Even if you haven’t been playing Wordle, it’s been hard to escape the new online word game. And in exciting news, this week, we have our own version of Wordle with 5Actions for you to take that are important to American families. Your voice is needed, and we can’t get critical legislation passed...

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Sue Anne Reed

Family Economic Security Maternal Justice

February 8, 2022

Members of Congress and their staff regularly read the local newspapers from their home districts and states to stay in touch with what their constituents care about and want them to prioritize. Using our easy online tool, can you submit a letter to your local paper about the importance of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act? We will walk you through each step and provide sample content and talking points!

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Sara Alcid

Maternal Justice MomsRising

January 16, 2022

Right now, the United States is the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world, with major racial disparities with Black women losing their lives at 3 to 4 times more than the rate of white women due to maternity-related causes, independent of age, economic background, or education. This is a fact that has not changed for several decades.

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Tina Sherman

Sign on to the Women's Health Protection Act

Breastfeeding Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

January 14, 2022

It’s the first #5Actions of 2022: Last year, despite being in the middle of a pandemic, we did some amazing things together. You took over 1,400,000 actions, made 60,000+ phone calls, submitted over 4,000 letters to the editor, and so much more. Now, in 2022, there’s more work to be done to build...

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Sue Anne Reed

Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising

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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Diarra Diouf

Health Care Maternal Justice

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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