Thanks to the state courts and legislature, as of May 1, abortion access in Florida is now more restricted than ever under the state’s near-total ban. The impact will resonate throughout the state, harming women and hurting the state economy.
Thanks to the state courts and legislature, as of May 1, abortion access in Florida is now more restricted than ever under the state’s near-total ban. The impact will resonate throughout the state, harming women and hurting the state economy.
March is Women’s History Month, and as we celebrate the role women have played—and continue to play—in the United States, we also want to take the opportunity to highlight the women who are leading their states toward a more equitable future. While full gender parity across the highest elected state offices nationwide plods along, we do see slow but significant progress: even though just 12 of 50 states boast women governors at the helm, gubernatorial records were set in [...]
This year, March 12 marks Equal Pay Day—a day to draw awareness to the wage gap between women and men. In 2022, the most recent data available for full-time, year-round workers (2023 data will be out in September), the gender earnings ratio was 84.0 percent, meaning women, on average, were paid 16 cents less for every dollar earned by men. Said another way, women had to work 62 weeks to be paid what men were paid in just 52 [...]
“[Abortion] is not an issue easily distilled down to dollars and cents... In fact, it is rather dehumanizing!" 90-year-old Republican Senator Grassley exclaimed at the Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 28th, 2024 on the economic harms of restricting reproductive freedom. We disagree with the Senator - what’s dehumanizing is not discussing the very real economic impacts of restrictions on abortion and other reproductive healthcare, it’s the impacts of those restrictions on patients, doctors, and families that were the subject [...]
For many low-income college students, the prevailing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) delays are causing added panic to our ever-growing educational crisis of soaring college costs. For me, the annual FAFSA form was always an unnerving part of my college experience because it determined whether I would be able to return to school in the forthcoming academic year. The programs and grants solely administered through FAFSA, such as the Federal Work Study Program and the Pell Grant, [...]
The year 2023 was riddled with post-Dobbs abortion bans, attacks on gender-affirming care, near government shutdowns, and states striving to legislatively and judicially strip women of their bodily autonomy. And the spotlight on state policy action only intensified with a federal void on policies protecting reproductive health and securing paid leave. On many policy fronts, it was a regressive year for gender equity, but while some states went low, others went high. Some states actually enacted policies that will [...]
This week, amidst a growing list of urgent priorities and rapidly approaching government funding deadlines, the House of Representatives is instead opting to vote for legislation to further stigmatize and restrict students’ reproductive decisions. Under the guise of protecting students’ rights, the House leadership is turning its anti-abortion crusade on college and university students, pushing legislation to limit their ability to make reproductive health care decisions. Despite its lofty title, the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act does absolutely nothing to protect [...]
