Letter to DHHS re. Section 1557 of ACA
November 16, 2015
NAPW encourages the Department of Health and Human Services to not include a specific exemption for health providers, health plans, and other covered entities on the basis of religious beliefs in its rule making on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
November 09, 2015
NAPW urges Governor Cuomo to sign the 2015 Anti-Shackling Bill to expand protections for pregnant women in New York State prisons and jails.
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McCormack v. Herzog 2nd Ninth Circuit Opinion
June 02, 2015
McCormack v. Herzog 2nd Ninth Circuit Opinion (5/29/15)
National Advocates for Pregnant Women was the first national organization to offer support to Jennie McCormack, an Idaho woman who was arrested for having an abortion. We are thrilled to report an important victory in Ms. McCormack's case. Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its second opinion in McCormack v. Herzog, holding that it is unconstitutional to prosecute women for having abortions, and striking down several parts of Idaho's laws that limit women's rights and access to abortion.
NAPW and our allies' recent victories show how important it is to resist attacks on pregnant women's personhood -- and how equally important it is to organize with our allies to reframe the debate.
Defeating Colorado Feticide Law
With NAPW's support, the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR), NARAL Colorado, Planned Parenthood of Colorado, and partners did what most thought would be impossible: We stopped Colorado from becoming the 39th state to adopt a feticide law.
NAPW Part of NWLC and LSRJ Reproductive Justice Webinar Oct. 1, 2014
October 07, 2014
On Wednesday, October 1, 2014, NAPW’s Research & Program Associate, Laura Huss, gave a webinar as part of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) and Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) Webinar Wednesday series, “If You Care About Pregnancy Discrimination, You Should Care About Reproductive Justice.
NAPW has some good news for mothers this Mother's Day weekend. And by "news," we literally mean news coverage and commentary that is good for mothers.
January 25, 2013
Lynn Paltrow and Jeanne Flavin
Abstract: In November 2011, the citizens of Mississippi voted down Proposition 26, a “personhood” measure that sought to establish separate constitutional rights for fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses.
On January 15, 2013, the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law published a study, "Arrests of and Forced Interventions on Pregnant Women in the United States, 1973-2005: Implications for Women's Legal Status and Public Health," written by Lynn M. Paltrow, NAPW Executive Director, and Jeanne Flavin, Professor of Sociology at Fordham University and NAPW Board President.
"Roe v. Wade and the New Jane Crow: Reproductive Rights in the Age of Mass Incarceration"
January 14, 2013
Lynn M. Paltrow, American Journal of Public Health, 2013, Vol. 103, No. 1
Abstract: All pregnant women, not just those who seek to end a pregnancy, have benefited from Roe v Wade.
