In July 2017, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a report criticizing the detention of pregnant women in the United States and highlighting the harsh Wisconsin law NAPW and our allies have been working to defeat.
NAPW Webinar Sept. 18 “Racism, Reproductive Justice, & the NYC Monument to Dr. J. Marion Sims”
Who is Dr. J. Marion Sims and what is a statue honoring someone who experimented on enslaved Black women doing in East Harlem, New York?
Controversies over statues memorializing racism (and sexism) are not limited to one region of the United States.
Please Act Now – Save the ACA and Medicaid: Health Care is a Human Right
Last week President Trump and the Republican Party released their plan (Trumpcare) to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Their plan guts the ACA, slashes Medicaid, and will result in 52 million people being uninsured over the next 10 years.
What Can You Do?
What Can You Do?
March 06, 2017
Now, perhaps more than ever, people who care about reproductive, racial, and social justice
and human rights want to know what they can do. Attached please find your copy of:
INDIVISIBLE: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda.
Join NAPW at the Women’s March on Washington on 1/21/17
While demonstrations alone are never enough, they can be a vital part of an overall strategy of resistance. So please join NAPW at the Women's March on Washington on Saturday, January 21st, 2017. If you can't make it to D.C. please participate in a local event.
NAPW Achieving Justice in These Unjust Times
Despite national and international developments that make many of us feel less than hopeful, NAPW has had a number of victories that remind us of the need to celebrate the accomplishments we have had.
Letter to DHHS re. Section 1557 of ACA
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.
NY: Anti-Shackling Letter to Gov. Cuomo
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.
Download NAPW's letter to Governor Cuomo
McCormack v. Herzog 2nd Ninth Circuit Opinion
McCormack v. Herzog 2nd Ninth Circuit Opinion
June 02, 2015
McCormack v. Herzog 2nd Ninth Circuit Opinion (5/29/15)
A Major Victory for Pregnant Women
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.