Press Releases

HHS Decision On Contraceptive Coverage An Important Milestone

January 20, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center responded today to the announcement that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) guidelines on health insurance coverage of contraception would be made final.

National Women’s Law Center Files Amicus Brief In Affordable Care Act Case Before The Supreme Court

January 13, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center today submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of the minimum coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Center filed the brief in United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al v. State of Florida, et al on behalf of itself and 60 other organizations.

National Women's Law Center Looks Forward to Working with Cecilia Muñoz as Advisor to The President's Domestic Policy Council

January 11, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center today congratulated Cecilia Muñoz on her appointment as Domestic Policy Advisor to President Obama and director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.

The following statement is from Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center:

Women End 2011 with First Net Job Gain but Higher Unemployment Since Start of the Recovery, NWLC Analysis Shows

January 6, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) Analysis by the National Women’s Law Center of jobs data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that women held slightly more jobs in December 2011 than at the start of the recovery in June 2009, making December the first month that women saw a net job gain in the recovery.  While men suffered more than 70 percent of the net job loss during the recession,

National Women’s Law Center Responds To HHS Announcement On How Essential Benefits Are To Be Determined In Health Care Law

December 22, 2011

(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center responded today to a bulletin released by the Department on Health and Human Services (HHS) on the implementation of the Essential Health Benefits package of the Affordable Care Act. The bulletin outlines policies that will give flexibility to the states as they develop health insurance exchanges. 

Administration Proposes Extending Basic Protections to Home-Care Workers

December 15, 2011

(Washington, D.C.)  Today the Obama Administration proposed new regulations that will provide federal minimum wage and overtime protections to home-care workers. These proposed regulations would extend the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the nation’s main wage and hour law, to nearly two million low-wage home-care workers.

National Women's Law Center Deeply Concerned by HHS Decision on Plan B

December 7, 2011

(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) responded today to the announcement that the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) overruled a decision by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to expand over-the-counter availability of the morning-after contraception Plan B One Step.

Senate Obstruction of D.C. Circuit Court Nominee Caitlin Halligan of Great Concern, Says NWLC

December 6, 2011

(Washington, D.C.) The Senate today filibustered the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

The following statement is from Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center:

Modest Job Gains for Women Leave Single Mothers, African-American Women Behind, NWLC Analysis Shows

December 2, 2011

Analysis by the National Women’s Law Center of data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that women gained slightly more than half of the jobs added in November 2011, and their unemployment rate declined. However, women still hold fewer jobs and have a slightly higher unemployment rate than they did at the start of the recovery in June 2009.

National Women's Law Center Responds to Supreme Court Announcement on Affordable Care Act

November 14, 2011

(Washington, D.C.) Earlier today, the Supreme Court announced it would hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), groundbreaking legislation that has already improved women’s access to health care and, once fully implemented in 2014, will vastly expand health insurance coverage, slow the growth of health care costs and in