Press Releases

Senate Lets Down Millions of Working Women and Families by Failing to Move Paycheck Fairness Bill Forward

June 5, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) Today, in an 52-47 vote, the Senate failed to get the 60 needed votes to invoke cloture to end a filibuster on the Paycheck Fairness Act.  In 2010, this bill passed the House with a bipartisan vote, but in a party-line vote did not overcome a filibuster in the Senate.

All of May’s Job Gains Go to Women as Recovery Slows, NWLC Analysis Shows

June 1, 2012

 (Washington, D.C.) Analysis by the National Women’s Law Center of jobs data for May 2012 released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in a month in which the economy added just 69,000 net jobs, women gained 95,000 jobs while men lost 26,000 jobs.  May was the second largest monthly job gain for women in the last twelve months.  However, during the recovery overall

House Failure to Take Up the Paycheck Fairness Act Leaves Working Women Behind

June 1, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) Today the House held a procedural vote on whether to move forward with the Paycheck Fairness Act. The House voted 233-180 against taking up the bill. In 2011 this bill passed the House with a bipartisan vote and was two votes shy of overcoming a filibuster in the Senate.   

NWLC opposes bill requiring profiling of women seeking abortion

May 30, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote tomorrow on H.R. 3541, the “Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act” (or PreNDA), a dangerous bill that would block access to reproductive health care and discriminate against the very women it claims to protect.

National Women's Law Center Applauds Senate Armed Services Committee for Supporting Health Care for Servicewomen

May 24, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The Senate Armed Services Committee voted in support of an amendment by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 that would expand health insurance coverage of abortion for women serving in the military.

National Women's Law Center Launches New Video in Support of Health Care Law

May 16, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today released a new video as part of its “I Will NOT Be Denied”™ campaign to protect the health care law.

It’s Past Time to Protect Pregnant Women in the Workforce, says NWLC

May 8, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) Today Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and 55 cosponsors will introduce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). This legislation would require employers to provide reasonable job modifications that would allow pregnant women to continue working when the modifications can be made without undue hardship.

Most of April’s Modest Job Gains Go to Women, NWLC Analysis Shows

May 4, 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 gained 73 percent of the 115,000 jobs added in April—the largest share of monthly job gains for women since the start of the recovery. For the recovery overall (June 2009-April 2012), women’s gains have been much smaller.

New Video From National Women's Law Center Highlights Threats to Reproductive Health Care

April 24, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today released the third in a series of videos as part of its “My Health is NOT Up for Debate”™ campaign to protect reproductive health care.

Women Need the Buffett Rule, NWLC Says

April 12, 2012

(Washington, D.C.)  The Senate is expected to vote on Monday, April 16 on the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012 (S.2230), a bill introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to implement the Buffett Rule.  Inspired by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who highlighted the unfairness of a tax system that allowed him to pay a lower tax rate than his secretar