NWLC’s Weekly Roundup

Happy Friday! Welcome to the first of a re-invigorated weekly news and blog round up here on Womenstake. From Fridays here on out, we’ll be sharing with you some links from our partner organizations or to blogs from across the web we think you might find interesting. Sound good? Then let’s get started.

This week, the Guttmacher Institute released a Spanish language version of their video, “Abortion in the United States,” called “El Aborto en los Estados Unidos.” We shared the original version of this video with you in May, but be sure to check out the Spanish language version – embedded below – and share it with anyone you think may be interested.

The Dignity in Schools Campaign is gearing up for their National Week of Action on School Pushout, which runs from October 1 – 8. We blogged on the pushout crisis earlier this week – it’s a phenomenon in which students aren’t simply dropping out of their schools, but they’re being “pushed out by overly-punitive disciplinary policies and unsafe school environments.” Read more about how you can get involved with the Dignity in Schools Campaign’s National Week of Action on School Pushout on their website.

We read a post from Kellan Baker at ThinkProgress yesterday about the recommendation to extend New York State’s Medicaid program to include health care coverage for transgendered people, which means that New York could join a number of other states in increasing access to health care coverage to transgendered residents.

The National Physicians Alliance has a blog post up about some lingering confusion about what exactly the Affordable Care Act means and what it stands to do for Americans. But, as we saw in Massachusetts, public support for their health care reform initiative increased once citizens saw the law’s benefits realized. Be sure to read their post to learn more about how we can all help communicate the benefits of the ACA to others.

And lastly, we’re thrilled to share with you the news that fair pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter will be among 11 women honored as inductees into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Lilly will be inducted into the Hall of Fame tomorrow evening during a ceremony in Seneca Falls, NY. She’ll be joining the 236 others who’ve been inducted  since the Hall of Fame was founded in 1969.

That’s the roundup for this week! Read anything else interesting or have something you’d like to share? Feel free to leave a link in the comments.