Fact Sheets

Impact of Sequestration Cuts on Head Start, Child Care and Early Education: State and Local Examples

July 15, 2013

This chart summarizes the impact of the Sequestration cuts to early childhood programs in the states.

The Minimum Wage and the EITC: Complementary Strategies Helping Women Lift Their Families Out of Poverty

July 15, 2013

The minimum wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) are two federal policies that help low-income workers, especially women, make ends meet and support their families.  Improvements to the minimum wage and EITC are necessary as important complements to – not substitutes for – one another. 

Supreme Court Review: 2012-2013 Term

July 10, 2013

The 2012-2013 Supreme Court Term witnessed a number of blockbuster cases affecting women’s rights, from affirmative action to workplace protections to voting rights to marriage equality. The results in those cases were decidedly mixed, with some historic victories, but also, unfortunately, heartbreaking setbacks. The National Women’s Law Center participated in most of these cases. This fact sheet explains key cases and the potential impacts of their decisions.

Breastfeeding and the Health Care Law

July 09, 2013

The health care law takes significant steps in making breastfeeding more accessible and affordable for millions of Americans. Breastfeeding mothers can now access breastfeeding supplies and lactation support with no additional cost, and working mothers are now guaranteed a private space to pump milk.

Providing Emergency Contraception to Sexual Assault Survivors

June 28, 2013

 

Providing emergency contraception (EC) to survivors of sexual assault is an integral component of a comprehensive medical response.  Sixteen states and D.C. have passed laws requiring hospital emergency rooms to provide information about and access to EC to survivors of sexual assault.  This factsheet outlines the elements essential to a successful state EC in the ER law.

 

State Updates: Early Care and Education

June 27, 2013

This fact sheet summarizes updates and changes to early care and education policy in the states.

The Importance of Fair Pay for Delaware Women

June 27, 2013

This fact sheet summarizes the wage gap in Delaware and why fair pay is important to the women of Delaware and their families.

Women and the Minimum Wage, State by State Chart

June 25, 2013

The minimum wage is falling short for millions of Americans — especially for women, who represent nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers across the country, and at least half of minimum wage workers in every state. Use this chart to see how the states compare.

Fair Pay for Women and People of Color in Massachusetts Requires Increasing the Minimum Wage and the Tipped Minimum Wage

June 21, 2013

This fact sheet explains how increasing the minimum wage and the tipped minimum wage in Massachusetts would especially benefit women and people of color.

A Federal Twenty-Week Abortion Ban Would Unconstitutionally Interfere with Women’s Health

June 14, 2013

The House of Representatives will soon consider H.R. 1797, introduced by Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ), which would ban abortions at twenty weeks post-fertilization. This bill would take away a woman’s ability to make this very personal decision — a decision that is best left to a woman to make with her family, her doctor, and other trusted individuals. The bill is extremely dangerous because it threatens women’s health and lives, and ignores women’s individual — sometimes dire — circumstances. This ban is a direct attack on the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade. The Federal Twenty-Week Abortion Ban would deny women across the country the right to make such an extremely personal medical decision and instead allow politicians to make that decision.