Fact Sheets

State Tax Materials (Spanish and other languages)

November 14, 2012

The individual state fliers in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Hmong languages include information on tax credits specific to all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

State by State Fact Sheets: Child Care Assistance Policies 2012

November 08, 2012

The National Women's Law Center's 9th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that families were worse off in 27 states than they were in 2011 under one or more child care assistance policies. Families are not only worse off in 2012 than they were in 2011, but are also worse off than a decade ago.

Women and the Health Care Law in the United States

November 08, 2012

The health care law, also known as the Affordable Care Act, protects women from discriminatory health insurance practices, makes health coverage more affordable and easier to obtain, and improves access to many of the health services women need. Approximately 17 million women will gain coverage because of the Affordable Care Act.  Millions of women already benefit from the new law, and all women will gain important protections when the law is fully implemented in 2014.

If You Care about Religious Freedom You Should Care about Reproductive Justice!

November 06, 2012

The Reproductive Justice (RJ) movement places reproductive health and rights within a social justice and human rights framework.  The movement supports the right of individuals to have the children they want, raise the children they have, and plan their families through safe, legal access to abortion and contraception. In order to make these rights a reality, the movement recognizes that RJ will only be achieved when all people have the economic, social, and political power to make healthy decisions about their bodies, sexuality, and reproduction.

Reproductive Justice demands that women be able to access and make informed decisions about their reproductive health care.  Unfortunately, hospitals and pharmacies sometimes use their religious beliefs to justify denying women not only access to but also information about reproductive health care, including contraception, abortion, and in vitro fertilization. However, the religious freedom protections embodied in the First Amendment do not include the right to use religion to discriminate. While individual providers may refuse to provide a service based on personal religious objections, the pharmacies and hospitals that employ them may not discriminate against the women who seek healthcare at their facilities by denying them the appropriate standard of medical care. Such religious discrimination violates a woman’s right to make informed decisions about her health care  and her reproductive freedom.

What the Medicaid Eligibility Expansion Means for Women

November 05, 2012

The Medicaid eligibility expansion is a crucial part of the health care law. Starting in 2014, 15 million uninsured Americans, including 7 million women will be newly eligible for Medicaid coverage.  Medicaid is an effective program that has the potential to improve the health and economic wellbeing of millions of American women while at the same time saving states money and creating jobs. Medicaid is and will continue to be a crucial source of health care for low-income women in America and it is vital to women’s health that states move forward with the Medicaid eligibility expansion. In this issue brief, we will examine why the current Medicaid program is important to women and why the Medicaid expansion is a good deal for women and states.

Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk: An Important Case for Low-Wage Women Workers and the Future of the Fair Labor Standards Act

November 02, 2012

In October 2012, the Center filed an Amicus brief in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk.  This fact sheet explains the case's importance and potential impact on low-wage women workers.

Sample Letter to the Editor

October 22, 2012

This sample letter to the editor can be used as a template for writing letters to local newspapers about important tax credits available to families.

Sample Newsletter Article

October 22, 2012

Spread the word about valuable tax credits by running an article in your organization's newsletter. Take a look at our sample newsletter article to learn how.

Sample Press Release

October 22, 2012

Send out a press release to your local newspapers about the tax credits. Contact the National Women's Law Center for help in tailoring this press release for your state and organization.

Sample Public Service Announcement Script

October 22, 2012

Spread the word about tax credits by encouraging local media outlets to run PSAs about the family tax credits. Download the sample public service announcement script for details.