Fact Sheet

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LGBT Refusals Factsheet 8-2013

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LGBT Americans and ACA Factsheet 8-2013

The health care law goes a long way toward improving women’s health and addressing the discrimination women have faced in the health insurance market. Read more »

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State Bans on Abortion Covg 8-2013

There are currently 86 vacancies on the federal district and appellate courts.[1]  With over 850 authorized judicial seats, this represents a ten percent vacancy rate.  This alarmingly high vacancy rate has persisted for over four years; indeed, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service recently determined that we are in the Read more »

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The Vacancy Crisis in the Federal Judiciary: What's at Stake for Women

Over the past three decades, an increasing number of women have joined the legal profession. Read more »

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Women in the Federal Judiciary: Still A Long Way to Go

Women have regained a large number of the jobs they lost during the recession, but their gains are highly concentrated in low-wage occupations. Sixty percent of the increase in employment for women between 2009 and 2012 was in the 10 largest occupations that typically pay less than $10.10 per hour. Read more »

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60 Percent of Women’s Job Gains in the Recovery Are in the 10 Largest Low-Wage Jobs

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Peace Corps State Foreign Ops Factsheet July 2013

In May 2013, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued new proposed regulations governing the federal child care assistance program, and in June, Senators Mikulski (D-MD), Burr (R-NC), Harkin (D-IA), Alexander (R-TN), and Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill to reauthorize the program (S. 1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2013). Read more »

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Proposed Statutory & Regulatory Changes to CCDBG

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The District of Columbia—unlike any of the fifty states—is currently barred from using its local funds to provide abortion services for low-income women.  This ban prohibits D.C. from deciding how to spend its own revenue and threatens the health of its residents. Read more »

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DC Abortion Covg Ban Threatens Women's Health 7-2013