State of Women: Improving Women's Health

State of Women is a joint partnership of the National Women’s Law Center and state advocates. Through the project, NWLC and state partners are working together to ensure women benefit from the promise of the Affordable Care Act and improve access to health care through policy analysis and public education.

Our state partners

• Colorado – Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
• Florida – Florida Chain
• Maine – Consumers for Affordable Health Care / Maine Women’s Health Campaign
• Maryland – Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform
• Minnesota – TakeAction Minnesota
• Montana – Montana Women Vote
• New Mexico – Collective Action Strategies
• North Carolina – NC Justice
• Pennsylvania – Women’s Law Project
• Utah – Utah Health Policy Project
• Virginia – VA Organizing
• Washington – Northwest Health Law Advocates
• West Virginia – WV Free
• Wisconsin – Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health 

Resources

• Fact Sheet: Women and the Health Care Law in the United States
• State-by-State Profiles: Women and the Health Care Law
• Issue Brief: What the Medicaid Eligibility Expansion Means for Women
• Landing Page: Preventive Services, Including Contraceptive Coverage, Under the Health Care Law

We will continue to add resources, so please make sure to check back with us!