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Hello, Pregnant Stranger

Josia Klein, a counsel for the National Women’s Law Center’s Education and Workplace Justice Team, says the employee cannot opt out of giving the coordinator’s contact to the student. “They are required,” she says. “That’s...

The gender wage gap just widened for the first time in 20 years

Zoom in: Women make up the majority of low-wage workers in the U.S., partly because many are trying to figure out how to earn money while also caring for children. Jobs that can accommodate those schedules tend to...

States with abortion bans saw a rise in tubal sterilizations after Roe was overturned, new study finds

The new study didn’t answer whether the Dobbs decision caused more people to get sterilized. But, “what we’re seeing is that people don’t want to get into a situation of needing an abortion and not being able to obtain...

La pobreza infantil y la brecha salarial de género aumentaron en EE.UU. en 2023

La organización además señaló que la brecha salarial de género cada vez mayor es una elección de políticas. "Sabemos lo que se necesita para reducir la pobreza infantil y apoyar las oportunidades económicas de las...

Private equity moves into Colo. child care

Earlier this summer, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Open Markets Institute, a nonprofit that lobbies against corporate monopolies, published a report on the risks of private equity investment in the child care sector...

Aetna to start covering IUI after a lawsuit, providers and families rejoice

It was argued that the previous policy, which only gave such coverage to straight people who were unable to conceive after six to 12 months of attempts and only gave coverage to LGBTQ+ people after...