Extremist judges will not stop endangering the lives of pregnant people or people who may become pregnant—overturning Roe v. Wade, attacking medication abortion, threatening the future of IVF, and this week at SCOTUS, emergency abortion care.
Our lawyers are waging strategic fights that make clear what is at stake for people who can become pregnant and seek to bolster our fundamental rights to control our lives, futures, and destinies.
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Mothers earn less than fathers in every U.S. state – and mothers fare the worst in Utah, earning just 58 cents for every dollar fathers make. That amounts to about $25,000 less annually, according to a report from the National Women’s Law Center. The motherhood penalty is also higher for low-wage workers, while mothers in the top-10 percent of earners incur no wage penalty, Budig explained in a 2014 report. Emily Martin, NWLC’s vice president for workplace justice, says the motherhood income gap is higher in states where women are overrepresented in low-wage jobs, such as Louisiana, the No. 48 state for gender parity, where mothers earn $24,000 less than fathers annually.
