Thanks to ACA, More Cancer Patients Have Hope
“I’m sorry ma’am, the hospitals only have to provide care to you in emergency circumstances. They don’t have to provide you with anything else.” It’s been two years since the ACA became law. Since then, we’ve heard grumbles from the left, the right and everywhere in between. Last year I wrote about how I wished [...]
Pink slime is on the run!
You did it! Thousands of MomsRising members joined the chorus of concerned consumers about the presence of pink slime, also known as “LFTB” (lean, finely textured beef) in cafeterias, restaurants and supermarkets. Your voice made the difference and major changes have been made within corporations and the government affecting the food our families eat. In [... ]
Vigilantes in Scrubs
A study published this month paints a troubling picture. Imagine palliative care doctors, working to deliver the best possible comfort care to their patients. Yet even as they meet the recognized best practices of their profession, their colleagues are judging their covert intentions and moral fiber. Over half of the physicians who responded to the [...]
New News on Cleaners
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World Cleaning used to be a simple thing. You learned what to use from your parents and bought the same products when you moved into your own house. But new reports just emerging may make you rethink choosing some of those brands. Earlier this month, a [...]
Ban BPA!
We are so fed up with bisphenol-A (BPA). It’s highly toxic, our families are being exposed to it left and right, and, now we have a chance to help get rid of it! In just two days the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going to issue a final decision on whether or not BPA [...]
Mothers Without Custody: Some 2 Million Women Feel the Stigma
By Jackie Krasas After a divorce, most people assume that children reside primarily with mothers. However, census data tell us that there are at least 2.5 million households run by single fathers. For most of these fathers, there is a noncustodial mother (NCM). Not that we would know it. NCMs are more than a little [...]
There’s No Sunscreen for Burning Lungs
Did you know kids breathe up to seven times more air than adults? According to the American Lung Association, when they breathe smog, it’s like getting a sunburn on their airways, and can possibly provoke asthma attacks, stunt their growing lungs, and could even lead to cancer. We have good news on the horizon: Yesterday, [...]
Have an Appetite for Equity? Join Us at Our Healthy Foods Convening
With diabetes and obesity rates still on the rise, CPEHN will be tackling one of the leading causes of these chronic conditions at our spring convenings, An Appetite for Equity: Ensuring Access to Healthy Foods. Making healthy foods more available can greatly improve health in California’s low-income areas and communities of color. At the convening, [ ...]
Dirty Little Secret
The fact is that one in eight women suffer from postpartum depression. No mother should ever feel like this is her “dirty little secret.”
The War on Women and the War on Immigrants Collide
A few weeks ago, the right-wing Daily Caller ran a piece with the sensational headline “Transgender hormone treatments, abortion access for detained illegals irks congressman.” It’s about House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith’s opposition to humane treatment of immigrants detained by our government as they fight deportation. Smith, a Republican from Texas, is known for being [...]
Your Body, Your Decisions – This Means You, Moms!
Recently, a mother in South Carolina reached out to the ACLU for help. She was pregnant, and although she had had two prior cesarean surgeries, she wished to attempt a “trial of labor,” that is, to give birth naturally, rather than having a scheduled cesarean surgery. The mother’s wish made sense in light of her [...]
Hoodies and Miniskirts
Last month, an armed Sanford, FL neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman followed, confronted and shot Trayon Martin AFTER being told by a 911 dispatcher to stay in his car until police arrive. Trayvon Martin was on his way home from buying candy at a store during halftime of the NBA All-Star game. Zimmerman, who admits to [...]
All Our Problems Solved…Or Not
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Journalist Liza Mundy sees a time, in the very near future, when women will earn more than men and the economic shift will transform our mating, marriage and motherhood patterns. In The Richer Sex, Mundy points out that 4 of 10 wives currently are primary breadwinners, [...]
The Affordable Care Act Goes to the Supreme Court
Today, the Supreme Court began arguments about the constitutionality of provisions within the Affordable Care Act. Watch our short video explaining the legal challenges, why we think the law is constitutional, and what women could lose if the law is struck down. Also, you can check out an updated fact sheet about the health care [...]
3 Keys to Making Unlimited Vacation Policies Actually Work
The concept of unlimited vacation or “no vacation policy” is becoming a popular idea. Large companies like IBM, HubSpot, and Netflix have kicked the standard two-week vacation policy to the curb. Over the years, we’ve worked with many organization, big and small, to help them implement a Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE). A big part of this process [...]
I just want her to be happy
I remember the moment I became a mother. It was like lightening and thunder inside my body, and then, suddenly and unexpectedly, a delightful soft and smooth swoosh. And there she was. Like every mother, I wanted my child to be happy. That was 24 years ago, and instinctively, I knew that happiness was more [...]
The Affordable Care Act Helps More than Half of U.S. Kids Access Preventive Care
By Elisabeth Burak, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families As some Say Ahhh! readers know, I recently moved across the country with my husband and toddler. It’s been more than three months, but we’re still searching our new place for clothes or items that got lost in the shuffle. Of course, part of moving is [...]
Nearly All States Have Taken First Steps in Implementing Affordable Care Act
By Kevin Lucia, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Studies When a child turns two, it’s natural to take stock of all the milestones they have achieved such as first steps, first words and first solid foods. Some parents are even organized enough to document all these achievements in a baby book. As the Affordable [...]
Offering Medicaid Coverage to More Uninsured People is a Popular Affordable Care Act Provision
By Joan Alker, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families One of the least often discussed provisions of the Affordable Care Act continues to be one of the most popular according to the latest Kaiser Health News tracking poll. Seventy percent of those responding to the poll thought favorably about the ACA provision to expand [...]
Women’s History We Still Live With Today
March is women’s history month and I wanted to share a few tidbits of women’s history that are even less commonly known than most, and history that is still impacting the lives of women and mothers today. Did you know that… When the Social Security act was adopted in the late 1930′s, the Council that [...]
