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Senate fails to pass breastfeeding law for 9 million working parents despite calls for flexibility amid formula shortage
The PUMP Act failed to pass the Senate Wednesday afternoon. Senators are now eyeing another bill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which would also expand breastfeeding protections for workers and appears poised to pass soon.
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Senators are pushing TSA to clarify its rules around breast milk and formula at airport security
Following reports of parents being harassed, breast milk being spoiled and breast pumps being destroyed by TSA agents, 14 Democratic senators are calling on the agency to address its uneven implementation of policies for nursing parents.
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A tampon shortage, during a formula shortage, during a child care shortage
Addressing the shortages means overcoming not just disregard for people’s needs, but also the discomfort many Americans feel discussing menstruation and other issues affecting women and marginalized groups.
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Senator asks tampon makers how they’re going to fix the shortage
Sen. Maggie Hassan sent a letter to tampon manufacturers Monday seeking answers after reports of empty shelves started circulating last week. She wants tampons to be treated as an essential good.
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Many low-income people are already shut out of IVF. Could abortion bans make it even more expensive?
States have tried to pass abortion restrictions that define life starting at fertilization, something fertility doctors worry will impact the future — and the cost — of IVF in the United States.
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Most of the COVID-19 workforce were women of color. What happens now as those jobs end?
Women of color took on the majority of new jobs created during the pandemic to do contact tracing, and to test and vaccinate Americans, experts said. But as sites ramp down, the future of that workforce is now uncertain.
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‘This is our time’: How women are taking over the labor movement
The pandemic has created an opportunity for new movements in industries that haven’t organized before — movements also led by women.
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Social media groups pop up to connect parents in face of baby formula shortage
Members describe the groups, where people sell or exchange formula or flag stores that have it in stock, as "life-saving."
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In rural, low-income parts of the country, how do you find baby formula when there is nowhere to look?
Low-income parents who receive government assistance to buy baby formula, known as WIC, must purchase it in stores. But amid a national shortage, families in rural areas are left with few places to look.
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New York’s nail salon workers have spent years feeling silenced. They’re ready to fight back.
Nail salon workers are still fighting to get paid minimum wage, and that may mean banding together to overhaul the entire industry.