New Polling: Across Party Lines, Women Want Abortion Access and Paid Leave to Care for Themselves and Families

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Link to full polling memo: https://bit.ly/WomenVoters2024

New groundbreaking polling from Lake Research and HIT strategies commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund shows that women likely voters in battleground states believe in the need for access to abortion as well as the ability to take paid time off to care for themselves and their families.

The research shows that large numbers of Democratic women (95%), Independent women (84%) and Republican women (77%) believe that an elected official's support for paid family leave is important.

On the issue of abortion, Democratic women (92%), Independent women (70%), Republic women (45%) say it’s important that an elected leader supports a federal law to protect access to abortion nationwide. 

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National Partnership Action Fund Launches Six-Figure Ad Buy on Abortion and Paid Leave in Battleground States

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The National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund announced that the organization will run ads in Wisconsin and Nevada highlighting the importance of the freedom to access abortion care and the freedom to be able to take paid time off for family and medical needs. The organization’s goal is to highlight what’s at stake for voters this November as they head to the polls to choose candidates that reflect their values.  

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National Partnership Action Fund Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States

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This weekend we learned that President Joe Biden will end his campaign for the presidency.  President Biden has served our country with dignity, compassion, and an unflinching commitment to lifting up all people. He led us out of the pandemic, bolstered our economy, and made unprecedented investments in care, jobs, and families. He deserves our thanks and deep appreciation.

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Congressional Paid Leave Scorecard 2024

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The second-ever Paid Leave Scorecard by the National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund and Paid Leave for All Action highlights where members of Congress stand on efforts to support the creation of a national paid family and medical leave program.

This year, we are scoring three bills: the FAMILY Act (H.R. 3481/S. 1714), the Job Protection Act (H.R. 694/S. 210), and the Caring for All Families Act (H.R. 789/S. 242). We are also giving a special notation to Members of Congress who have introduced legislation that expands access to paid or unpaid leave, or have led on the issue in other ways.

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This Year, We’re Keeping Score for Paid Leave

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The first scorecard from Paid Leave for All Action and the National Partnership for Women & Families Action Fund highlights where members of Congress stand on recent legislation critical to enacting a national paid family and medical leave program — the House-passed Build Back Better Act, the FAMILY Act (H.R. 804/S. 248), and the Job Protection Act (H.R. 6938/S. 3748).

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Unite for Gender Justice!

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We are at a crucial point in our democracy. The approaching 2022 midterm elections are shaping up to be some of the most consequential in history for gender justice.

Women — especially Black, Latina, Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, and Indigenous women — have shouldered the dual crises of the COVID-19 public health crisis and the economic recession it triggered. For nearly three years, we have shown up for our country as essential frontline workers across industries, particularly in the health care, food service, education and child care sectors. We also showed up as a critical voting bloc in 2020, both as the workers and consumers powering our economy, as well as the community leaders powering our institutions. And we continue to show up in the streets and on the steps of courthouses to defend our basic rights to freedom and equality.

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New Midterm Polling: 81% of Battleground State Voters Support National Paid Leave Policy

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New polling from Paid Leave for All Action and Global Strategy Group (GSG) highlights the depth and intensity of support for paid leave, particularly in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade: 81% of voters in midterm battleground states support paid leave, a double-digit increase in support over the last year. One-third of battleground voters have become more supportive of paid leave policies in the months since the Court struck down Roe. The poll surveyed voters in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

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Accountability Campaign Around Women’s Agenda

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Today, the National Partnership Action Fund announced that it is launching a campaign effort to ensure that the agenda that women and families voted for in the past election is carried out by policy makers. Recent polling has shown that paid family and medical leave is one of, if not the most, popular elements of any plan to help our economy rebuild amidst an ongoing pandemic. Women in particular have borne the brunt of the pandemic, with 3 million leaving the workforce, with one of the core reasons being a lack of ability to take leave to care for themselves and others. Yet the past few weeks have shown that women are still having to fight to be heard in the broader agenda.

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Paid Leave Wins at the Ballot Box; Action Fund’s Paid Leave Champions Successful in 183 of 247 Races; Nine Still to be Decided

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“It is unacceptable that in 2018 millions of working people are forced to choose between economic security and their health or the health of a loved one, but Tuesday’s results provide more evidence that paid family and medical leave is a winning issue,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the Action Fund.

“It is past time for lawmakers to catch up to the public’s needs and demands and pass a comprehensive paid family and medical leave policy like the FAMILY Act.”

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