BPW of Nevada County – Public Policy Advocacy
POLICY GOALS FOR 2022
*Legislation we helped get enacted:
- Making abortion more affordable by eliminating cost-sharing, for private and public insurance (SB 245)
*Legislation we are working to get enacted:
- Making access to birth control and insurance coverage more equitable, e.g., by requiring coverage of over-the-counter birth control (SB 523)
- Making subsidized childcare more affordable for low-income families by eliminating fees (AB 92)
- Prohibiting gender-based price discrimination for similar products, the “pink tax” (AB 1287)
- Supporting bills that make workplaces more accommodating to working mothers and their families
– Providing bereavement leave for the death of family members (AB 1949)
– Banning discrimination based on family caregiver status (AB 2182) - Supporting a number of bills to expand and support abortion access – as a response to bans in other states.
– Preventing prosecutions and criminalization for abortion or pregnancy loss (AB 2223)
– Providing liability protections for abortion providers (AB 1666) - Supporting funding for:
– domestic violence organizations, rape crisis centers, and innovative prevention and intervention approaches related to domestic violence and sexual assault ($40 million). o filling a gap in funding for California’s Title X provider network due to a federal budget cut that would reduce access to family planning services for low-income patients ($10 million) o emergency and long-term funding increases to Title X at the federal level, to rebuild and strengthen our nation’s family planning safety net.*Legislation we are watching:
– Increasing wage replacement rates for Paid Family Leave and Disability leave (SB 951)
– Establishing a gap coverage program for abortion and reproductive care for underinsured Californians (AB 2134) - Other policy advocacy:
• Monitoring U.S. Supreme Court cases that re-assess Roe v. Wade and U.S. constitutional protections of women’s rights to choose to terminate their pregnancies without undue Governmental interference, particularly through abortion bans.– Monitoring the expected adverse decision of the Supreme Court case of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban (Dobbs v. Mississippi) (Early draft opinion leaked on May 2, 2022