The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. This week: Why women are paid less each year than men….Plus, one city’s health department pinpoints the reasons behind maternal deaths.
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Here’s this week’s news:
· The Associated Press publishes research by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota’s Center on Women and Public Policy that finds that, on average, Minnesota women are paid $11,000 less each year than men with the same jobs, regardless of the occupation.
· A week after Alaskan Gov. Sean Parnell vetoed expanded funding for Denali KidCare, the state health care program for low-income children and pregnant women, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services says that the program funded 664 “medically necessary” abortions, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
· A New York Times article reveals that more mothers die during pregnancy or soon after in New York than in almost every other state, a statistic that many social scientists attribute to poverty and lack of insurance.
· The Associated Press reports that a Californian mammogram program for low-income women has failed to report its work to California legislators for more than a decade.
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