Deliverable 2: Abortion PFL

[ran-codes]

Issue to track progress of scrolly for @alinasmahl1

Action Items:

• [ ] @ran-codes to put together POC
• [ ] @RebeccaFinkel to polish text and upload

Prompt

I think I found a good subject for a scrollie or story map, and it’s a paper you’re already familiar with! Below is an outline for a scrollie based on Alina and team’s article on abortion access and paid family leave. It’s a work in progress, but I wanted to check in before I spent any more time on it.

Text (WITH EACH CLICK] | Image -- | -- Introduction Illustrate mortality crisis in U.S. Define reproductive justice Explain how abortion access and paid family leave (PFL) are foundational for reproductive justice and how restrictions can perpetuate mortality crisis and racial disparities |   The U.S. is the only Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member country that does not guarantee access to paid time off for childbirth. | Zoom in on U.S. map Though the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides 12-weeks of protected yet unpaid time for family or medical reasons, strict eligibility requirements result in only 56% of the workforce being eligible. | Fill in 56% of map Employers fill some of this gap, but lower-wage and minoritized workers are less likely to have access to these benefits. And some state governments prevent city and county local governments from enacting PFL policies.  As a result, families are subject to a patchwork of employer, local, and state government policies that leave millions of pregnant people, who are disproportionately minoritized and low-income individuals, without access to PFL. | Highlight remaining 44% On June 24, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, giving states the authority to ban or restrict abortion access. | Highlight entire country to indicate state-by-state authority This legal landscape has left it possible for these restrictions overlap, with state legislators and governors effectively forcing people to give birth and return to work or risk losing pay. | Text: How many states restrict both abortion access and paid family leave? PFL Landscape   | Clear map X states mandate paid protected time off for family and medical reasons, including birth and care of a newborn or adoption. | Highlight these states in PFL1 color X states have no paid family leave and do not prevent cities or counties from offering it. | Highlight these states in PFL2 color X states offer no paid family leave and prevent city or county governments from offering it. | Highlight these states in PFL3 color Abortion Access Landscape   | Clear map Abortion is currently accessible in X states. | Highlight these states in AB1 color X states have laws that restrict abortion care or have attempted to ban abortion. | Highlight these states in AB2 color X states have banned abortion. | Highlight these states in AB3 color Analysis Here’s what we found. | Clear map None of the states that ban or restrict abortion offer paid family leave. That’s half of the states in this country. | Highlight of states that ban or restrict abortion (AB2, AB3), add PFL2, PFL3 to indicate blend 16 of 25 states that ban or are hostile to abortion prevent local governments from enacting their own PFL policies. | Highlight AB2, AB3, add PFL3 Of the 25 states and DC where abortion remains accessible, 12 have PFL policies. | Highlight AB1, add PFL1 Conclusion, CTA |   Looking at the map, it becomes clear why there’s a maternal health crisis in the U.S.  Offer details and call to action   [End here?]  These policy decisions represent a profound injustice -- forcing parenthood and then leaving parents without support after childbirth – they also reveal patterns. | [Ran: End here, or keep going with analysis below?] The 25 states with abortion restrictions and bans and no PFL reflect historical and contemporary patterns of institutionalizing racism via policy. Together, these policies constitute a form of structural racism and reproductive oppression because they amplify the impacts of racially inequitable policy structures that disproportionately impact Black pregnant people, thus perpetuating racial and ethnic inequities in infant and maternal health outcomes. |   These policies are geographically and politically patterned: the 16 states that preempt PFL and restrict abortion access are all located in the Midwest and South, and nearly all have Republican governors and legislatures. These states, particularly those in the South, are home to large Black populations, and lack additional policies to support pregnant people and families, including postpartum healthcare access through Medicaid, a living wage, or paid sick leave, all of which disproportionately impact Black and other birthing people of color6. |   Text (WITH EACH CLICK]

[ran-codes]

Delivery from journal: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/8KSwo/6/

[alinasmahl1]

thanks! Yup, we're keeping it updated as the plicies change.