Statistics

Wage Gap

• On average, women earn 82 cents for every 1 dollar men earn

• "[women] would earn about $407,760 less than a man over the course of a 40-year career"

• "55 million full-time working women earned an estimated $545.7 billion less than their male counterparts in 2019"

• "Without updated and comprehensive equal pay reform, the gender wage gap has only closed by 4 cents in more than a decade"

• "women need to update comprehensive equal pay legislation, such as the Paycheck Fairness Act"

Abortion Rights

• "People who identify as pro-choice believe that everyone has the basic human right to decide when and whether to have children"

• "People who oppose abortion often call themselves pro-life ... they are much less concerned about the life of women who have unintended pregnancies or the welfare of children after they’re born"

• "A majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal, and they support the right to access abortion"

Illegal Immigrant Rights

• "Immigrants have the right to due process ... [but] in some cases, immigrants are not granted a hearing at all"

• "Because most deportation proceedings are civil rather than criminal cases, the right to legal counsel often doesn’t apply"

• "the administration had divided families as a matter of course, without considering the individual cases"

• "If you are not a U.S. citizen, voting in a federal election could land you in prison for up to three years or lead to deportation"

• "The court case means undocumented children cannot be prohibited from enrolling in a public school"

Citizenship Barrier Policies

• "[Citizenship creates] possibility, from better job prospects to full participation in civic life"

• "$725 just to file the application, plus hundreds or even thousands more if you need English classes or consultations with immigration lawyers"

• "they may find the process too difficult if they’re working several jobs, caring for children or elderly relatives, or unable to get assistance with the application"

• "researchers identified 1,760 immigrants who registered for NaturalizeNY but weren’t entered into the lottery because they likely qualified for the federal fee waiver"

Income Equality

• "America’s top 10 percent now average more than nine times as much income as the bottom 90 percent"

• "[The top 1 percent] average over 39 times more income than the bottom 90 percent"

• "[Income inequality] levelers started to erode and the country returned to extreme levels of inequality"

• "An estimated 40 percent of the total U.S. population (140 million people) are either poor or low-income"

• "the bottom 90 percent had wage growth of just 8.7 percent, compared to 20.4 percent for the top 1 percent and 30.2 percent for the top 0.1 percent"

Healthcare Equity

• "certain groups experience worse health and increased difficulty accessing healthcare as a result of the systems that influence their lives"

• "People born in areas where poverty is high may have reduced access to safe housing, clean water, healthy food, education, and medical care — all of which impact health"

• "children born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, have a life expectancy of 50 years, while children born in Japan have a life expectancy of 84 years"

• "Inequity can also lead to chronic stress, which affects both mental and physical health"

• "Bias, prejudice, and discrimination can lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment"