Today…
is the birthday of Miriam O’Brien Underhill (1898-1976), mountaineer, writer, environmentalist and my new fave, “best known for the concept of ‘manless climbing’ – organizing all-women’s ascents of challenging climbs, mostly in the Alps.”
Get it.is National Mango Day oooOOOooo. We’re big, big fans. Fresh on its own, with black beans, with sticky rice and coconut milk, frozen in place of ice cubes in a seltzer or spritzer, here for all of it.
Abortion
The American Independent | GOP wants to strip all federal funding from colleges that offer medication abortion | Josh Israel
Roll Call | Hyde Amendment fight just the first step in changing abortion coverage | Sandhya Raman
Arkansas
Washington Post | Federal judge blocks Arkansas abortion ban designed as challenge to Roe v. Wade | Bryan Pietsch
More from Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Daily Beast, Jezebel, New York Times, Reuters
Mississippi
AP | Mississippi to file arguments in landmark abortion case | Emily Wagster Pettus
Texas
Facing South | Reproductive justice groups fight new Texas anti-abortion law while bracing for lawsuits | Abby Zimmardi
MadameNoire | New Texas Abortion Law Violates Reproductive Justice Rights, Especially For Black Women | Tanay Hudson
Rewire News Group | In Texas, Abortion Snitches Get Stitches | Imani Gandy
The Texas Signal | Texas city backs down from anti-abortion ordinance | Jessica Montoya Coggins
LGBTQ
The New Republic | How Tucker Carlson and a Story About a Possibly Fictional Trans Person Fueled Two Weeks of Violent Right-Wing Protests | Esther Wang
NPR | Why There Few Openly Gay Athletes In Men's Professional Sports | Joe Hernandez
The Progressive | Make Room for the Non-Binary | Kiki Monifa
them. | Insurance Companies Must Now Cover Out-of-Pocket Costs for PrEP | Oliver Haug
Washington Blade | House resolution apologizes for treatment of LGBTQ troops, federal workers | Chris Johnson
Alabama
Los Angeles Blade | Conservative groups attack proposed Alabama capital city's LGBTQ law | Brody Levesque
Arizona
AZCentral.com | Chandler puts off voting on LGBTQ protections measure as community pressure swells | Paulina Pineda
Arkansas
The Daily Beast | Federal Judges Block Trans Healthcare and Sports Bans in Arkansas and West Virginia | Tim Teeman
The 19th | Judge temporarily blocks Arkansas law criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans kids | Orion Rummler
More from ABC, The Advocate, Arkansas Times, AP, CNN, The Hill, KUAR-FM, LGBTQ Nation, Metro Weekly, NBC, NPR, Out, them., Time, Washington Blade
Louisiana
Louisiana Radio Network | Louisiana House fails to override governor’s veto of transgender sport ban | Jeff Palermo
Times-Picayune | With failed veto override session, Republicans came at the king -- and missed | Stephanie Grace
Montana
Metro Weekly | Transgender man and woman sue over Montana law blocking them from changing their birth certificates | John Riley
North Carolina
North Carolina Health News | Victory for LGBTQ: Blue Cross NC expands coverage for trans surgeries | Elizabeth Thompson
Virginia
Courthouse News Service | Virginia Judge Questions Faith Groups in Fight Over Transgender Inclusive Student Policies | Brad Kutner
Washington
Centralia Chronicle | Chehalis School Board Passes New Gender Policy Amid Passionate Opposition | Eric Rosane
West Virginia
HuffPost | Judge Blasts West Virginia, Says Trans Girl Allowed To Compete On Cross Country Team | Nick Visser
Pregnancy & Parenting
Motherly | America had universal childcare during WWII. It's time to do it again | Jamie Orsini
New York Times | A Personal History of the C-Section | Leslie Jamison
U.S. News & World Report | Bill Would Boost Support After Miscarriage, Failed Adoption | Chelsea Cirruzzo
Reproductive Health & Justice
BeLatina | Period Poverty, a Silent Crisis in the Latinx and Black Communities | Jeanette Hernandez
INSIDER | I started 'free bleeding' after giving birth, and I'm never going back to disposable period products | Conz Preti
The Lily | Endometriosis relief is already hard to come by. A common treatment may be causing patients more pain. | Anne Branigin
NPR | Contraception Is Free To Women, Except When It's Not | Michelle Andrews
Work & Money
Business Insider | Hundreds of Google employees call on company to change sexual misconduct policies that they say put the burden on survivors | Rosalie Chan, Hugh Langley
New York Times | Shorter Hours, No Promotions: How the Pandemic Stalled Some Parents’ Careers | Claire Cain Miller
Pennsylvania Capital-Star | Roads and bridges aren't enough. For a strong economy, we need to invest in 'care' infrastructure | Thomas Foley, Stephanie Nycum Doliveira
POLITICO | The pandemic drove women out of the workforce. Will they come back? | Megan Cassella
USA Today | Women can't match men's pay, even if they're Olympic athletes on the national soccer team | Carolyn B. Maloney, Rosa DeLauro, Doris Matsui