A very important date
The 7th grader with the full leg cast returns to school after two weeks at home, and I still have lunches to make, so no chitchat today!
Abortion
CNN | Advocates fear Texas and Mississippi abortion laws will worsen the Black maternal health crisis | Nicquel Terry Ellis
The New Republic | Why Norma McCorvey Switched Sides | Marin Cogan
New York Times | Abortion Rights and Trans Rights Are Two Sides of the Same Coin | Jennifer Boylan
USA Today | Getting an abortion while trans was always hard. In Texas, a new law puts outsized burdens on them | Mabinty Quarshie
Arizona
Arizona Republic | Do we want Texas-style anti-abortion vigilantes in Arizona? | EJ Montini
Kentucky
SCOTUSblog | Justices to weigh Kentucky attorney general’s effort to intervene in abortion battle | Amy Howe
New Hampshire
Rewire News Group | Why Biden’s ‘Gag Rule’ Reversal Came Just in Time for New Hampshire
South Carolina
Texas
CNN | DOJ asks 5th Circuit to halt Texas abortion ban while case is appealed | Tierney Sneed
– More from CBSThe 19th | Planned Parenthood groups detail the impact of Texas’ abortion law on patients and providers in legal brief | Jennifer Gerson
Vanity Fair | As Texas’ Near-Total Abortion Ban Is Reinstated, SCOTUS Urged to “Stop This Madness” | Charlotte Klein
The Intercept | What Else Biden Can — and Should — Do to Fight the Texas Abortion Ban | Natasha Lennard
AP | Texas abortion law foes target lawmakers' corporate donors
LGBTQ
Axios | Marking National Coming Out Day, Biden urges state lawmakers to defeat anti-LGBTQ bills | Oriana Gonzalez
Healio | Gender-affirming care, puberty blockers 'can save lives' for transgender, non-binary youth | Rose Weldon
NBC | Netflix suspends transgender employee who tweeted about Dave Chappelle's 'The Closer' | Daniel Arkin
More from CNN, Deadline Hollywood, Gizmodo, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, New York Times
PBS | LGBTQ seniors fear discrimination when searching for housing | Ivette Feliciano
USA Today | Jon Gruden, Raiders coach, is resigning as homophobic, misogynistic comments are revealed in emails | Mike Jones, Tom Schad
California
Bay Area Reporter | 1 trans bill signed; sex workers bill delayed | Matthew S. Bajko
AP | California law requires gender-neutral area in some stores
North Carolina
The Progressive Pulse | Walker backs Robinson's LGBTQ "filth" comments | Joe Killian
More from BET, the Grio, New Civil Rights Movement, USA Today
WTVD-TV | Wake County reviewing new nondiscrimination ordinance this week | Tim Pulliam
Oregon
The Oregonian | Hate crime statistics are rising in Oregon; why that’s not the whole story | Kale Williams
Maternal & Reproductive Health
Axios | There's a generational shift in how we talk about women's health | Tina Reed
Axios | Birth control access is still a problem even after the ACA | Tina Reed
Bloomberg | Child-Care Crisis Keeps U.S. Women Out of Workforce for Longer | Molly Smith
FierceHealthcare | Behavioral, maternal health worsening among children, women, report finds | Anastassia Gliadkovskaya
MadameNoire | Did You Know Murder Is The Leading Cause Of Black Maternal Deaths? | Kiara Cruz, Kelly Davis
Mitú | Homicide Is The Leading Cause Of Death For Pregnant Women And We Need To Talk About This | Andrea Reindl