Aaaand, we're out
Programming note: you will not be hearing from Tuesday and Wednesday, and we’ll see, but I’m probably skipping Thursday and Friday as well. Mama tired, folks.
Today…
in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed.
is National Anisette Day! I’m not particularly fond of it myself, but it was a favorite of Big Nana’s. Just in there sipping her anise– oh, sorry, her “coffee” –and cutting checks to grandchildren. Such an aesthetic.
“Is $20 enough for gas? Here’s a million.”
Abortion
The American Independent | States brace for possibility that most of country will lose access to abortion | Lisa Needham
Rewire News Group | Birth Control Doesn't Cause Abortions-and Conservatives Know It | Imani Gandy
Roll Call | GOP anti-abortion riders in foreign aid bill fall short | Rachel Oswald
Vogue | The Anti-Birth Control Movement Is the New Anti-Abortion Movement | Molly Jong-Fast
Alabama
Newsweek | Alabama Law Requiring 'Trial' for Minors Seeking an Abortion Struck Down by Circuit Court | Aila Slisco
The Mary Sue | Court Strikes Down Absurd Abortion Law That Would Put Minors on Trial Against Their Own Fetus | Vivian Kane
Minnesota
Star Tribune | Elective abortions declined 8% in Minnesota in 2020 | Jeremy Olson
Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Missouri attorney general asks U.S. Supreme Court to rule on state’s sweeping abortion law | Kurt Erickson
More from AP, The Hill, Kansas City Star, KTVI-TV, Missouri Independent
Kansas City Star | What would Missouri lawmakers do to end abortion? Anything except what it would take | Melinda Henneberger
New Hampshire
InDepthNH | Dems Target Sununu and GOP Lawmakers Who Passed Abortion Limits | Paula Tracy
South Dakota
KVRR-TV | South Dakota law banning Down syndrome abortions goes into effect | Jim Monk
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Guns without permits, abortion burials, transgender sports: New Tennessee laws take effect July 1 | Natalie Allison
LGBTQ
The American Independent | USAID funded network overseeing clinics that practice 'conversion therapy' | Casey Quinlan
The Hill | Pride Month concludes without Equality Act vote in Senate | Karl Evers-Hillstrom
Washington Post | Gavin Grimm on a watershed moment in the fight for transgender rights | Julie Depenbrock
Alaska
Alaska Public Media | Alaska Medicaid must cover gender-affirming care following Homer woman’s lawsuit | Sabine Poux
Kentucky
The Courier-Journal | Beshear: LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination terms cut from contract, but Baptist agency wants more | Deborah Yetter
More from The State
Minnesota
LGBTQ Nation | A trans student sued his school to let him use the bathroom. He just won $218K. | Molly Sprayregen
Metro Weekly | Minnesota trans student wins $218,500 settlement over school's bathroom ban | John Riley
Montana
Missoulian | Missoula looks to condemn anti-transgender bills with new ordinance | Jordan Hansen, John Fuller
Ohio
Cleveland.com | ‘This is not a problem:’ DeWine defends allowing medical providers to deny treating LGBTQ Ohioans | Laura Hancock
The Statehouse News Bureau | DeWine Insists Docs Won't Discriminate Due To Provision In New Budget But Critics Aren't Sure | Jo Ingles
Tennessee
WTVC-TV | Nashville record label sues Tennessee governor, leaders over transgender bathroom sign law | Adrian Mojica
More from Billboard, Los Angeles Blade, Metro Weekly, Orlando Weekly
Pregnancy & Parenting
CNET | Chainsaws, vacuums and forceps: The dark, brutal history of birth technology | Steph Panecasio
Iowa Public Radio | Rising Maternal Mortality Rates Disproportionately Affect Women Of Color | Kassidy Arena
Washington Post | What to Know About Biden’s Plans for U.S. Child Care | Olivia Rockeman, Catarina Saraiva
Reproductive Health & Justice
ELLE | Bill Cosby Is Free And Britney Spears Is Not, Because Women's Trauma Is Still Flagrantly Ignored | Kate Leaver
Vogue | Bill Cosby’s Release Should Remind Us All That The #MeToo Fight Is Far From Over | Emma Specter
New York Times | Britney Spears’s case leads 2 senators to question the country’s conservatorship systems. | Chris Cameron
Forbes | How One Woman’s Story Of Medical Neglect Highlights The Pervasive Issue Of Racism In Healthcare | Janice Gassam Asare
California
Los Angeles Times | How the University of California outfoxed Catholic hospitals on religious medical restrictions | Michael Hiltzik
Nebraska
KLKN-TV | 30 Nebraska senators urge schools to reject sex ed standards | Brent BonFleur
Oklahoma
Tulsa World | Bill that would ban teaching aspects of race and gender in Oklahoma schools takes effect Thursday | Barbara Hoberock
Work & Money
The American Independent | House Democrats demand McCarthy do something about Marjorie Taylor Greene | Josh Axelrod
More from CNN, Forbes, The Hill, Rolling Stone
CNN | White House says more than half of its staffers are women | Kate Sullivan, Phil Mattingly
The Daily Dot | Tech companies commit to make women safer | Claire Goforth
FOX Sports Radio | Washington Football Team Fined $10 Million After NFL's Investigation | Jason Hall
The 19th | Two states have killed the ‘tampon tax,' but advocates want more | Barbara Rodriguez
WJBQ-FM | It Took a Female Governor to Finally Get Rid of the Maine Tampon Tax | Lori Voornas
California
LGBTQ Nation | California set to end use of he/him pronouns to refer to state office-holders | Molly Sprayregen