And now for something completely different
Today…
is Working Moms Day, lolololololololololololololololololololollolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololollololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololollololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololollolololololololololololololololololololollolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololollololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololollololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
Abortion
Ms. | Abortion Care Is Not Just for Cis Women | Sachiko Ragosta
Newsweek | Congress should repeal the Helms Amendment | Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan
Tulsa World | If lawmakers want to eliminate abortion, then increase sex ed and birth control access | Ginnie Graham
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | House panel advances care-provider opt-out | Rachel Herzog
Bustle | Arkansas’ Anti-Abortion Hotline Law Is Part Of A Broader Strategy, Reproductive Rights Advocates Say | Jennifer Gerson
CNN | Arkansas abortion ban isn't a law. It's a message | Mary Ziegler
Rewire News Group | Arkansas Woos Amy Coney Barrett With a Very Bad Ban | Jessica Mason Pieklo, Imani Gandy
Florida
Florida Politics | Bill banning 'disability abortions' clears first committee hurdle | Jason Delgado
Illinois
Chicago Sun-Times | ACLU, Human Rights Watch urge state lawmakers to repeal abortion notification law | Rachel Hinton
Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal | Ohio abortion ban with felony charges back in the works, targeting Roe v. Wade | Susan Tebben
Wyoming
Casper Star-Tribune | Bill to outlaw medication abortions passes legislative committee | Morgan Hughes
Wyoming Public Radio | Bill To Eliminate Drug-Induced Abortions Passes | Bob Beck
LGBTQ
The American Independent | GOP lawmakers have pushed 109 anti-LGBTQ bills so far this year | Casey Quinlan
Bloomberg | LGBTQ Rights Regress in Unexpected Places Yet Advance in Others | Rebecca Greenfield
The Boston Globe | There is no God-given right to discriminate against LGBTQ people | Kimberly Atkins
CNN | Republicans think this is their next winning wedge issue | Chris Cillizza
Instinct Magazine | Biden Admin. Pushes To Ban Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination In Credit | Devin Randall
Instinct Magazine | New House Bill Hopes To Create Commission On LGBTQ Soldiers | Devin Randall
NewNowNext | Passing the Equality Act Is an Urgent Matter. Here's Why. | Sam Manzella
Out | American Psychological Association Condemns Conversion Therapy | Donald Padgett Out Magazine
Wall Street Journal | Amazon Won’t Sell Books Framing LGBTQ+ Identities as Mental Illnesses | Jeffrey Trachtenberg
Arkansas
Arkansas Times | Response to Asa's reported hate crimes strategy: Not just no, but hell no | Max Brantley
California
KGO-TV | San Francisco celebrates 1st transgender district in the world | Chris Bollini
Georgia
Project Q Atlanta | Bills attacking transgender athletes stall in Georgia legislature | Matt Hennie
Michigan
WDET-FM | State Sen. Jeremy Moss: Expect Reckoning in Michigan Legislature on LGBTQ Protections This Year | Clare Brennan
WNEM-TV | Bill would force transgender student athletes to play on teams of same biological sex | Stephen Borowy
Mississippi
CNN | Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender students from women's sports, approving first anti-trans law of 2021 | Devan Cole, Juliana Battaglia, Konstantin Toropin
Jezebel | Yet Another Republican Governor Celebrates State-Sponsored Discrimination Against Trans Kids | Esther Wang
Newsweek | Mississippi's New Transathlete Ban Will Prevent Investigations of Schools That Enforce It | Katherine Fung
More from The Advocate, AP Bloomberg, BuzzFeed, The Cut, The Hill, LGBTQ Nation, Metro Weekly, Mississippi Free Press, Mississippi Today, NBC, Out, Sports Illustrated, them., UPI
Montana
Missoulian | Gianforte throws support behind religious freedom bill; opponents numbers grow, too | Seaborn Larson
Montana Public Radio | Governor Backs 'Religious Freedom' Bill, Opponents Say It Legalizes Discrimination | Shaylee Ragar
New Jersey
WKXW-FM | Proposed NJ law would ban trans athletes from girl sports | Vin Ebenau
South Carolina
The State | SC lawmakers strip explicit LGBTQ protections from hate crimes bill | The State | Emily Bohatch
More from AP, Metro Weekly, New York Daily News, Post and Courier,
South Dakota
Dakota Radio Group News | Noem goes from “excited to sign this bill very soon” to reviewing girls transgender sports participation bill | Jody Heemstra
KELO-TV | Senate Majority Leader not worried about any potential fallout from transgender ban on women’s sports; Gov. Noem defends HB 1217 | Eric Mayer
Rapid City Journal | Gov. Noem "still examining" women's sports bill; protesters gather outside governor's mansion | Abby Wargo
More from The Advocate, South Dakota Public Broadcasting
Pregnancy & Parenting
CNBC | 82% of fathers say they could have used more emotional support during pandemic — 68% of mothers say the same: study | Cory Stieg
For God's sake, woman, he's a man, he's got a man cold!
Forbes | The Birth Dearth Is Going To Be A Big Bust For Business Too | Warren Shoulberg
Reuters | Contraceptive cost of COVID: a million unplanned pregnancies | Anastasia Moloney
TODAY | A baby bust ... then a boom? Fertility clinics report spike in egg freezing | Rheana Murray
U.S. News & World Report | 79% of Parents Support In-Person Schooling, Gallup Finds | Alexa Lardieri
The Hill | Almost 8 in 10 parents support in-person learning | Marina Pitofsky
Reproductive Health & Justice
The American Independent | Democrats' COVID relief plan 'most significant expansion of health care' in 10 years | Donna Provencher
Scientific American | We Must Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage | Jamila K. Taylor, Ifeyinwa V. Asiodu, Renée Mehra, Amy Alspaugh, Toni Bond, Linda S. Franck, Monica
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | New-mother limits on solitary lockups clears House panel | John Moritz
Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star | Ricketts: Sex ed portion of proposed health standards should be scrapped | Margaret Reist
Work & Money
A peek into my Amazon order history…
Whatever. I needed every one of these houseplants.
Axios | What it's like to return from maternity leave during COVID pandemic | Kim Hart
Bloomberg | Women on S&P 500 Bank Boards Lost Share as Men Gained Seats | Jeff Green
CNBC | How USWNT star Alex Morgan and other women Olympians are fighting for equal coverage in sports media | Courtney Connley
Fast Company | The flip side of ‘flexibility’: Working moms make the powerful case for going back to the office | Erin Schulte
Forbes | Want Equal Pay? Get Employees Talking About Their Paychecks | Kim Elsesser
The Lily | Millions of parents will get $3,600 a year per child. For working moms, it’s a ‘total game changer.’ | Caroline Kitchener
Vogue | Everything You Need to Know About the Child Tax Credit | Emma Specter Vogue
Prism | Job security for women of color is a different kind of pandemic | Manaal Farooqi
Washington Post | How to promote gender equity at home, even when the pandemic makes disparities worse | Kendra Hurley
Idaho
Idaho Statesman | The Idaho Way: Rejecting federal preschool grant was a big mistake for Idaho families | Scott McIntosh
North Carolina
WTVD-TV | 'It's disgusting': North Carolina women battle gender, racial wage gaps | Akilah Davis
North Dakota
Grand Forks Herald | North Dakota Senate kills effort to study paid family leave | Michelle Griffith
Wyoming
KHOL-FM | 'We Need More.' Wyoming Women Far from Equal Political Representation in the Equality State | Kyle Mackie
More, More, More
ELLE | Sarah Everard's Disappearance Proves Why It’s Not On Women To Protect Themselves | Olivia Blair
The Mary Sue | The Disappearance of Sarah Everard Is a Chilling Reminder of the Violence Women Face by Simply Walking Home | Princess Weekes