April in DC

Today…

• is the birthday of Julia Miller Phillips (1944-2002), who became the first woman to win an Academy Award as a producer for The Sting in 1973. (Note to self: watch The Sting.)

• is the birthday of the “Lady Day,” Billie Holiday (1915-1959).

• is National Beer Day, National Burrito Day and National Coffeecake Day.

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Abortion

• Bloomberg | Escaping an Abortion Desert Isn’t as Simple as Crossing State Lines | Ella Ceron

• CNN | A roundup of controversial red-state actions restricting abortion, LGBTQ rights and more | Jon Passantino 

• The New Republic | The Law Alone Can’t Halt the Christian Right’s Crusade Against Abortion and LGBTQ Rights | Melissa Gira Grant 

• Prism | Biden’s budget left out the Hyde Amendment. Advocates hope it stays out | Alexandra Martinez

• The Root | MomsRising Leads New Bill to Protect Reproductive Rights | Kalyn Womack  

Alaska

• Anchorage Daily News | Alaska House votes to defund Medicaid abortion services despite court rulings requiring it | James Brooks 

Arizona

• Arizona Republic | Arizona's new law limiting abortions is linked to a national strategy | Kaely Monahan

California

• Bloomberg | California Advances Bill to Aid Women Traveling For an Abortion | Joyce Cutler

• East Bay Times | Walnut Creek backs Planned Parenthood with protest buffers | Shomik Mukherjee

Illinois

• St. Louis Public Radio | 'Practical abortion fund' sees surge of patients traveling to Illinois | Danny Wicentowski

Iowa

• Iowa Public Radio | Iowa Senate bill would fund anti-abortion pregnancy centers and more Medicaid coverage post-childbirth | Katarina Sostaric

Missouri

• KCUR-FM | Missouri House passes anti-abortion bill further tightening restrictions on providers | Sarah Kellogg

• Springfield News-Leader | MO House passes abortion bill banning mailed drugs, blocking Planned Parenthood funds | Galen Bacharier 

Nebraska

• Omaha World-Herald | Trigger bill to ban abortions fails in Nebraska Legislature | Erin Bamer

• More from AP, KETV-TV, KOHA-TV, KOLN-TV, Nebraska Examiner

New Mexico

• KUNM-FM | Out-of-state abortion patients stress already sparse NM clinics | Nash Jones

North Carolina

• NC Policy Watch | Standing their ground outside the abortion clinic | Rachel Crumpler

Oklahoma

• CNN | Oklahoma lawmakers advance another abortion bill, this one to allow civil enforcement | Veronica Stracqualursi 
  – More from Tulsa World, KVPI-TV

• The Oklahoman | What we know about an Oklahoma bill that would make performing an abortion a felony | Carmen Forman 
  – More from Intelligencer, Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair

• Indian Country Today | Oklahoma’s abortion bill & Indigenous impact | Pauly Denetclaw 

• MSNBC | Oklahoma joins GOP-led states' mad dash to outlaw abortion | Ja'han Jones

• NPR | Oklahoma's vote to ban most abortions comes at a key moment for reproductive rights | Joe Hernandez

Oregon

• NPR | Oregon braces for neighboring Idaho's abortion ban | Katia Riddle

Texas

• Dallas Morning News | Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Abortion rights advocates and transgender people are ‘playing God’ | Lauren McGaughy
  Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick: No one has been talking about me for days. Me me meeeee. Me me meeeee.

• The Texas Signal | A Conversation About the New Reality of Abortion Care | Jessica Montoya Coggins 

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Health & Justice

• ELLE | Kim Blalock Took Lawfully Prescribed Pain Killers During Pregnancy-And Was Charged With a Felony | Cecilia Nowell

• The Hill | American women face higher avoidable death rate than other high income countries: study | Monique Beals 

• Jezebel | New Documentary Makes a Shaky And Kinda TERFy Case Against The Birth Control Pill | Caitlin Cruz

• New York Times | Straight People Need Better Rules for Sex | Christine Emba 

Mississippi

• Mississippi Today | After lawmakers go home without extending postpartum Medicaid, six moms speak out. | Isabelle Taft 

New York

• Times Union | Mystery group seeks all the sex education details from local schools | Rachel Silberstein

Ohio

• WKYC-TV | Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announces $2.5 million to improve birth outcomes, provide stable housing for low-income families | Ryan Haidet