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.
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-TVThe 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 FairIndian 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
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