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Today…
is National Candy Day, as though you didn’t get enough between Halloween and Clearance Candy Monday.
is the birthday of Patricia Era Bath (1942-2019), ophthalmologist, scientist and researcher who became the first woman to chair an ophthalmology residency program – in 1983. She invented a laser treatment that revolutionized cataract surgery and co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness.
in 2008, Obama was elected as the country’s final president, if we’re going by the mural at Mama Ayesha’s. (And you really want to take issue with Stega Nonna?)
Abortion
The American Independent | Complete abortion ban would widen racial gap in maternal mortality rates, study shows | Lisa Needham
Supreme Court
The Lily | Antiabortion activists say the Texas ban is a triumph, even if the Supreme Court strikes it down | Caroline Kitchener, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux
NBC | Texas' abortion law may be doomed. That won't save Roe v. Wade. | Mary Ziegler
The New Yorker | The Supreme Court Wonders Where the Texas Abortion Law Might Lead | Amy Davidson Sorkin
New York Times | The Texas Abortion Law and the Playbook to Overturn Roe v. Wade | Mary Ziegler
Scary Mommy | Abortion In America: Here’s What Could Happen, And It Looks Dire | Elizabeth Broadbent
Texas Monthly | The Supreme Court Might Rule Against Texas’s Restrictive Abortion Law This Week, but the Measure’s Advocates Have Already Won | Mimi Swartz
Truthout | SCOTUS Likely to Allow Challenge to Texas Law, But May Still Overturn "Roe" | Marjorie Cohn
Alaska
AP | Judge grants request to expand medication abortion providers in Alaska while case proceeds | Becky Bohrer
Alaska Public Radio | Ruling allows nurse practitioners in Alaska to prescribe abortion pills | Liz Ruskin
Florida
Florida Phoenix | So far, Texas-style abortion bill in FL seems headed nowhere in the Legislature | Issac Morgan
North Dakota
AP | Obey law barring ties to abortion providers | James MacPherson
Ohio
HuffPost | Ohio Introduces An Even More Extreme Texas-Style Abortion Ban | Alanna Vagianos
More from Daily Kos, Forbes, The Mary Sue, Political Wire
Virginia
HuffPost | ‘One Vote Away From Becoming Texas’: Youngkin’s Win And Virginia Abortion Rights | Alanna Vagianos, Travis Waldron
The 19th | What Republican wins in Virginia could mean for state — and maybe national — politics | Barbara Rodriguez, Amanda Becker
The Washingtonian | How Glenn Youngkin's Victory Could Affect Abortion Rights in Virginia | Andrew Beaujon
LGBTQ
USA Today | More Americans understand LGBTQ people, but visibility has 'double-edged sword', GLAAD report says | David Oliver
More from LGBTQ Nation, New York Daily News
LGBTQ Nation | LGBTQ candidates won big in last night’s off-year elections | Molly Sprayregen
More from The Advocate, Washington Blade
Medscape | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Youth Miss Out on Healthcare | Heidi Splete
Michigan
LGBTQ Nation | Michigan Supreme Court kills campaign for LGBTQ anti-discrimination ballot measure | Molly Sprayregen
More from WUOM-FM
BridgeDetroit | Michigan to offer nonbinary designation for driver licenses next week | Jonathan Oosting
Newsweek | Michigan Latest State to Allow 'X' Gender Marker on Driver's Licenses | Andre Ellington
Texas
The Advocate | Texas Judge Says Religion Justifies Anti-LGBTQ+ Job Discrimination | Trudy Ring
Virginia
Metro Weekly | Anti-LGBTQ Republicans seize control of Virginia with major election wins | John Riley
The Advocate | Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Glenn Youngkin Elected Virginia Governor | Trudy Ring
Reproductive Health & Justice
Navy Times | Women in the Navy, Marines most likely to use IUDs, birth control implants across services | Diana Stancy Correll
Work & Money
NPR | House Democrats are bringing back paid leave in their spending bill | Caitlyn Kim
”Speaker Pelosi, I believe we have a tentative deal with Senator Manchin.”
”Is that so.”Kiplinger | Women Who Bring Home the Bacon Are STILL the Ones Frying It Up in a Pan | Stacy Francis
Ms. | Will Biden’s Gender Strategy Have the Budget To Make It Successful? | Aria Grabowski
New York Times | A Dose of Optimism About Mothers at Work | Jessica Grose
More, More, More
The Daily Beast | The White Women Who Just Elected Glenn Youngkin Are Killing America | Wajahat Ali
Psychology Today | Are Those With Gender Egalitarian Views Also Anti-Racists? | Kate H. Choi