#CelebrateAbortionProviders
Today…
is Abortion Providers Appreciation Day (#CelebrateAbortionProviders), in remembrance of Dr. David Gunn.
is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (#NWGHAAD)
is voting, voting, voting in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington.
is Landline Telephone Day every day in my home.
Abortion
Will the Court Ignore Past Rulings in Its Zeal to Demolish Abortion Rights?
Felicia Kornbluh | The American Prospect
In last week’s Supreme Court arguments, pro-choice attorneys hoped the Court’s respect for precedent would temper its non-respect for women’s rights.
Anti-Choice State Lawmakers Want to Criminalize Abortion Through Nullification
Jessica Madris | Rewire.News
States have largely relied on nullification to uphold white supremacist and patriarchal systems. If conservatives spent the decades since Roe v. Wade chiseling away at abortion access, they’re now going for the jugular with these bills.
Kentucky Legislation Would Give GOP Officials More Power to Close Abortion Clinics
Dennis Carter | Rewire.News
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have mounted a legislative blitz to create more hurdles for abortion patients, advancing anti-choice legislation to circumvent pro-choice Gov. Andy Beshear (D) and hassle abortion clinics.
LGBTQ
Canada on Brink of Banning Conversion Therapy Nationwide
Trudy Ring | The Advocate
Canada’s justice minister David Lametti, and Bardish Chagger, the minister of diversity and youth, introduced a bill Monday afternoon to restrict conversion therapy nationally. Lametti called the proposal the “most progressive and comprehensive in the world” seeking to limit the discredited and harmful practice of trying to turn LGBTQ people straight or cisgender.
Trump is trying to rescind LGBTQ worker protections at the National Labor Relations Board
Alex Bollinger | LGBTQ Nation
The Trump administration is trying to rescind protections for LGBTQ workers at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that have been in place since 2002, prompting outrage from the NLRB Professional Association, an organization that represents NLRB workers.
See also Washington Blade: U.S. agency seeks to cut LGBTQ protections in union contract talks
Meet Quince Mountain, the Iditarod's first transgender dog musher
Julie Compton | NBC News
In dog mushing — a sport where both humans and dogs compete regardless of gender — Mountain, 40, has found a welcoming community. It’s a privilege few trans athletes get to experience, he acknowledged, and one the musher has rarely encountered himself.
Zaya Wade Made Her Red Carpet Debut With Support From Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union
Corey Townsend | The Root
The Truth Awards were created to celebrate the accomplishments of the black LGBTQ+ community and its allies, and on Saturday night, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s show of support for their child Zaya Wade was a parade-worthy act, in and of itself. At the 6th annual celebration, 12-year-old Zaya Wade made her red carpet debut with her family by her side.
I don’t always pull celebrity or sports news - I tend to stick to policy, which is plenty - but Zaya. Wade. is. everywhere.
Hundreds of protestors joined drag queens & librarians to swarm the Missouri state capitol
Bil Browning | LGBTQ Nation
Hundreds of protestors descended on the Missouri state capitol over the weekend to protest a Republican bill that could imprison librarians who host a drag queen story hour or allow youth to check out books on LGBTQ topics. The event was led by drag queens and librarians.
Reproductive Health & Justice
The Criminalization of the American Midwife
Jennifer Block | Longreads
New York midwife Elizabeth Catlin faces 95 individual felony counts at her upcoming trial. For what? For doing her job. Politics and patriarchy make the work of many credentialed, experienced midwives illegal — to the detriment of women and underserved communities.
A Roundup of the #InternationalWomensDay Protests and Demonstrations Around the Globe
Roxy Szal | Ms. Magazine
From Mexico to Pakistan, women and feminists around the globe staged protests and demonstrations to call attention to issues affecting women, like equal pay, gender-based violence, femicide, inaction by governments or—more often than not—some combination.
Half-empty offices, schools and businesses: Mexico goes a day without women
Patrick McDonnell, Kate Linthicum, Cecilia Sanchez | Los Angeles Times
Rush hour had the laid-back vibe of a Sunday morning. Many shops were closed, offices were full of unoccupied desks, and schools had to make do without much of their staff or many students. This was the curious panorama Monday across much of Mexico, as women took the day off in a widely anticipated protest.
N.J. lawmakers seek to mandate bias training for maternal-infant health care workers
Lilo Stainton | WHYY-TV
Health care workers at New Jersey birthing facilities would get regular bias training to help them identify and overcome racial and cultural prejudices, under a bill designed to help shrink the significant racial disparities in the state’s system of maternal and infant care.
Virginia: Despite 2019 law, some jails still don’t provide free menstrual products to female inmates
Alexa Dorian | Southside Daily
Despite the passing of a bill last year to provide feminine hygiene products to inmates in Virginia, many jails seem to not be aware of the change.
Workplace Equality
Report: Companies Owned by Women of Color Account for 89 Percent of All New Women-Owned Businesses
Stacy Brown | Charleston Chronicle
Women of color are starting businesses at 4.5 times the average rate, and, in nearly every category, women of color are leading the women-owned business charge.
Megan Rapinoe: "Not the nicest move,' says USWNT star on timing of US Soccer's equal pay offer
Ben Church | CNN
The war of words over the equal pay dispute between US Soccer and the USWNT escalated over the weekend as Megan Rapinoe spoke of her unhappiness about the way the negotiations were being handled. United States Soccer Federation (USSF) president Carlos Cordeiro released an open letter on Saturday outlining why a resolution over pay parity hadn't been reached with the USWNT.
This one simple strategy could eliminate the gender pay gap
Scott Torrey | Fast Company
Raise women’s salaries? Pay equity across the board? Lol no…
The research from PayScale discovered that the gender wage gap closes completely with increased pay transparency. Pay transparency does not mean that a company must publicly disclose employee salaries; it does mean that employers foster open and honest discussions with their employees about how their pay is determined.
Happy International Women’s Day! Less than a third of the top editors at major news outlets around the world are women
Hanaa’ Tameez | Nieman Lab
Sunday was International Women’s Day, and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism used the occasion to publish some disappointing findings for my half of the population: Women are still very much underrepresented in newsroom leadership in 10 major news markets around the world.
As coronavirus spreads, advocates say it shows why paid sick leave is needed
Susan Dunlap | NM Political Report
With the coronavirus continuing to spread, some say the crisis emphasizes the need for paid time off for health emergencies in New Mexico. So far, there are no known positive cases of the coronavirus, also called COVID-19, in New Mexico, according to state Department of Health spokesman David Morgan.