Do you know how it is?
Today…
is Take Our Daughters/Sons/Children To Work Day, as it has been every day for the last year. (I kid. We’re back to in-person because IEPs, and oh my God get out that door mommy loves you goooooooooo.)
is the birthday of Louise Gluck, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, and author of one of my favorite poems. If you’ll indulge me…
Snowdrops
Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know
what despair is; then
winter should have meaning for you.
I did not expect to survive,
earth suppressing me. I didn't expect
to waken again, to feel
in damp earth my body
able to respond again, remembering
after so long how to open again
in the cold light
of earliest spring—
afraid, yes, but among you again
crying yes risk joy
in the raw wind of the new world.
Abortion
Ms. | National Abortion Fund Launches New Initiative to Support Community Clinics | Ashley Priore
The 19th | This ruling could open the door for the Supreme Court to take on Roe v. Wade | Shefali Luthra
Arkansas
The Hill | Arkansas to require victims to report cases of rape, incest before getting an abortion | Joseph Choi
Idaho
AP | Idaho 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban bill heads to governor | Keith Ridler
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Tennessee women receiving surgical abortions would be required to bury fetal remains following bill's passage | Yue Stella Yu
LGBTQ
The American Independent | Civil rights groups push officials to do more to protect trans people after recent murders | Casey Quinlan
The Hill | Transgender bills spark new corporate backlash against states | Alex Gangitano
LGBTQ Nation | Republicans across the country are quietly giving up on anti-trans bills | Molly Sprayregen
LGBTQ Nation | This 14-year-old teen athlete is like any other kid. She just wants to play. | Juwan Holmes
Los Angeles Blade | Little hope for Trans youth under siege by Republicans | Brody Levesque
Miami Herald | Why is hatred Republicans’ first impulse? Now they’re targeting transgender kids | Leonard Pitts Jr.
NBC | A 'troubling rise’ in business owners refusing gay couples, advocates say | Jo Yurcaba
Rolling Stone | How Trans Kids Landed in the Crossfire of the Culture Wars -- and the Damage It Could Do | Hannah Murphy
Washington Blade | Trans kids in sports may be sticking point in Equality Act talks | Chris Johnson
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | School sports bill sent to governor | Rachel Herzog
Arkansas Times | House completes action on another bill to ban transgender women from women's sports | Max Brantley
Colorado
AP | Colorado bill would protect gender identity and expression | Patty Nieberg
Colorado Sun | New program aims to teach rural Colorado health providers about transgender care | Mike Littwin, Helen Santoro
Florida
The Advocate | Florida's Anti-Trans Sports Bill Won't Pass | Jacob Ogles
Missouri
AP | Missouri House votes to ban trans athletes on girls teams | Summer Ballentine
Montana
Montana Public Radio | Montana Lawmakers Vote Down Transgender Health Care Restriction | Shaylee Ragar
The Missoula Current | Missoula senator's surprise motion stops bill limiting transgender youth healthcare | Keith Schubert
More from Flathead Beacon, KXLH-TV
North Carolina
Asheville Citizen Times | Buncombe passes transgender protections in emotional meeting; ordinance 7th in NC | Joel Burgess
More from Blue Ridge Public Radio, Progressive Pulse
News & Observer | Proposed NC bill target transgender athletes is like HB2 | Luke DeCock
North Dakota
Bismarck Tribune | Governor vetoes North Dakota transgender sports bill | Jack Dura
More from Grand Forks Herald, The Hill, Los Angeles Blade, Sports Illustrated
Ohio
Statehouse News Bureau | Democrats Oppose Republicans Change In Language On Adoption Back To "Husband And Wife" | Karen Kasler
South Carolina
The State | SC hate crimes bill advances as religious leaders call to remove LGBTQ protections | Emily Bohatch
More from Post and Courier, WCSC-TV
Tennessee
The Tennessean | 'Bathroom bill' allowing students, teachers to reject shared restrooms with transgender peers clears Senate | Yue Stella Yu
More from AP, The Hill, Los Angeles Blade
Texas
KUT-FM | Texas Lawmakers Advance Bills Blocking Access To Gender-Affirming Health Care Despite Major Opposition | Laura Rice
Houston Chronicle | Democrats hope to defeat Texas transgender sports bill with a question: What's the problem? | Taylor Goldenstein
Vermont
VTDigger | Senate unanimously approves ban on LGBTQ ‘panic’ defense | Kit Norton
Pregnancy & Parenting
Motherly | If we want to end racial disparities for moms and babies, we need to invest in our children—today | Jamie Orsini
Ms. | Surrogate Motherhood as a Business: New York State Defies a Global Trend | Barbara Crossette
New York Times | No evidence that Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are unsafe during pregnancy, a preliminary study says. | Emily Anthes
New York Times | Why Women Do the Household Worrying | | Jessica Grose
Connecticut
CT Mirror | One step Connecticut can take to address our maternal mortality crisis | Myechia Minter-Jordan
Florida
Tampa Bay Times | Florida proposal to help new moms is a sticking point in budget negotiations | Kirby Wilson
Georgia
Marietta Daily Journal | Medicaid extension for new mothers in Georgia gains federal approval | Beau Evans
Indiana
Indy Week | Sweeping Legislation Aims to Combat Black Maternal Mortality | Hannah Critchfield
Massachusetts
Boston.com | Black women are dying during childbirth. A new Mass. commission aims to find out why. | Arianna MacNeill
North Carolina
The Charlotte Observer | As a Black physician, I’m acutely aware of what Medicaid expansion would mean in NC | Dr. Jonisha Brown
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Black women hardest hit by Tennessee's maternal health, mortality crisis | Steven J. Brady, Shawn Massey, Daphne Ferguson-Young
Texas
KXAN-TV | Bill pushing to better track data on maternal deaths and near deaths called ‘necessary’ | Arezow Doost
Reproductive Health & Justice
Global Citizen | How This College Student Is Tackling Period Poverty in the Black Community | Leah Rodriguez
Arizona
CNN | Arizona governor vetoes bill that would've made it harder for students to learn about sexual and gender identity in school | Devan Cole
More from The Hill, Los Angeles Blade, New York Times
California
Napa Valley Register | Napa council again votes for buffer zone around reproductive health clinics | Howard Yune
Washington
KAPP-TV | Bill for free menstrual products in schools passes in WA | Erin Robinson
Work & Money
CNBC | 17 state treasurers urge Congress to include federal paid family leave in Biden's American Families Plan | Courtney Connley
More from Business Insider
The Hechinger Report | Why public school teachers need paid family and medical leave | Jahdziah St. Julien
The Hill | National childcare policy is pro-entrepreneurship and pro-growth | Leslie Lynn Smith, John Dearie
Inc. | New Survey Shows 4 Ways the Pandemic Has Affected Working Parents (and What Employers Can Do to Help) | Marcel Schwantes
Indiana
The Indianapolis Star | Gov. Holcomb signs pregnancy accommodation bill. Advocates say Indiana should do more. | Kaitlin Lange
WBOI-FM | Pregnancy Accommodations Now Available To State Workers, Law Falls Short For Private | Justin Hicks
New York
The Cut | Manhattan Drops Prosecution of Consensual Sex Work | Claire Lampen
North Carolina
WNCT-TV | NC Democrats seek new state laws on paid family leave and paid sick time | Michael Hyland