Drink up
Today… gotta keep it brief, which stinks ‘cause there’s some good stuff.
is National Beverage Day. I love that. Not any specific beverage, just… you thirsty? Have something.
is National Nurses Day, kicking off National Nurses Week.
in 2020, Little Sisters was argued.
is the birthday of Helen Peabody (1826-1905), first president of the Western College for Women and namesake of Peabody Hall, which would later house my beloved Island of Misfit Toys, the Interdisciplinary Studies program at Miami University. They’ve since shuttered the program and I plan to stay mad about it forever.
Abortion
Ms. | Major Victory for National Abortion Federation Against Anti-Abortion Extremists | Carrie Baker
Ms. | Reproductive Rights Advocates Call for Biden to Curb Foreign Abortion Restrictions | Michelle Onello
Rewire News Group | Why Is Biden Letting Anti-Choice Lawyers Have a Say in Court Reform? | Susan Rinkunas
Louisiana
The Advocate | 'Abortion Pill Reversal?': Controversial treatment promoted as lawmakers advance mandatory disclosure| Blake Paterson
North Carolina
Progressive Pulse | NC House committee fast tracks bill further restricting abortion rights | Yanqi Xu
More from AP, News & Observer
Texas
Texas Tribune | Fetal “heartbeat” bill, that could ban abortions at six weeks, nears passage in the Legislature | Shannon Najmabadi
LGBTQ
The American Independent | 2021 is on track to be the deadliest year for transgender people on record | Casey Quinlan
NBC | Amazon will not remove book advocates say endangers transgender youth | Jo Yurcaba
NewNowNext | Biden Admin Prepares to Take Action Against Slew of Anti-Trans Bills | Sam Manzella
POLITICO | Laws banning transgender student athletes splinter GOP | Steven Overly, Nolan McCaskill
Reuters | Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard poised to become first transgender Olympian | Ian Ransom
USA Today | Opinion: Don't use Dallas Cowboys' name, AT&T Stadium to mainstream anti-trans hate | Mike Freeman
USA Today | US hits new record for transgender killings. Puerto Rico is the epicenter of the violence | Marc Ramirez
The Cut | No End in Sight for Puerto Rico’s Gender Violence Epidemic | Andrea González-Ramírez
Arizona
AZCentral | Effort to repeal Mesa's LGBTQ protections has enough signatures to go to voters | Alison Steinbach
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | UA faculty urges steps on gender affirmation | Jaime Adame
Connecticut
WSHU-FM | Discrimination Experts Watch Connecticut Supreme Court Case On Women-Only Gym Areas | Davis Dunavin
More from Hartford Courant
Illinois
New York Daily News | Trans boy, 15, whose health plan refused to cover gender-affirming care, will be able to make his case in court: judge | Muri Assunção
Iowa
AP | Iowa governor resolves to ban transgender girls from sports | David Pitt
More from Des Moines Register, KCCI-TV
Kansas
Kansas Reflector | How a failure to override one of the governor's vetoes was actually a victory for Kansas Republicans | C.J. Janovy
Louisiana
The Advocate | Senate passes transgender restrictions a House committee rejected | Mark Ballard
More from Louisiana Illuminator
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Tennessee legislature ends for year, passing permitless carry, trans sports bills | Natalie Allison
Texas
San Antonio Current | Bill banning transgender students from playing sports fizzles out in Texas House committee | Sanford Nowlin
Houston Press | School Athletics Trans Ban Defeat is a Blow Against Misogyny Too | Jef Rouner
More from Daily Kos
Vermont
VTDigger | Scott signs law making Vermont 14th state to ban LGBTQ ‘panic’ defense | Kit Norton
More from Law and Crime
Pregnancy & Parenting
New York Times | The U.S. Birthrate Has Dropped Again. The Pandemic May Be Accelerating the Decline. | Sabrina Tavernise
Time | The U.S. Birth Rate Dropped Last Year, But Don't Blame It All on the Pandemic | Emily Barone
Vogue | The U.S. Birth Rate Fell Dramatically Over the Last Year. Is Anyone Really Surprised? | Emma Specter
More from ABC, AP, Axios, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, Forbes, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Magazine, NPR, Romper, U.S. News & World Report
The Pew Trusts | States Push to Extend Postpartum Medicaid Benefits to Save Lives | Michael Ollove
USA Today | Best gifts for mom are paid leave, childcare, less shame | Alia E. Dastagir
Reproductive Health & Justice
Daily Camera | CU Boulder study links birth control access, high school graduation rates | Katie Langford
UPI | Study: Female students' graduation rates improve with better birth control access | Brian P. Dunleavy
FiveThirtyEight | Why Black Women Are Often Missing From Conversations About Police Violence |Alex Samuels, Dhrumil Mehta, Anna Wiederkehr
Work & Money
Bloomberg News | Returning to Work in a Very Unequal World | Ruth David
CNBC | U.S. moms working full-time are paid $0.75 for every dollar paid to fathers, leading to devastating economic losses | Courtney Connley
Business Insider | Mothers make just 75 cents for each dollar fathers make, and it means a mom would have to work til May 5 to earn what a dad made last year | Madison Hoff
NBC | Why securing equal pay for moms is the 'unfinished business of the women's movement' | Rosie Colosi
Digiday | Rise of miscarriage leave prompts debate around pregnancy discrimination | MaryLou Costa
Jezebel | Republican Leadership Able to Identify At Least Two Women (But Only Like One) | Ashley Reese
The Hill | Cheney fight stokes cries of GOP double standard for women | Scott Wong, Mike Lillis
Motherly | For Mother's Day, Let's Give Women Equal Pay | Jamie Orsini
Newsweek | Tampon Tax Extracts a Heavy Toll on Women | Anita Diamant
The (Baton Rouge) Advocate | Diapers and sanitary products are necessities, and should be tax-exempt, too | Editorial
Philadelphia Inquirer | Period products should be free in public bathrooms | Misha Valencia
Prism | COVID-19 worsened inequities for BIPOC. Leaders must now work toward an equitable recovery | Carolyn Copeland
USA Today | EEOC chairwoman orders review of work climate in wake of USA TODAY probe. Employees are skeptical | Nick Anderson
Vox | Biden’s American Families Plan could make America less terrible for parents | Anna North
Delaware
Delaware Live | New bill would create $100 million trust fund to offer paid family, medical leave | Betsy Price
News Journal | Delaware Sen. Sarah McBride introduces paid family, medical leave bill. What it would do | Sarah Gamard