Dude
Today…
is 4/20. Oh, don’t look at me like that. Who among us wouldn’t rather be standing outside the arcade with some friends and a belt buckle pipe.
is National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day. For apres belt buckle pipe.
Abortion
The Mary Sue | As Biden Weighs Excluding Hyde Amendment From His Budget, Whose Consciences Are Afforded Protection? | Kylie Cheung
Ms. | FDA Allows Telemedicine Abortion During Pandemic | Carrie Baker Ms. Magazine
Salon | The link between America's rising maternal mortality rates and abortion | Amanda Marcotte
Arizona
AZCentral.com | Republican lawmakers revive sweeping anti-abortion proposal in Arizona | Maria Polletta
Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal | Telemedicine abortion law stopped by Hamilton County court | Susan Tebben
Statehouse News Bureau | Court Puts On Hold Ohio Law That Bans Telemedicine From Being Used For Abortions | Jo Ingles
Tennessee
AP | Tennessee House: Fetal remains must be buried or cremated | Kimberlee Kruesi
LGBTQ
The American Independent | Experts say onslaught of anti-transgender bills is a losing strategy for the GOP | Casey Quinlan
Boston Globe | Activists see political motivations behind wave of GOP bills targeting transgender kids | Liz Goodwin
DiversityInc | Deaths of Transgender Individuals Up 100% in First Four Months of 2021 | Brian Good
Inside Higher Ed | Sororities Delay Vote on Inclusion of Nonbinary Members | Greta Anderson
Metro Weekly | Poll: Even Republicans aren't keen on bills pushing transgender sports bans | John Riley
NBC | 'It's not safe': Parents of transgender kids plan to flee their states as GOP bills loom | Jo Yurcaba
VICE | Gen Z Trans Women Face Violence for Rejecting Ways of Older Trans Communities | Sonia Sarkar
Arizona
DiversityInc | Arizona Conservatives Attempt to Roll Back LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum in Schools | Brian Good
Arkansas
Arkansas Times | If you have a heart, this might make you sad: Parents fleeing anti-transgender states like Arkansas | Max Brantley
The Advocate | Rash of Teen Suicide Attempts After Arkansas Adopts Trans Care Ban | Trudy Ring
LGBTQ Nation | At least four teens have attempted suicide after Arkansas bans trans youth from getting healthcare | Alex Bollinger
California
Bay Area Reporter | California will now ban state-funded travel to North Dakota due to anti-LGBTQ law | Matthew S. Bajko
Florida
Scary Mommy | Horrific FL Anti-Trans Bill Could Force Kids To 'Prove' Their Gender To Play Sports | Erica Gerald Mason
Kansas
KSNW-TV | Kansas governor on transgender sports ban bill: ‘We don’t want to go down that road’ | Mark Feuerborn
Louisiana
Louisiana Illuminator | John Bel Edwards opposes bills with transgender restrictions | Julie O'Donoghue
Montana
AP | Students protest Montana bill to ban transgender athletes | Iris Samuels
More from KBGF-TV, New York Daily News
New Jersey
Herald News | NJ driver's license gender options now include 'X' for nonbinary | Katie Sobko
Herald News | Murphy signs new law to 'streamline process' for LGBTQ veterans to access benefits | Sammy Gibbons
Oklahoma
Public Radio Tulsa | Oklahoma House Sends Senate Bill Banning Transgender Athletes From Women's Teams | Matt Trotter
Tulsa World | Oklahoma House passes legislation to ban transgender women, girls from female sports | Randy Krehbiel
USA Today | Despite NCAA warning, Oklahoma House moves to limit transgender athletes in female sports | Carmen Forman
LGBTQ Nation | Oklahoma trans woman denied COVID vaccine because she has “mismatched ID” | Bil Browning
Tennessee
AP | Tennessee House OKs new transgender 'bathroom bill' | Jonathan Mattise
Metro Weekly | Transgender billionaire threatens to move company from Tennessee in response to proposed anti-LGBTQ laws | John Riley
Texas
Austin American-Statesman | Texas House panel backs ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths | Chuck Lindell
Austin American-Statesman | Corporations warn Legislature against bills targeting LGBT Texans | Chuck Lindell
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Hill | Harris highlights 'urgent' need for better Black maternal health care | Joseph Choi
KevinMD | Saving our mothers requires taking more than baby steps | Janice Phillips, Gina Lowell
Colorado
Westword | Op-Ed: Birth Equity Bill Package Is Colorado's Chance for Better Maternity Care | Kayla Frawley
Mississippi
Mississippi Free Press | Mississippi Bans Shackling of Pregnant Inmates, Ends Child Visitation Limits | Ashton Pittman
North Carolina
State of Reform | Momnibus bills moving through NC General Assembly | Shawna De La Rosa
Reproductive Health & Justice
MarketWatch | Here’s what we know about COVID-19 vaccine side effects in women | Meera Jagannathan
Elite Daily | People Care About The J&J Vaccine's Safety. Why Not Birth Control? | Nylah Burton
Philadelphia Inquirer | After surviving sexual violence, I want more people to speak up | Allison Weidhaas
Arkansas
AP | Arkansas bill OK'd to block Planned Parenthood sex education
Arkansas Times | Planned Parenthood on the Arkansas legislature: Unconstitutional and unhealthy | Max Brantley
Delaware
Middletown Transcript | Delaware Democrats seek to make it easier to get birth control | Sarah Gamard
Nevada
AP | Nevada Senate Passes Proposal to Expand Birth Control Access | Sam Metz
Tennessee
WTVC-TV | Tennessee bill seeks to promote abstinence, prohibit contraception distribution at schools | Adrian Mojica
Work & Money
Forbes | Is Paid Parental Leave Finally Coming To The U.S.? | Kelly Anne Smith
MarketWatch | ‘We’re still blazing the trail’: Joe Biden wants to create millions of infrastructure jobs - but will his plan help women rejoin the workforce? | Elisabeth Buchwald
Washington Post | The pandemic gave parents the chance to work from home. Now they don’t want to give it up. | Ellen McCarthy
Washington Post | White House closes in on ‘families plan’ spending proposal, centered on childcare, pre-K, paid leave | Tyler Pager, Jeff Stein
Business Insider | Despite right-wing panic about the plummeting birthrate, Republicans are lining up against Biden's pro-family 'human infrastructure' push | Eliza Relman
RawStory | Biden to propose $1 trillion for child care and pre-K in new 'American Families Plan': report | Bob Brigham
More, More, More
The New Yorker | Did Home Economics Empower Women? | Margaret Talbot