Every day is like Tuesday
Have to make this quick. Substack deleted my draft not once but twice this morning, which has never happened before. And really put me behind.
Today…
in 1932, Hattie Wyatt Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
is National Hot Tea Day. I’m much more the black coffee type. Hot tea is a little above my station.
Abortion
AP | Supreme Court won't hear PA abortion clinic free speech case
Courthouse News Service | High Court Turns Away Challenge to Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones | Kayla Goggin
Alaska
Anchorage Daily News | State pays $334,700 judgment to close abortion-veto lawsuit | James Brooks
Iowa
The Gazette | Iowa lawmakers expected to again take on 'hot-button' issues - but maybe not as many as before | Rod Boshart
Elsewhere
Ms. | Argentina Legalized Abortion Until 14 Weeks-and We Have Feminist Organizers to Thank | Cora Anderson
New York Times | Group Takes Legal Action Over Lack of Abortion Services in Northern Ireland | Megan Specia
Reuters | Support for abortion jumped in Mexico last year, survey finds
Reuters | Venezuela women's groups halt abortion services after activist arrest | Sarah Kinosian, Mariela Nava
LGBTQ
The Advocate | Trump, on Way Out, Continues Attacking LGBTQ+ Americans | Trudy Ring
The American Independent | Trump administration sticks it to transgender kids one last time | Casey Quinlan
LGBTQ Nation | Betsy DeVos launches last minute attack on trans children on her way out the door | Juwan Holmes
Inside Higher Ed | Dept. of Ed Says Title IX Does Not Apply to LGBTQ Discrimination | Greta Anderson
them. | Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Gut LGBTQ+ Asylum Claims Before Leaving Office | Nico Lang
Washington Post | Biden’s ambitious LGBT agenda poises him to be nation’s most pro-equality president in history | Emily Wax-Thibodeaux
GoMag | YouTube Avoids Free Speech Suit Over LGBTQ Content | Isabelle Lichtenstein
Alaska
State of Reform | COVID, transparency, and LGBTQ-related bills teed up for Alaska’s 2021 legislative session | Emily Boerger
Colorado
Denver Post Colorado’s Supreme Court first in U.S. to revamp common-law marriage for same-sex couples | Shelly Bradbury
Colorado Politics | State Supreme Court recognizes same-sex common law marriages prior to 2015 legalization | Michael Karlik
Indiana
LGBTQ Nation | Mike Pence’s home state seeks to be the next to ban so-called “conversion therapy” | Juwan Holmes
New Mexico
Instinct | Could New Mexico Gain Its First LGBT Congressman? | Devin Randall
LGBTQ Nation | The first congressional candidate of 2021 would be New Mexico’s first LGBTQ member of Congress | Molly Sprayregen
North Carolina
Pregnancy & Parenting
Fast Company | We’re in the midst of a caregiving crisis. Here’s how Biden may address it | Pavithra Mohan
Washington Post | Mortality rate for Black babies is cut dramatically when they’re delivered by Black doctors, researchers say | Tonya Russell
Reproductive Health & Justice
U.S. News & World Report | Calls Mount to Decriminalize Sex Work in the Interest of Public Health | Chelsea Cirruzzo
New York
WTEN-TV (Albany, NY) | Gov. Cuomo announces comprehensive package to combat domestic, gender-based violence | Chelsea Siegal
Work & Money
CNBC | A year ago, women outnumbered men in the U.S. workforce, now they account for 100% of jobs lost in December | Courtney Connley
The Hill | Jobs report shows significant gender gap: analysis | Zack Budryk
New York Times | How High-End Restaurants Have Failed Black Female Chefs | Korsha Wilson
Philanthropy Women | COVID-19 Widens the Gender Poverty Gap in Devastating Projections
Illinois
HR Dive | Harley-Davidson dealer settles EEOC sex harassment, retaliation lawsuit | Lisa Burden
Nebraska
KFOR-AM | ACLU Nebraska Support Equality Bills | Dale Johnson
Utah
Daily Utah Chronicle | Utah Fails Women in Legal Careers | CJ Alexander
Washington
Tacoma News Tribune | Employer ordered to pay delivery driver fired for requesting pregnancy accommodation | Alexis Krell
More, More, More
AP | Pope says women can read at Mass, but still can't be priests | Nicole Winfield
CBS | Pope officially expands women's roles in Catholic Church - within the "feminine imprint" | Anna Matranga
Changing America | Pope issues historic new decree giving women increased roles in Catholic Church | Alexandra Kelley
NBC | Pope Francis formally allows for more roles of women in the church | Deborah Castellano Lubov, Rachel Elbaum
New York Times | Pope Formalizes Women’s Roles, but Priesthood Stays Out of Reach | Elisabetta Povoledo
Reuters | Pope, in new decree, allows more roles for women in Church | Philip Pullella
Washington Post | Pope Francis changes church law to give women slightly larger role — but says they still can’t be priests | Chico Harlan
CNN | A federal judge has granted Lisa Montgomery a stay of execution, the only woman on federal death row, pending a competence hearing | Christina Carrega
USA Today | First US execution of female inmate in 67 years halted | Heather Hollingsworth
Forbes | Women Are Not A Monolith & We Must Stop Treating Them As One | Sheree Atcheson Forbes
Washington Post | The Trump era proved women can be just as self-absorbed, reckless and ambitious as men | Alyssa Rosenberg