Georgia Ave. on my mind
Today…
…decamping to Cleveland Park like
I kid! We’re home, we’re fine. (I almost said “safe as houses” but let’s not tempt fate.) We are for real for real locked down for obvious reasons, and saw some of these most unwelcome tourists rolling into the neighborhood last night, but very practically speaking, we have school and work and would be home anyway.
…is National Bean Day. C’mere, your mother will help you with that can.
You have to enjoy that they not only use the word trousers but (try to) rhyme it with houses. Tween me loves you forever, DM, but even then I knew it was a stretch.
Abortion
Rewire News Group | Does a Fetus Have Rights? | Jessica Mason Pieklo, Imani Gandy
Slate | Trump Judge Lobbies the Supreme Court to Overturn Abortion Rights | Mark Joseph Stern
Arkansas
Reuters | 8th Circuit upholds order blocking Arkansas abortion restrictions | Brendan Pierson
A federal appeals court has upheld an order blocking Arkansas state restrictions on abortions after 18 weeks and abortions performed because of a fetal test indicating Down syndrome.
Arkansas Times | 8th Circuit affirms injunction against two Arkansas anti-abortion laws, but sends signal that the legal landscape could change | Max Brantley
AP | Appeals court upholds hold on Arkansas abortion laws | Andrew DeMillo
Courthouse News Service | Arkansas Loses Bid to Reinstate Anti-Abortion Laws at Eighth Circuit | Erik De La Garza
Mississippi
Rewire News Group | ‘As We Go, so Do You’: Mississippi Abortion Advocates Prep for an Uncertain Future | Susan Rinkunas
Ohio
American Prospect | A New Ohio Law Could Require Public Records of Abortions | Marcia Brown
Boing Boing | New Ohio law requires full funeral services after abortions | Thom Dunn
LGBTQ
LGBTQ Nation | U.S. House adopts sweeping gender-neutral language rules | Alex Bollinger
The American Independent | House Republicans are very upset they have to use the word 'parents' | Casey Quinlan
LGBTQ Nation | Trump’s secret campaign lawyer is so anti-gay even Republicans call her “a nasty bigot” | Bil Browning
NBC News | Trump stacked courts with judges 'hostile' toward gays, rights group says | Dan Avery
Out | Trump's Promotion of Homophobia Will Impact LGBTQ+ Rights for Decades | Donald Padgett
USA Today | Trump's judicial appointments will impact LGBTQ rights far beyond presidency, group says | Kristine Phillips
NBC News | Trans women retain athletic edge after a year of hormone therapy, study finds | Dan Avery
Florida
The Advocate | Out Florida Rep Seeks to Repeal State's Ban on Same-Sex Marriage | Jacob Ogles
Georgia
The 19th | Georgia Senate runoffs could tip the balance for LGBTQ+ rights | Kate Sosin
Pregnancy & Parenting
Academic Times | Pandemic child care duties fall ‘disproportionately’ on working moms | Beth Newhart
The Lily | Changing Woman Intiative’s Nicolle Gonzales wants to build the country’s first Indigenous birthing center | Cecilia Nowell
Washington Post Meghan McCain learned about the need for parental leave the hard way. Nobody should have to. | Monica Hesse
Quartz | Meghan McCain returned from maternity leave with a family values lecture—for conservatives | Lila MacLellan
Romper | Meghan McCain Calls For Paid Maternity Leave After Experiencing Just How Vital It Is | Morgan Brinlee
SheKnows | Can Meghan McCain Take Maternity Leave Support to Other Republicans? | Sabrina Rojas Weiss
Working Mother | Meghan McCain Advocates for Maternity Leave – After Having a Baby | Audrey Goodson Kingo
Louisiana
KEDM-FM | Tulane Study Of Maternal Homicide Gets First Federal Money For Gun Violence Research In 24 Years | Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
Maeve Wallace, PhD, studies maternal mortality. Specifically, she studies the violent deaths of pregnant and postpartum women. She’s known for years that guns are involved in most cases of maternal mortality. But Wallace has never been able to recommend gun-restricting policies in her federally funded research papers or request federal funding for gun violence research — until now.
Reproductive Health & Justice
MadameNoire | These Three Black Women Want To End Period Poverty | Keyaira Boone
Philanthropy Women | As Countries Fund New Ways to End Period Poverty, US Stands Still | Abigail DelVecchio
Texas
Galveston County Daily News | Heath care providers must work to overcome distrust | Farah Kudrath
Texas Tribune | Texas gives Medicaid recipients using Planned Parenthood until Feb. 3 to find new health care provider | Shannon Najmabadi
Work & Money
Business Insider | Hundreds of startups go public every year. Only 20 have ever been founded and led by women. | Alyson Shontell
Fast Company | With no paid leave mandate in new stimulus bill, workers are left with fewer protections | Pavithra Mohan
NBC News | '32 years of progress…vanished in less than a year': 5 ways the pandemic affected gender equity in 2020 | Katica Roy
Foreign Affairs | COVID-19 Could Undo Decades of Women’s Progress | Jamille Bigio, Kweilin Ellingrud, Mekala Krishnan, Anu Madgavkar, Rachel Vogelstein
Plate | A New Nonprofit Aims to Help Working Parents in Restaurants | Maggie Hennessy
Prism | For Black women in broadcasting, discrimination comes in many forms | Antoinette Kerr
Washington Post | Covid teaches the well-off a lesson about family that poor people already knew | Gene Sperling
Washington Post | Trump administration seeks to undo decades-long rules on discrimination | Laura Meckler, Devlin Barrett
The Justice Department is seeking to change interpretation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin by recipients of federal funding. Under these rules, actions are considered discriminatory if they have a discriminatory effect, what’s known as a “disparate impact,” on protected groups. Under the new version, only intentional discrimination would be prohibited.
New York Times | Justice Dept. Seeks to Pare Back Civil Rights Protections for Minorities | Erica L. Green, Katie Benner
Mississippi
Jackson Free Press | Early Childhood; Best Investment for Community, Business Strength | Jeff Good
New Mexico
AP | Albuquerque City Council approves hair discrimination ban
KRQE-TV | Albuquerque city council approves ban on hair discrimination; elects president
Tennessean
The Tennessean | COVID-19 pandemic hardest on women, but help is available | Brenda Gadd
More, More, More
CNN | Attorneys for woman on death row head to Supreme Court, pleading with Trump to read clemency petition | Christina Carrega
Washington Post | More Republican women than before will serve in this Congress. Here’s why. | Michele L. Swers
“Because we respect women, their leadership and perspectives.” Oh yes, oh yes oh yes…