Today…
in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill Obama signed into law.
is National Curmudgeon Day. Do any of my old NARAL colleagues subscribe? I know you’ll join me in pouring one out* for our friend Doug, ne plus ultra curmudgeon.
*I will not make a joke in poor taste here, though you know he’d love it.
At the now-11yo’s 1st birthday party, at Radius in Mt. Pleasant. He told me someone had made sympathetic remark about having to attend a baby’s birthday, and he said, “No no,” finger wave, “Ms. Perrone is hosting. It’s a happy hour.”
White House
NPR | Biden To Expand Access To Reproductive Health Care And Obamacare | Selena Simmons-Duffin
Ms. | Protecting the ACA is Only a Starting Point for Women's Health Care | Naomi Zewde
Abortion
Rewire News Group | Biden Administration Starts to Unwind Abortion Policy Exported Abroad | Moira Tan
Huffington Post | Progressive Faith Groups Welcome Biden's Moves To Expand Abortion Access | Carol Kuruvilla
Washington Post | FAQ: Biden to drop Trump’s anti-abortion ‘global gag rule.’ Here’s what that means for abortion access worldwide. | Miriam Berger
More from AP, BuzzFeed, CBS, Mother Jones, POLITICO, Quartz, SELF, Teen Vogue, Time
Teen Vogue | What Happens to Abortion Rights if Biden Fulfills His Promise to Repeals the Hyde Amendment? | Clare Busch
LGBTQ+
NPR | Biden Signs Most Far-Reaching Federal Protections For LGBTQ People Yet | Leila Fadel
LGBTQ Nation | Biden’s pro-LGBTQ executive order is his most popular according to new polling | Alex Bollinger
San Francisco Bay Times | Time to Multi-Task for LGBTIQ Rights | Stuart Gaffney, John Lewis
Abortion
Daily Beast | The Capitol Rioters’ Disturbing Ties to the March for Life | Lizz Winstead
Ms. | More Than Half of Women-but Only a Quarter of Abortion Facilities-Are Located in States Hostile to Abortion Rights | Swathi Kella
Washington Post | Kansas voters to decide abortion question; S.C. Senate approves sweeping ban | Annie Gowen
WTXL-TV | Sens. Rick Scott, Lindsey Graham re-introduce 'Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act' to Congress
WLBT | Wicker, Hyde-Smith throw support behind nationwide 20-week abortion ban | Josh Carter
Arizona
AZCentral.com | Abortion in Arizona could net women a murder charge? How is that 'pro-life?' | Jodi Liggett
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Panel advances bill on aid information for abortion seekers | John Moritz
Arkansas Times | Another anti-abortion bill: Mandated counseling for women seeking an abortion | Max Brantley
Iowa
Iowa Public Radio | Iowa House Passes Anti-Abortion Constitutional Amendment | Katarina Sostaric
Newsweek | Iowa House Says Abortion Is Not a Fundamental Right in Constitutional Amendment | Samantha Lock
Kansas
High Plains Public Radio | Kansas Constitutional Amendment Saying There’s No Right To Abortion Is Headed To Voters | Stephen Koranda
American Independent | Kansas conservatives say new scheme to ban abortion somehow protects women | Lisa Needham
More from AP, Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star | Marshall’s first Senate bill would block COVID-19 relief funds for abortion services | Bryan Lowry
McClatchy | Roger Marshall’s bill blocks COVID-19 funds for abortion | Bryan Lowry
Montana
Missoulian | Gianforte focuses on 'resiliency,' says he'll sign abortion bills | Holly Michels
New Mexico
NM Political Report | Bill to decriminalize abortion passes House committee | Susan Dunlap
South Carolina
AP | South Carolina Senate passes bill outlawing most abortions | Jeffrey Collins
Post and Courier | Abortion ban bill passes SC Senate as state moves closer to likely legal battle | Jamie Lovegrove
The State | SC ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban bill passes Senate | Emily Bohatch
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Abortion survivor bill advances to the South Dakota Senate | Jonathan Ellis
Grand Forks Herald | In South Dakota Down syndrome abortion ban, questions of tests and timing | Jeremy Fugleberg
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | Utah’s pre-abortion course would feature heartbeat audio, procedure images under new state bill | Bethany Rodgers
Salt Lake Tribune | Ahead of Friday’s March for Life, Utah senators back anti-abortion legislation | Lee Davidson
LGBTQ+
The Advocate | Puerto Rico Declares Emergency Over Violence Against Trans, Cis Women | Neal Broverman
The American Independent | New report shows alarming lack of LGBTQ protections in dozens of states | Casey Quinlan
EdWeek | School Sports a Fresh Front in State Battles Over Transgender Students' Rights | Evie Blad
GoMag | Leading Health Insurance Provider To Expand Gender-Affirming Surgeries Coverage | Isabelle Lichtenstein
Reuters | LGBT+ funding seen lagging as COVID-19 stokes aid needs | Hugo Greenhalgh
Washington Blade | Pelosi 'optimistic' about LGBTQ Equality Act, calls passage a 'priority' | Chris Johnson
Alabama
NBC | Alabama's trans ID law requiring proof of surgery is unconstitutional, court rules | Jo Yurcaba
Iowa
The Gazette | Lawmaker seeks permission to discriminate, throw up barriers to transgender Iowans | Todd Dorman
North Carolina
News & Observer | Raleigh waits to expand non-discrimination rules for LGBTQ | Anna Johnson
Puerto Rico
LGBTQ Nation | Puerto Rico declares state of emergency over murders of multiple transgender people
More from New York Daily News, Out
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Advocacy group forms to fight 'repeated legislative attacks' on transgender people | Trevor Mitchell
Rapid City Journal | State House passes trans birth certificate bill 39-31; Senate to consider it next | Morgan Matzen
Pregnancy & Parenting
Deseret News | How family friendly work policies affect children’s health | Lois Collins
HuffPost | I Had A Baby At The Height Of The Pandemic. Here's What I Learned About Gender Inequality. | Lauren Nutt Bello
The Mary Sue | Pandemic Baby Boom? Baby Bust? Baby, I’m Single. | Rachel Leishman
Working Mother | How Job Sharing Gives Working Moms the Flexibility They Need | Cami Hawkins
Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Jamaa Birth Village wins $1 million grant to reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality, will train 360 doulas | Michele Munz
Oklahoma
Tulsa World | Upping minimum wage, protecting gun rights among bills filed for Oklahoma's 2021 legislative session | Anna Codutti
Work & Money
Courier | Democrats Introduce a Bill To Raise the Minimum Wage-A New Study Says That Could Help Save Infant Lives | Emiene Wright
Fatherly | What Is The Marshall Plan For Moms? The Push To Pay Moms $2,400/Month, Explained | Cameron LeBlanc
Federal News Network | House Democrats seek expansion of paid leave program for federal employees | Nicole Ogrysko
LexBlog | Landmark Pinterest Settlement Reflects Continued Gender Gap in the Workplace | Benjamin E. Widener
Marie Claire | Female Soldiers Will Now Be Allowed to Wear Lipstick, Nail Polish, and Locs | Tatjana Freund
Ms. | College Students Are Filing Record Number of Lawsuits to Fight Sex Discrimination in Athletics | Carrie Baker
Reuters | Women work the COVID frontline but lack a voice, poll shows | Anastasia Moloney
Technical.ly | Working women are 'in crisis.' Here's how their workplaces can better support them | Paige Gross
Arizona
New Jersey
The Hill | 31 prison staff members suspended at New Jersey women's prison | Joseph Choi
New Mexico
NM Political Report | City of Albuquerque tries to decertify a class action lawsuit for gender pay equity | Susan Dunlap
Virginia
PolitiFact | The U.S. is the only industrialized nation with no paid family leave plan | Daniel Funke
More, More, More
ELLE | Kamala Harris’s Ascent Doesn’t Mean Progress for Black Women | Eunice Omega
Glamour | The Women of Wikipedia Are Writing Themselves Into History | Jenny Singer
Salt Lake Tribune | Make 2021 the year of the Equal Rights Amendment | Kelly Jones