Heart of it all
Today…
is National Cookie Exchange Day. Are you familiar with the Pittsburgh/Ohio Valley Italian obsession with cookies? It’s not limited to weddings, I’m here to tell you. At last count, we have just over 30 dozen, as well as two banana breads, two boxes of candy, and I’m told we’re expecting another cake and two dozen “bundtinis” from some place in Canton. And my mother would like you to know, “we cut way down this year.”
There are five of us.
Abortion
AP | Vatican: OK to get virus vaccines using abortion cell lines | Frances D'Emilio
CNN | Vatican OKs getting Covid-19 vaccines that used cell lines from aborted fetuses | Livia Borghese, John Allen, Rob Picheta, Sanam Mahoozi
NPR | Vatican OKs Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines, Even If Research Involved Fetal Tissue | Laurel Wamsley
Reuters | Vatican permits use of COVID-19 vaccines made using aborted fetal tissue | Philip Pullella
Boston Globe | My Christmas Eve at the Home for Unwed Mothers, before Roe v. Wade | Bridget Smith
Ms. | State Policy Trends 2020: Reproductive Health and Rights in a Year Like No Other | Olivia Cappello, Elizabeth Nash, Lizamarie Mohammed, Sophia Naide
Rewire News Group | Abortion Is a Catholic Value. Just ask Joe Biden. | Jamie Manson
Massachusetts
Rewire News Group | Massachusetts Is on the Verge of an Abortion Access Breakthrough | Caroline Reilly
Rewire News Group | I Had to Leave Massachusetts for My Abortion. Not Anymore. | T.S. Mendola
LGBTQ
Air Force Magazine | 10 Years After DADT Repeal, LGBTQ Airmen Say More Can Change | Rachel Cohen
American Independent | Nearly two-thirds of LGBTQ homes have seen job losses this year | Casey Quinlan
The 19th | LGBTQ+ people and ‘equality voters’ overwhelmingly supported Joe Biden | Barbara Rodriguez
The 19th | LGBTQ+ people know how to celebrate the holidays away from family | Kate Sosin
Colorado
LGBTQ Nation | “Queer Santa” is coming to make sure LGBTQ homeless teens get presents | Molly Sprayregen
Virginia
Virginia Lawyers Weekly | Gay doctor has Title VII discrimination claim | Paul Fletcher
Pregnancy & Parenting
Forbes | Health Of Fathers Linked To Miscarriage & Stillbirth, According To A New Study | Alice Broster
Morning Consult | Federal Maternal Health Plan Falls Short for Key Lawmakers, Advocates | Gaby Galvin
VICE | Inside the Fight to Protect Black Moms and Babies | Nina Bahadur
Women's Health | 'Black Women Are 5 Times As Likely to Die in Childbirth. So, Is It Safe for Me to Have a Baby?' | Nadine White
Work & Money
Boing Boing | How Visa and MasterCard strong armed PornHub into making policy changes | Thom Dunn
Business Insider | 'Porn's not illegal ... child porn is, and that's what saw.' | Ben Gilbert
Changing America | The secret gender equity battle that almost blew up 'Wonder Woman 1984' | Anagha Srikanth
Deadspin | The WNBA’s activism and how it just might change the country in a matter of weeks | Jane McManus
Forbes | Philanthropy Needs To Address The Funding And Equity Gaps For Women And Girls | Bonnie Chiu
The 19th | Stimulus provides some, but not enough, relief for women | Shefali Luthra
NPR | 'Already Behind': Diversifying The Legal Profession Starts Before The LSAT | Marisa Manzi, Nina Totenberg
Utah
More, More, More
Jezebel | Why Is the Trump Administration Still Planning to Execute Lisa Montgomery? | Esther Wang