Today…
is the anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, I pray God it’s our last.
is International Podcast Day. I still have piles of news and politics in my queue, but especially since pandemic, I’ve picked up more and more pop culture shows like Make My Day, How Did This Get Made, Who Weekly, This Had Oscar Buzz, The Rewatchables, How Did This Get Played, Listen To Sassy. My brain craves – needs – potato chips between meals.
Abortion
UPI | Senate hearing to examine Texas abortion law, Supreme Court 'shadow docket'
– More from Austin American-Statesman, Roll Call
USA Today | Ahead of House hearing, Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, Cori Bush, Pramila Jayapal tell their abortion stories
‒ More from Daily Beast, The Hill, HuffPost, MSNBC, Vanity Fair
Michigan
Michigan Advance | Whitmer signs remaining FY 2022 budget bills, vetoes ‘anti-choice’ line items
– More from Bridge Michigan, Detroit News, MLive
Mississippi
Vanity Fair | Mississippi Attorney General Says Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Give Women “Amazing” Choices
Missouri
Missouri Independent | Missouri Supreme Court mulls challenge to laws that blocked abortion bill vote
– More from AP, Kansas City Star
Montana
Missoulian | State claims judge in abortion lawsuit showed 'bias'
Ohio
Statehouse News Bureau | New Abortion Ban Bill Get Its First Hearing In The Ohio House
– More from Cleveland.com
Texas
CNN | Texas says its abortion ban is 'stimulating' interstate commerce
– More from Bloomberg, Washington PostDallas Morning News | Legal vigilantes or defenders of life? More abortion foes are ready to pounce under Texas’ SB 8
LGBTQ Nation | Chick-fil-A inspired Texas’ new abortion ban
Los Angeles Times | What it’s like operating a Texas abortion clinic under the state's new ban | Amy Hagstrom Miller
Vanity Fair | Hollywood Vowed to Leave Georgia Over Its Abortion Bill. What About Texas?
KXAN-TV | Austin City Council members show commitment to abortion access, discuss resolution
I was so looking forward to sharing a bitter laugh from McSweeney's Introduction from the Texas Abortion Bounty Hunter’s Handbook, and I mean, it’s fine, but when reality itself is so absurd, it’s hard to satirize. Half of this could be from an ADF pamphlet.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Radio Network | Senate Republicans pass “Born Alive” bill
LGBTQ
Daily Kos | Trump's miserable presidency coincided with extreme mental distress for LGBTQ folks, says study
California
Florida
Florida Phoenix | Lawmakers propose to outlaw LGBT 'panic' defense in criminal trials during '22 session
Illinois
Oregon
The Oregonian | Newberg school board adopts policy banning Pride, Black Lives Matter symbols in classrooms
– More from The Hill, Washington Post
Texas
Newsweek | Texas Students Protest After Trans Student Allegedly Denied Use of High School Facilities
Virginia
The Daily Beast | Right-Wing Podcaster Matt Walsh Fakes Living in VA Just to Go on Anti-Trans Rant at School Board
WTOP-FM | Parents, teachers against Loudoun Co. schools’ transgender policy rally outside school board HQ
Pregnancy & Parenthood
Colorado
Colorado Times Recorder | CU Study: Banning Abortion Will Increase Maternal Deaths, Particularly for Black Women
Delaware
The News Journal | We must address Black maternal healthcare in Delaware
Illinois
Reproductive Health & Justice
Work & Money
Fortune | Funding paid leave and child care narrows gender wage gap
Inside Philanthropy | Women of Color in the South Are Vastly Underfunded. A New Foundation is Setting Out to Change That
Ms. | The Political Case for Childcare Moms Shouldn't Have to Make
California
Los Angeles Times | California outlawed the all-white-male boardroom. That move is reshaping corporate America
Michigan
Michigan Advance | Bills introduced for family leave, time off for miscarriage