I don't even know anymore
Today is National Sneakers Day, but not sure these two have had shoes on since we got here.
Are we calling Monday a national holiday? I may skip newsletter as we get ready to head back to city life, but we’ll see.
ACB
Abortion (will Certainly be Banned)
AP | Scalia 'heir' Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade | Michael Tarm
Bloomberg News | Republicans Tread Warily on Roe v. Wade Ahead of Amy Coney Barrett Hearing | Steven Dennis, Greg Stohr
CNN | Amy Coney Barrett's potential role in abortion battle surfaces in debates | Caroline Kelly
The Cut | We Know Exactly How Amy Coney Barrett Feels About Abortion | Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Salon | Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett: Another step toward Christian fascism | Chris Hedges
Washington Post | The strange, sudden, bipartisan avoidance of Roe v. Wade | Aaron Blake
The Washington Post | Both sides on abortion certain Barrett would restrict, if not overturn, landmark court decision | Seung Min Kim
Also…
The American Independent | Amy Coney Barrett could help the Supreme Court kill marriage equality | Lisa Needham
Los Angeles Times | Barrett confirmation hearing may pressure Feinstein, Harris to subdue their political instincts | Jennifer Haberkorn
VICE | Democrats Have Basically Given Up on Stopping Amy Coney Barrett | Carter Sherman
2020
Doing Just Terribly
HuffPost | Trump And Pence Aren’t Being Honest About Abortion | Melissa Jeltsen
The Independent | Trump knows gender violence and white supremacy go hand in hand | Danielle Campoamor
Mashable | Trump is desperate to seem manly. It's hurting us all. | Rebecca Ruiz
New York Times | Friends Recall Hearing Trump Accuser’s Claims in 1997 | Jodi Kantor
Mike Pence (None The Richer)
ABC | At debate, Mike Pence didn’t say what he has before: He supports overturning Roe v. Wade | MaryAlice Parks, Cheyenne Haslett
The Mary Sue | Why Did Mike Pence Tiptoe Around a Debate Question About His #1 Favorite Subject, Banning Abortion? | Vivian Kane
Slate | Mike Pence Does Not Actually Respect Life | Dahlia Lithwick
Washington Post | Mike Pence avoided Roe v. Wade in Wednesday’s debate. Here’s why. | David Byler
HuffPost | Every Black Woman Has Faced A Mike Pence | Erin E. Evans
Inside Higher Ed | Female academics saw their own experiences with #manterrupting in this week's vice presidential debate | Colleen Flaherty
LGBTQ+
Mashable | Once again, no one asked Pence about LGBTQ rights. That’s a failure. | Natasha Piñon
Metro Weekly | "Inexcusable" that LGBTQ issues weren't raised in VP debate, say equality advocates | John Riley
Newsweek | VP Debate Marks Second Election Pence Was Not Asked About LGBTQ Rights Despite Requests From 13 Equality Organizations | Katherine Fung
Out | The Debates Aren't Discussing LGBTQ+ Issues - Here's the Danger | Mikelle Street
them. | The Vice Presidential Debate Ignored LGBTQ+ Rights. It Could Also Be the Last Debate of 2020 | Serena Sonoma
USA Today | COVID-19 and health care have dominated the debates. But what about other key issues? | Rebecca Morin
202… 1… ?
The 19th | How Trump and Biden plan to handle America’s first female recession | Chabeli Carrazana
POPSUGAR | How Joe Biden Plans to Make 12 Weeks of Paid Leave a Reality For American Families | Murphy Moroney
The Progressive | Abortion Foes Should Vote Democratic | Stephen Zunes
Vox | Trump wants to end Obamacare. He has no plan to ensure preexisting conditions are covered. | Matthew Yglesias
Abortion
NPR | Supreme Court Refuses To Block Lower Court Order On Abortion Pills | Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused, for now, to reimpose FDA regulations that require women seeking medication abortion to pick up the prescribed pills in person at a clinic instead of by mail.
See also AP, Bloomberg, CNN, The Hill, NBC, Newsweek, New York Times, POLITICO, Reuters, SCOTUSblog, USA Today, Vox, Washington Post
Washington Post | Antibody treatment Trump touts relied on testing with fetal tissue he opposes | Amy Goldstein
President Trump received an experimental antibody cocktail as part of a treatment regimen for covid-19 he has extolled as “miracles coming down from God,” even though its development relied on human fetal tissue his administration opposes.
More…
Mother Jones | Women in Kenya are using knitting needles to end their pregnancies. Blame Donald Trump. | Neha Wadekar
SELF | Pandemic Abortion: The Challenge of Getting an Abortion During COVID-19 | Sandra Rose Salathe
Colorado
Colorado Times Recorder | Over 150 People Who've Had Abortions Later in Pregnancy Pen Letter Urging Coloradans to Oppose Prop. 115 | Madeleine Schmidt
Virginia
Mediaite | Trump (Falsely) Claims Ralph Northam 'Executed a Baby' | Aidan McLaughlin
Newsweek | Donald Trump Accuses Virginia Governor of Being in Support of 'Executing' Babies | Jeffery Martin
LGBTQ
LGBTQ Nation | Black transgender journalist & advocate Monica Roberts has passed away | Alex Bollinger
Monica Roberts has passed away and TBLG media will not be the same. Roberts, 58, was best known on the internet for her award-winning blog, TransGriot, a website that covered transgender news before there was much trans representation in major TBLG (her preferred order for the letters) publications.
More from The Advocate, Heavy.com, Out, Washington Post,
Also…
Becker's Hospital Review | More study needed on LGBTQ stress and heart health, American Heart Association says | Anuja Vaidya
Forbes | ICE Raids Are Stopping Latinx Queer And Trans Men From Getting HIV Care | Jo Yurcaba
Georgia Voice | LGBTQ History Project: U.S. Supreme Court v. LGBTQ Americans | Victoria A. Brownworth
SheKnows | Discrimination & Bias Lead to Worse Heart Health In LGBTQ People | Katherine Speller
Georgia
Metro Weekly | Georgia Republican Angela Stanton-King equates supporting LGBTQ youth with pedophilia | John Riley
Illinois
Windy City Times | City passes ordinance recognizing nonbinary Chicagoans | Matt Simonette
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Record | Denied transgender surgery update: Plaintiff and State trade argue over insurance coverage | Nicholas Malfitano
The Pennsylvania Record | Guess store homophobia update: Gay plaintiff not allowed to proceed anonymously | Nicholas Malfitano
Pregnancy & Parenting
Pandemic Parenting
Business Insider | 1 million married women lost their jobs last month due to back-to-school season. It's the latest example of women shouldering the burden at home. | Taylor Borden
The 19th | For family caregivers, COVID is a mental health crisis in the making | Shefali Luthra
Reproductive Health & Justice
Homer News | Point of View: Reproductive justice is also immigrant justice | Xochitl Lopez-Ayala
Prism | Protecting the Affordable Care Act goes beyond pre-existing conditions | Anoa Changa
Prism | Doctor accused of unnecessary operations ‘left a trail’ in local community | Tina Vasquez
Work & Money
DiversityInc | Women’s Jobs Disproportionately Slashed by COVID-19 Economic Crisis | Brian Good, Olivia Riggio
Forbes | Lessons From Covid: Why We Need Women Leaders To Rebuild Our Broken Systems | Shelley Zalis
Newsweek | A look at the history of women in the workplace from 1765 to today | Joni Sweet
Times of San Diego | UCSD Researchers Claim Democratic Control Leads to Better Results for Women | Debbie L. Sklar
More, More, More
Business Insider | US Army soldier, one of the first women to earn Ranger tab, on leading Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lying in state ceremony | David Choi
Ms. | Do 'Sexy Girl' Media Messages Overpower 'Girl Power' Ones? Yes, Says New Research | Sarah Meira Rosenberg
New York Times | Library of Congress Acquires Archives of the National Women’s Party | Jennifer Schuessler
Scary Mommy | Can We Stop Advising Women To ‘Just Ask For Help’ From Their Lazy Husbands? | Kristen Mae
Washington Post | Women are systematically excluded from global coronavirus coverage, experts say | Miriam Berger