I think they got my number
Today…
is National Lazy Mom’s Day. Like I have time to celebrate that. I can definitely swing Eat An Extra Dessert Day, though.
in 1957, nine Black students were blocked from going to school by the Arkansas National Guard. The iconic picture is of Elizabeth Eckford being harassed by an angry white mob, but also…
Abortion
Court blocks Trump administration’s abortion referral restrictions in Maryland
Ann E. Marimow | Washington Post
A federal appeals court on Thursday permanently blocked the Trump administration’s rules preventing doctors and other medical providers who receive government funding from referring patients for abortion services.
AP | Court blocks Trump administration abortion rules in Maryland
Axios | Federal court blocks Trump administration's abortion "gag rule" in Maryland
Courthouse News Service | En Banc Fourth Circuits Blocks Abortion Gag Rule in Maryland
Reuters | 4th Circuit upholds Maryland injunction blocking abortion 'gag rule'
UPI | Appeals court rules against Trump administration in abortion 'gag rule'
The ‘Pro-Life’ Movement Doesn’t Care That Mothers Are Dying
Amanda Arnold | The Cut
On Tuesday, Republican senator Ted Cruz proudly announced his efforts to erode access to one of the safest medical procedures in the world, by attempting to get the abortion pill banned. “Pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness, and the abortion pill does not cure or prevent any disease,” he tweeted. “Make no mistake, Mifeprex is a dangerous pill.
Daily Dot Twitter rakes Ted Cruz over the coals for claiming pregnancy isn't 'life-threatening'
HuffPost | GOP Senators Urge The FDA To Ban The Abortion Pill
The Independent | Ted Cruz and his death cult Republican friends are trying to ban abortion again and it's getting tiresome
Jezebel | Pregnancy Is Absolutely a Life-Threatening Illness
The Mary Sue | Ted Cruz Claims Pregnancy Isn’t Life-Threatening, Women Everywhere Correct Him
Newsweek | Ted Cruz Faces Backlash for FDA Abortion Letter Stating Pregnancy Is 'Not Life Threatening'
Refinery29 | Ted Cruz, Apparent Women's Health Advocate, Says Pregnancy Is Never "Life-Threatening"
SELF | 20 Republican Senators Petition the FDA to Ban the Abortion Pill
SheKnows | Ted Cruz Incorrectly Claims Pregnancy Isn't 'Life Threatening' & Medication Abortions Are Unsafe
Scary Mommy | Ted Cruz Tweets That 'Pregnancy Is Not Life-Threatening'
Upworthy | Yes, Ted Cruz, pregnancy can be a life-threatening condition. Especially in America.
USA Today | 'Pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness': Ted Cruz takes heat for claim in call for abortion pill ban
The Sanctity of Abortion
Phillip Picardi | Unholier Than Thou
Phill dives into the most religiously fraught political battlefield of our time: Abortion. To better understand the fight for abortion access nationwide, he first talks to Monica Simpson, who breaks down the ways reproductive care becomes politicized, and what’s at stake for bodily autonomy should Trump win re-election.
North Carolina
Abortion-rights groups sue to overturn several NC laws
Gary Robertson | Associated Press
Abortion-rights groups and abortion providers on Thursday sued to overturn several restrictions on the procedure approved by North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature during the past decade.
Common Dreams | As Pence Attends Anti-Choice Event in North Carolina, Providers and Rights Groups Sue Over State Abortion Restrictions
Indy Week | Mike Pence's Anti-Abortion Tour Hits Raleigh as Activists File Litigation Challenging Abortion Restrictions
Texas
Texas Planned Parenthood Group Endorses Republican Representative for Reelection
Jenni Fink | Newsweek
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, a political arm of the organization in the Lone Star State, issued 28 endorsements on Thursday, including one for state Representative Sarah Davis, a Republican incumbent. Davis, who has served in the Texas House of Representatives since 2010, is a lone reed in her party because she supports abortion.
Laredo Morning Times | Planned Parenthood group endorses Sarah Davis, rebuffing activists' push to support her Dem opponent
LGBTQ
Trump administration is ignoring Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ discrimination
Casey Quinlan | The American Independent
Experts on LGBTQ equality say the Trump administration is uninterested in fully enforcing a Supreme Court ruling on workplace discrimination from earlier this summer, and that slow-walking that decision could have larger implications for the broader LGBTQ community.
A Second Judge Has Blocked A Trump Administration Attempt To Roll Back Healthcare Protections For Trans People
Isabelle Lichtenstein | GoMag
Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C. has issued a second injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back healthcare protections for transgender people.
LGBTQ Nation | Trump administration rule to allow transgender discrimination blocked by federal judge
Metro Weekly | Federal judge blocks Trump administration from enforcing rule eliminating LGBTQ health care protections
The Atlantic tried to artistically show gender dysphoria on its cover. Instead it damaged the trust of transgender readers.
Sydney Bauer | Poynter Online
A 2018 Atlantic cover story about families with transgender teenagers misgendered its cover model and crossed ethical boundaries in the process.
California
Gay Lawmaker Threatened, Called Pedophile Over Sex Offender Bill
Trudy Ring | The Advocate
A gay California state senator is being subjected to homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs and even death threats over his bill to reform the state’s sex offender law to treat gay and straight sex equally.
Georgia
Georgia church splits from United Methodists over gay rights
Wilson Wong | NBC News
A Georgia congregation has officially left the United Methodist Church in support of LGBTQ rights, deciding instead to be an independent nondenominational church.
NPR | Georgia Church Leaves United Methodist Over LGBTQ Clergy, Same-Sex Marriage
USA Today | A Georgia church is the first in the country to split from United Methodist Church over LGBTQ rights
Michigan
Anti-Trans Ads Against Biden Incite Fury
Trudy Ring | The Advocate
A right-wing group is running misleading anti-transgender ads in Michigan, seeking to persuade voters to oppose Joe Biden and Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, and GLAAD and HRC are pushing back and calling on social media platforms to take them down.
Pregnancy & Parenting
Just How Much Is Remote Work Hurting Working Moms?
Katie Fleischer | Ms. Magazine
While many women hoped that stay-at-home orders would lead men to invest more time into housework and childcare, gender disparities have only been exacerbated by the pandemic. Women are overwhelmingly taking on the burdens of childcare, homeschooling and housework, while also trying to work from home to provide for their families.
'Galvanize this moment': California lawmaker hopes newborn speech will propel family leave
Katy Murphy, Carla Marinucci | POLITICO
Wicks wants to use the moment to force changes in Washington and Sacramento that will help working parents.
Reproductive Health & Justice
Black Lives Matter Just Entered Its Next Phase
Syreeta McFadden | The Atlantic
At Friday night’s convention, the Movement for Black Lives presented a robust 2020 platform, connecting the dots among issues of policing, reproductive justice, housing, climate change, immigration, and disabled and trans rights.
Prisons created the blueprint for reproductive violence in immigrant detention
Tina Vasquez | Prism
Within the “crimmigration” system, the two forces work hand in hand to harm migrant women.
Chadwick Boseman’s death from colon cancer compounds the tragedy of racial disparities in health care
Akash Goel | Washington Post
The racial disparities in the U.S. begin at birth: Black infants are more than twice as likely to die as White infants, a wider gap than is estimated to have existed in 1850 during slavery, although there has been a steep decline in infant mortality for both races since then. If Black America were its own country, its maternal mortality rate would be comparable to that of developing countries such as Belize and Thailand.
North Carolina
Black maternal death is rooted in racism
Freda Freeman | The Triangle Tribune
Advocates say the reason Black mothers are dying at alarming rates is because of inequity, injustice, and oppressive policies.
Work & Money
Women Closing the Pay Gap With Men, at Least When Newly Hired
Alexandre Tanzi | Bloomberg News
Progress in closing the wage gap is more apparent when focusing on employees accepting new positions, according to the New Hires Quality Index from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in Michigan.
Gender pay gap in commercial real estate grows to ‘staggering’ levels
Meg White | Chicago Agent Magazine
In a time when it seems every industry is pledging to expand diversity and make it easier for women and people of color to gain a foothold, commercial real estate appears to be backsliding in some important ways.
10 Steps America Can Use To Close The Gender Wage Gap
Zachary Fagenson | Complex
There are countless actions that can be taken both at the national policy level and within individual business or communities in order to close the gap. Here, we highlight 10 actions that can be taken now, but the most important thing is to start.
Show Me The Equal Money
Krysta Sadowski, Frank Sadowski | Forbes
Is your company contributing to the problem? From our experience, many companies cannot answer this question with certainty; and when they don’t know, they are almost always part of the problem.
Want Diverse Newsrooms? Unions Push for Pay Equity As a Path Forward
Kristen Chick | Nieman Reports
As an uprising against racism and discrimination swept across the nation’s newsrooms in recent months, one of the issues raised at many of the organizations in upheaval was pay equity.
Exclusive Report: Chipotle Pays $46,220 For Pregnancy Discrimination
Whizy Kim | Refinery29
Chipotle is paying $46,220 in damages, penalties, and attorney's fees for allegedly discriminating against a pregnant employee in one of its New York City locations.
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‘The Glorias’ Trailer Spotlights Gloria Steinem’s Fight for Women’s Rights
Ellise Shafer | Variety
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