Yes, I see the time. I slept late, and there were 4,837 clips to sift through. And the 14yo’s alarm has been going off for over an hour now, so I’m agitated. I didn’t even fuss with work and money article – there wasn’t much, and like you didn’t already know Manchin’s being a pain in the ass.
Also to confirm, there’ll be no newsletter Monday. We’re decamping to that farmhouse I adore, way TF out in Virginia. Hoping it doesn’t rain, kinda don’t care if it does. My biggest plans include puzzle and giving this Guinness Cold Brew a try.
Abortion (in, around, and related to Texas)
The big question:
VICE | The Texas Abortion Ban Is on Pause. But Can Texans Get Abortions? | Carter Sherman
Yes… (ish)…
ABC | Texas clinics resume abortion services after 6-week ban paused | Meredith Deliso
Newsweek | Texas Abortion Provider Contacts Women It Turned Away Now That Ban Is Temporarily Paused | Alexandra Hutzler
More from Austin-American Statesman, Axios, Bloomberg, CNN, The Daily Beast, Forbes, KDFW-TV, KEYE-TV, KTVT-TV, KXAN-TV, NBC, Reuters, them.
…but…
New York Times | Abortions in Texas Do Not Fully Resume Despite Judge's Ruling | Sabrina Tavernise, Ruth Graham
Washington Post | Despite latest court ruling blocking Texas abortion law, most providers are still reluctant to defy ban | Caroline Kitchener, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Ann E. Marimow, Casey Parks
More from AP, KUT-FM, Texas Tribune
…maybe not for long.
San Antonio Current | U.S. judge blocks enforcement of Texas' controversial abortion ban, but the state's already appealing | Sanford Nowlin
More from Business Insider, BuzzFeed, Forbes, The Hill, Mic, Ms., USA Today, Vanity Fair
The ruling
MSNBC | Texas ruling is a huge victory for abortion activists. So why doesn't it feel like it? | Ja'han Jones
Because so many of our “wins” are more “not losses... this time… for now.”Washington Post | The federal court ruling blocking Texas’s abortion law is a marvel | Jennifer Rubin
Houston Chronicle | The most striking quotes from the federal judge's decision blocking Texas abortion ban | Gabrielle Banks
Newsweek | Who Is Robert Pitman, Judge Who Blocked Texas Abortion Bill? | Jon Jackson
More from Austin Chronicle, Glamour, The Mary Sue, Reuters
Salon | Republicans thought the Supreme Court could stealthily ban abortion. They were wrong | Amanda Marcotte
Texas Monthly | Going, Going, Gone: How Abortion Rights Were Eroded in Texas | Mimi Swartz
The still more
Rewire News Group | Here Comes the Supreme Court Train Wreck | Jessica Mason Pieklo, Imani Gandy
Vogue | The Supreme Court Is Likely to Overturn Roe—What Then? | Molly Jong-Fast
Washington Post | An abortion funding fight is dogging Senate Democrats | Rachel Roubein
Jezebel | The 'Progressive' Anti-Abortion Uprising Is Just a Troll | Shannon Melero
Florida
Florida Phoenix | In Tallahassee, US judge's injunction of Texas abortion law goes mostly unnoted Michael Moline
Washington Post | Texas-style abortion bill puts Florida Republicans and Gov. Desantis in bind | Lori Rozsa
Louisiana
NPR | After new abortion law, a Louisiana clinic is seeing more Texans | Sarah McCammon
Massachusetts
MassLive.com | ‘We will continue to defend Roe,’ Healey says as federal judge halts Texas abortion law | Will Katcher
Mississippi
Rewire News Group | Mississippi Is Gaslighting Us All on Abortion Bans | Imani Gandy
Montana
AP | Judge blocks new Montana abortion laws amid legal challenge | Iris Samuels
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio | Wisconsin Republicans continue to push state abortion law changes, despite previous vetoes | Laurel White
More from Wisconsin State Journal
LGBTQ
The American Independent | Biden administration may soon allow 'X' gender markers on all federal documents | Casey Quinlan
Autostraddle | You'll Think This Is an Exaggeration, But They Are Literally Banning the Pride Flag Now | Carmen Phillips
You know? I won’t.The 19th | School districts have begun banning Pride flags as political speech | Orion Rummler
Los Angeles Times | Transgender Netflix workers have had enough after Dave Chappelle's harmful remarks | Christi Carras
– More from The Advocate, Business Insider, OutMedscape | Psychiatrists Shift Stance on Gender Dysphoria, Recommend Therapy | Becky McCall
New Jersey
New Jersey Monitor | Acting A.G. takes aim at law criminalizing sexual activity by people with HIV | Dana DiFilippo, Sophie Nieto-Munoz
North Carolina
Los Angeles Blade | NC Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson calls LGBTQ “filth” | Brody Levesque
WNCN-TV | NC lawmaker calls on Lt. Gov. Robinson to resign over homophobic, transphobic comments | Jeff Reeves
Texas
San Antonio Current | Bill limiting transgender students' sports participation moves closer to becoming Texas law | Sanford Nowlin
KXAN-TV | 8-year-old transgender girl asks lawmakers to oppose sports ban bill | Will Dupree
More from Austin American-Statesman, LGBTQ Nation, Los Angeles Blade, Texas Signal
Reproductive Health & Justice
Missouri
St. Louis Public Radio | Missouri issues new Medicaid rules for abortion providers | Sarah Fentem
KOLR-TV | More than 4,000 Missourians are now covered by Medicaid under expansion | Emily Manley
North Carolina
North Carolina Health News | Postpartum Medicaid benefits could be extended to one year in budget | Elizabeth Thompson
Ohio
Cleveland.com | To fight maternal mortality, Ohio Medicaid to extend women’s coverage to 12 months after they deliver babies | Laura Hancock