Today is National Devil's Food Cake Day, though I sure could go for a piece of bleedin’ armadillo groom’s cake.
I watched Steel Magnolias with the 11yo the other night, we were talking after about whether she enjoyed it. As I dried my eyes, of course, because Steel Magnolias. “It was good. I didn’t cry, though ‘cause I knew what was going to happen.” She knew what was going to to happen. Like… the hell does that have to do with anything? I can recite half the movie and I’m over here in a puddle, but this child...
Abortion
The Clarion-Ledger | Abortion access in the South: 'We are already fighting a post-Roe existence' | Maria Clark
The Intercept | Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic Is at the Center of the Fight for the Future of Roe v. Wade | Jordan Smith
CNN | More states are expected to pass anti-abortion bills ahead of monumental Supreme Court case | Caroline Kelly
USA Today | ‘Huge numbers’ of abortion cases heading to Supreme Court to test limits of Roe v. Wade | John Fritze
Glamour | SCOTUS Will Hear A Case on a Mississippi Abortion Law Threatening Roe v. Wade. Here's What You Need to Know. | Paulina Jayne Isaac
Insider | Amy Coney Barrett took speaking fees from a group that pushed Mississippi's abortion ban. A constitutional law expert says that won't stop her ruling | Michelle Mark
MSNBC | Supreme Court's anti-abortion wing welcomes a Roe v. Wade killer | Hayes Brown
The Nation | The Supreme Court May Have Just Signed Roe v. Wade’s Death Warrant | Elie Mystal
New York Times | Where Abortion Would Decline if Roe v. Wade Were Overturned | Quoctrung Bui, Claire Cain Miller, Margot Sanger-Katz
Refinery29 | Who's Afraid Of The Word "Abortion"? The Biden Administration, Apparently | Sarah Midkiff
Rewire News Group | The Supreme Court Could End Abortion Rights With One Word | Jessica Mason Pieklo
Washington Post | In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court could change abortion’s ‘viability’ standard | Mary Ziegler
Alabama
Birmingham Watch | No Gambling or Transgender Bills on the Last Day, but Abortion and Curbside Voting Bills Pass the Legislature | Virginia Martin
Delaware
WHYY-TV | Bill requiring ultrasound offer before abortion unlikely to pass Delaware committee | Maria Murray
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa Capital Dispatch | House approves abortion amendment with new language | Katie Akin
Maine
Bangor Daily News | Bills to restrict abortion rights have little chance in Maine amid reignited national debate | Michael Shepherd, Caitlin Andrews, Jessica Piper
Minnesota
MinnPost | What the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a Mississippi abortion case might mean for Minnesota | Ashley Hackett
Montana
KPAX-TV | Supreme Court abortion decision may not necessarily determine MT outcome | Mike Dennison
Texas
Houston Press | Could Today Be the Day That Abbott Signs a Radical Abortion Law Critics Call The Most Extreme In America? | Schaefer Edwards
Spectrum News Austin | Could SB8 allow rapists to sue their victims for pursuing an abortion? | Eric Griffey
Texas Tribune | Lawsuit seeks to block Lubbock’s ordinance aimed at outlawing abortions | Shannon Najmabadi
More from Courthouse News Service, KAMC-TV, KTTZ-TV, Reuters
Wisconsin
The Capital Times | With Supreme Court taking up Mississippi case, Wisconsin's abortion ban could be reinstated | Riley Vetterkind
WisPolitics | Rep. Subeck: Urges Passage of Abortion Rights Preservation Act in Face of Threat to Roe v. Wade | Royce Podeszwa
LGBTQ
New York Times | The State Department reverses a policy that denied citizenship to some babies born abroad to same-sex parents. | Lara Jakes, Sarah Mervosh
More from ABC, AlterNet, Business Insider, CNN, The Hill, HuffPost, Law360, NPR, Roll Call, Washington Blade
CNN | High schoolers may be more gender-diverse than previously thought, new study says | Lisa Selin Davis
UPI | School district study suggests youths more gender-diverse than thought | Amy Norton
Metro Weekly | Queer people more likely to experience negative interactions with police, study says | John Riley
The 19th | Democratic lawmakers urge Biden to act on nonbinary federal IDs | Amanda Becker
Realtor.com | This Is Why LGBTQ+ Americans Are Less Likely To Own Homes | Clare Trapasso
USA Today | NCAA shameful in not taking stand against states with anti-transgender laws | Nancy Armour
Alabama
Alabama Political Reporter | Bill to ban treatments for transgender minors dies before coming to the House floor | Eddie Burkhalter
More from AL.com, The Hill, LGBTQ Nation, Montgomery Advertiser, them.
Kentucky
WFPL-FM | Republicans Fight With Beshear Over Adoption LGBTQ Discrimination Clause | Ryland Barton
Oregon
The American Independent | Oregon about to become 14th state to ban fear of gay people as a murder defense | Casey Quinlan
South Carolina
The State | Columbia delays last vote on conversion therapy ban for kids | Chris Trainor
More from Post and Courier, WLTX-TV
Tennessee
LGBTQ Nation | Businesses will now be forced to post signs announcing they serve transgender customers in Tennessee | Bil Browning
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | Utahns rally in support of LGBTQ-themed curriculum being taught in schools | Sara Tabin
Pregnancy & Parenting
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | ‘Geriatric pregnancy?’ outdated words for fertility, motherhood get an upgrade | Nedra Rhone
CNBC | Many older millennials delayed starting families—and the pandemic has made having kids even more uncertain | Megan Leonhardt
The Lily | A Black doctor died after childbirth. 4 years later, her mother and daughter are still living with the grief. | Jallicia Jolly
The 19th | Only some parents can use campaign funds for child care when running for office. Here's why. | Barbara Rodriguez
Roll Call | Campaign spending on child care growing steadily since FEC allowed it | Stephanie Akin
What to Expect | New Bipartisan Senate Resolution Recognizes the Important Work & Benefits of Doulas | Haley Jena
Reproductive Health & Justice
The Nevada Independent | Birth control is an essential part of health care - it’s time to treat it that way | Nicole Cannizzaro
Missouri
Missouri Independent | Free testing aims to curb STIs that went unchecked as COVID spread in Missouri | Tessa Weinberg
Work & Money
ABC | Child care at core of women's slow post-pandemic return to work | Katie Kindelan
NBC | Working women face 'perfect storm,' study finds | Ali Vitali, Maria Pinero
Washington Post | Democrats can claim the ‘family values’ mantle with paid leave and affordable child care | Katrina vanden Heuvel
Women and Hollywood | Study: Just Six of 2007-2019’s Top 1,300 Films Featured an Asian/Pacific Islander Woman Lead or Co-Lead | Rachel Montpelier
Entertainment Weekly | API movie study finds 2/3 of characters are stereotypes, 1/3 of leads are played by Dwayne Johnson | Rachel Yang
More from Deadline Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, USA Today