I'm halfway there
Today… in 1870, the 15th Amendment was adopted.
Shot #1 of 2 is in the books. Went for the Moderna ‘cause, you know*, living my values. Vaccinated and maybe done with birth control? Miracle shot, I tell you.
*That’s what CVS offered.
Abortion
CNN | Supreme Court to hear whether Republican attorney general can defend Kentucky abortion law | Ariane de Vogue
Vox | The stakes in the Supreme Court’s new abortion case, explained | Ian Millhiser
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Ms. | To Protect Our Health, We Must Enact The EACH Act | Cathy Torres
MSNBC | Geoff Bennett talks about the wave of state legislative attempts to restrict abortion. | Chloe Atkins
New Hampshire
The American Independent | New Hampshire Republicans launch new scheme to shut down women's health care | Lisa Needham
Oklahoma
KOCO-TV | Three bills aimed at nearly outlawing abortion in Oklahoma passes Senate committee | Dillon Richards
Pennsylvania
The Center Square | Lawsuit challenging Medicaid abortion restrictions in Pennsylvania dismissed | Christen Smith
Texas
Texas Tribune | Bills restricting abortion, including one that bans procedure as early as six weeks, get initial Texas Senate OK | Shannon Najmabadi
LGBTQ
Salon | The GOP's war on trans students hurts all kids: The right is coming for cis girls, too | Amanda Marcotte
Slate | Trump Judge: Professor Has a First Amendment Right to Misgender a Trans Student in the Classroom | Mark Joseph Stern
More from Above the Law, Cincinnati Enquirer
STAT | Researchers turn to health records to fill in data gaps for trans populations | Katie M. Palmer
The Week | Real threat to women's sports lack of resources, sexual harassment, not transgender athletes | Tim O'Donnell
Arkansas
NBC | Arkansas passes bill to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth | Jo Yurcaba
Washington Post | Arkansas passes bill restricting access to medical treatments for transgender children | Samantha Schmidt
Arkansas Times | Arkansas takes the lead in discrimination as South Dakota kills its anti-transgender sports bill | Max Brantley
More from AlterNet, The American Independent, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AP, Reuters, UPI
Florida
WMNF-FM | Florida’s bills limiting transgender participation in sports looks a lot like an Idaho bill already struck down in federal court | Daniel Figueroa
Missouri
Metro Weekly | Missouri lawmakers refuse to remove defunct language banning gay marriage from state law | John Riley
Montana
Public News Service| MT Lawmakers Focus on Restricting Trans, Reproductive Rights | Eric Tegethoff
New York
AP | NY social service agency sued for not allowing X gender mark | Michael Hill
Nevada
Las Vegas Sun | Nevada considers bill to meet needs of transgender inmates | John Z. Sadler
North Carolina
WCCB-TV | NC Lawmakers to Introduce Package of LGBTQ-Inclusive Bills | Marvin Beach
North Dakota
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | North Dakota Senate guts transgender athlete bill, leaving fate in question | Adam Willis
Pennsylvania
Erie Times-News | Here's why a bill to ban transgender athletes in Pennsylvania won't become law | Candy Woodall
Scranton Times-Tribune | Scranton ordinance would ban controversial conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors | Jeff Horvath
WHYY-TV | Philly district attorney to launch LGBTQ advisory board | Maria Murray
More from WCAU-TV
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Rebuked by lawmakers, Noem aims executive orders at transgender participation in sports | Joe Sneve
NPR | South Dakota Governor Bans Transgender Girls From Sports Teams By Executive Order | Lee Strubinger
Rapid City Journal | Noem issues executive orders in place of women's sports bill | Abby Wargo
More from The Advocate, Argus Leader, KELO-TV, KNBN-TV, Rapid City Journal, Rapid City Journal, UPI
Texas
KUT-FM | Proposed Ban On Trans Women Athletes A ‘Solution In Search Of A Problem’ | Jill Ament
West Virginia
Mountain State Spotlight | With no problems to fix, transgender bill still advancing | Erin Beck
Pregnancy & Parenting
CNBC | ‘I just can’t take it’ — Covid piles more stress and financial strain on already-burdened family caregivers | Michelle Fox
Massachusetts
CommonWealth | Essential workers need child care support | Marie Ménard, Eunicia Gomes
North Carolina
North Carolina Health News | Program seeks to boost number of Black doulas in NC | Hannah Critchfield
Washington, DC
WDVM-TV | Planned Parenthood supports bill that targets DC’s high maternal mortality rate | Rebecca Burnett
Reproductive Health & Justice
Mother Jones | The worst people keep stealing the language of Black struggle. | Nathalie Baptiste
Work & Money
Agenda | The boardroom still has a gender gap: Here’s what it looks like - and how to fix it | Iman Ghosh
CNBC | Volvo is set to give all employees 24 weeks of paid parental leave | Michael Wayland
Daily Emerald | Women in academia take on larger workload during pandemic | Joanna Mann
Duluth News Tribune | National View: Workplace discrimination still holding women back | Toni Van Pelt
Duluth News Tribune | National View: Discrimination may not be the biggest challenge facing working women | Matt Krentz
Jezebel | More Women Hold State Office, But the BS Family Leave Policies Remain the Same | Marie Solis
MarketWatch | Gender equality has taken a step backward - how can we make it right? | Krystal Barker Buissereth
The 19th | Can statehouses close workplace harassment loopholes? | Barbara Rodriguez
Florida
Orlando Sentinel | Justice Department reaches settlement in female assistant fire chief’s lawsuit against the City of Orlando, records show | Katie Rice
Tampa Free Press | DOJ Settles Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit Against Orlando, Florida Fire Department | Maria Hernandez
Kentucky
Ohio
Columbus Dispatch | Should employers ask for salary history? Ohio Democrat says it makes gender pay gap worse | Anna Staver
Ohio Capital Journal | Ohio Democrats promote 'Equal Pay Act' to close state's wage gap | Tyler Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Lower Bucks Times | Local legislators discuss bill that would close gender wage gap | Samantha Bambino