Industry Babymaker
Today…
is Celebrate Bisexuality Day
is National Great American Pot Pie Day. 1) Hat-tip to the good people at Marie Callender's who insisted yes, it needs “national” and “American.” Gild that lily, bestie. 2) If you just sang “chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot piieeee…” come sit by me.
Abortion
Kaiser Health News | Democrats Roll the Dice on Sweeping Abortion Rights Bill - Again | Julie Rovner
Jezebel | Susan Collins Signals Another Vote Against Abortion Rights While Claiming to Support Them | Shannon Melero
– More from Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Political Wire, RawStory, USA Today
Washington Post | Activists are mobilizing for an epic abortion battle | Rachel Roubein
Daily Beast | Facebook Runs More ‘Abortion Reversal’ Ads After Promising to Investigate | Emily Shugerman
USA Today | NCAA and leagues shouldn't play big games in Texas as long as Texas plays games with women's lives | Nancy Armour
Washington Post | The pro-choice backlash is already brewing | Paul Waldman
CNN | Fewer than one-third of Americans want to see Roe v. Wade overturned, new polling finds | Ariel Edwards-Levy
– More from The Hill, JezebelForbes | Supreme Court’s Approval Rate Plunges Amid Abortion Debate, Poll Finds | Alison Durkee
– More from Bloomberg, USA Today
Ms. | Corporate Backlash Builds Against Texas's Abortion Ban: "Policies That Restrict Reproductive Health Are Bad for Business" | Roxanne Szal
– Fast Company | We’re helping employees relocate in response to the Texas abortion ban | Pavithra Mohan
– Washington Post | Behind the corporate silence on abortion laws | Megan McArdle
Arizona
AZCentral.com | Arizona anti-abortion law to get court hearing days before criminal penalties begin | Stacey Barchenger
More from Arizona Daily Star
California
Axios | California Gov. Newsom signs laws to boost protections for abortion patients in Texas rebuttal | Shawna Chen
– More from AP, Bay Area Reporter, The Hill, Sacramento Bee
Florida
NBC | Florida lawmaker files Texas-style abortion bill | Janelle Griffith
– More from AP, Bloomberg, CNN, Florida Phoenix, Forbes, The Hill, Orlando Sentinel, Reuters, Tallahassee Democrat, Time, WMFE-FM, WMNF-FMAustin American-Statesman | How does Florida abortion bill compare to Texas' abortion law? | Nate Chute
Tallahassee Democrat | Texas abortion ban heats up debate in Florida: How available is abortion now? | Liz Freeman
Illinois
Chicago Tribune | Can Cook County cut ties with companies that donated to Texas abortion ban backers? A county commissioner aims to find out. | Alice Yin
Massachusetts
AP | Abortion foes can collect ballot question signatures for now | Steve LeBlanc
New Mexico
NM Political Report | NM-based abortion fund twice as busy as pre-pandemic | Susan Dunlap
Texas
Dallas Morning News | Texas lawmakers receive credible threat of violence tied to vote for new abortion law | Morgan O'Hanlon
– More from ForbesThe Daily Beast | Anti-Abortion Advocates Won’t Sue Texas Doctor Alan Braid Because They’re Afraid of Losing | Emily Shugerman
Slate | “Stunned, Numb, Frozen.” How Those Denied Abortion in Texas Are Coping (or Not). | Dahlia Lithwick
USA Today | Abortion clinics north of Texas seeing double the number of patients than before state abortion ban | Shefali Luthra
– Bloomberg | How the Texas Abortion Law Is Driving Up Financial Costs for Women | Alice Kantor, Claire Ballentine
– More from Business Insider, The Hill, WSJ
LGBTQ
LGBTQ Nation | Democrats introduce bill to fight LGBTQ college harassment on anniversary of Tyler Clementi’s death | Alex Bollinger
– More from NewsweekAtlanta Journal-Constitution | Trans bodybuilders need a safe space to compete | Nedra Rhone
Mashable | Why bisexual people are more vulnerable to domestic violence | Anna Rose Iovine
NBC | Transgender people report years of battles for health insurance coverage | Jo Yurcaba
Illinois
NBC | After backlash, Illinois Catholic school reverses course, hires lesbian coach | Julie Moreau
– More from CBS, Chicago Tribune, OutSports
After all, as Catholics we are taught to hail Mary, full of Grace.
Texas
KEYE-TV | TX Senate passes transgender youth sports bill, challenges in House awaits | Christian Flores
The Lily | Texas is in the spotlight. But transgender activists say their fight feels uniquely grueling and ‘lonely.’ | Anne Branigin
Virginia
ALXnow | School Board to vote on transgender revisions in Alexandria City Public Schools | James Cullum
Reproductive Health & Justice
Newsweek | Families of Missing Black Girls Frustrated, Not Surprised by Attention Drawn to Gabby Petito | Katherine Fung
– New York Times | How the Media Repeated ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’ in Petito Case | Katie RobertsonNew York Times | R. Kelly Trial Nears End, as Prosecutors Paint Portrait of a Predator | Troy Closson
– More from BuzzFeed, Daily Beast, New York Times, VarietyINSIDER | Birth control sponge: The non-hormonal, OTC contraception you may not have heard of | Ashley Laderer, Lauren Demosthenes
Texas
Time | Texas’ Abortion Law Could Worsen the State’s Maternal Mortality Rate | Abigail Abrams
New Hampshire
Keene Sentinel | Family planning centers face tough decisions due to slashed funding | Teddy Rosenbluth
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | Experts explore Mormonism and sex. It's more than just for making babies but less than anything goes. | Peggy Stack, David Noyce
Work & Money
AP | US Soccer asks 9th Circuit to uphold ruling against players | Ronald Blum
Bloomberg | How the Child Care Crisis Became a Global Economic Fiasco | Olivia Rockeman News
Newsweek | Without Gender Equality, Pandemic Recovery Will Fail | Opinion | Laura García, Kate Hampton, Mark Malloch-Brown
Colorado
Colorado Sun | How programs across Colorado aim to end "period poverty" with free tampons and pads | Mike Littwin, Fran Kritz