Into the woods, without delay
Today… is Go Fishing Day (ew), National Picnic Day and National Flip-Flop Day, which I’m taking together as the universe insisting I get TF outside. On it. Backpacks are half-full on the couch, children’s complaints have been registered and dismissed, this time tomorrow we’ll be away.
Supreme Court
Rewire News Group | Supreme Court Protects the ACA But Not Same-Sex Couples | Jessica Mason Pieklo, Imani Gandy
California v Texas
SCOTUSblog | Court again leaves Affordable Care Act in place | Amy Howe
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Ms. | Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act-a Major Win for Women: "The ACA Is Here to Stay" | Roxy Szal, Carrie Baker
The 19th | Supreme Court upholds the ACA, including its gender-based health protections | Shefali Luthra
Washington Post | The ‘judicial torpedo’ that wasn’t? What Amy Coney Barrett’s Obamacare vote tells us. | Aaron Blake
Fulton v Philadelphia
SCOTUSblog | Court holds that city’s refusal to make referrals to faith-based agency violates Constitution | Amy Howe
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Above the Law | Alito Hopping Mad As Supreme Court Holds Off On Opening Discrimination Floodgates | Joe Patrice
POLITICO | ‘Alito was just pissed’: Trump’s Supreme Court breaks down along surprising lines | Josh Gerstein
Los Angeles Times | Giving people a license to discriminate because of their religious beliefs | Erwin Chemerinsky
Los Angeles Times | A narrow victory for religious freedom over gay equality | Editorial
NBC | Court's foster care ruling has experts, advocates split on potential LGBTQ impact | Jo Yurcaba
The American Independent | Why some experts are 'relieved' about the Supreme Court ruling on anti-LGBTQ foster care | Casey Quinlan
More from The Advocate, Changing America, HuffPost, New York Daily News
NBC | How the Supreme Court's foster care decision hurts kids in the guise of faith | Corina Dulecki
Slate | John Roberts pulls off his greatest magic trick in same-sex adoption case. | Mark Joseph Stern
Abortion
Ms. | Advocates Testify Before Congress on the Women’s Health Protection Act: Abortion Restrictions Are the “New Jane Crow” | Carrie Baker
New York Times | Why the Supreme Court Should Reset the Terms of the Abortion Debate | Leah Libresco Sargeant
USA Today | Republicans would miss legal abortion, just like they would have missed Obamacare | Tom Krattenmaker
LGBTQ
The Daily Beast | The Department of Justice Is Joining Court Challenges to Anti-Trans Laws | Tim Teeman
More from AP, Charleston Gazette-Mail, Daily Kos, Education Week, LGBTQ Nation, Newsweek, them., UPI
The American Independent | Experts say Biden administration's decision to protect trans students 'will save lives' | Casey Quinlan
Changing America | Pride Month is making members of the LGBTQ+ community more socially accepted, study shows | Christian Spencer
The Washington Blade | U.S. Senate to consider apology for past anti-LGBTQ discrimination | Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Yahoo Finance | 'The idea of trans dominance is completely overblown’: ACLU Deputy Dir. for Transgender Justice | Sibile Marcellus
Colorado
them. | This Trans Woman Won a Major Victory Against Masterpiece Cakeshop After Being Denied Service | Nico Lang
More from The Advocate, LGBTQ Nation
Delaware
The News Journal | Delaware looks to add protections for LGBTQ community, people with disabilities | Sarah Gamard
Kentucky
AP | High court ruling cited in Kentucky child services dispute | Bruce Schreiner
McClatchy DC | Supreme Court ruling on gay rights could impact KY foster care contract | Daniel Desrochers
Montana
Missoulian | MT health dept. hears opposition to proposed rule on birth certificates | Holly Michels
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Lawmaker asks attorney general if Nashville DA not enforcing anti-trans law is grounds for removal | Mariah Timms
Utah
KPCW-FM | Discussions On Transgender Girls In School Sports Continues In The Legislature | Jessica Lowell
West Virginia
WOWK-TV | Morissey to defend WV transgender and union dues deduction legislation | Rod Jackson
WV News | West Virginia Supreme Court reinstates part of lawsuit filed on behalf of Liberty High School transgender student | Matt Harvey
Pregnancy & Parenting
Refinery29 | Why Aren't American Women Having Babies? Money | Lydia Wang
Cosmopolitan | Really?! You're Surprised Women Are Putting Off Motherhood? I Mean, Come On, Think About It | Danielle Campoamor
INSIDER | More than a quarter of US adults say they don't want kids, and they are just as happy as parents | Anna Medaris Miller
Money | Millennials Aren't Having Kids Because It's Too Expensive | Ana Lucia Murillo
NPR | Unpaid Caregivers Were Already Struggling. It's Only Gotten Worse During The Pandemic | Rhitu Chatterjee
The New Republic | Why Don’t We Pay Family Caregivers What They’re Owed? | Monica Potts
Reproductive Health & Justice
Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel | Rubio calls it ‘crazy nonsense.’ To Black and brown people, health inequity is dead serious | Editorial
Kentucky
WKMS-FM | Kentucky Lawmakers Seek Solutions For Maternal Mortality Increase | Ryland Barton
Missouri
The State | Missouri risks Medicaid funding over contraceptive fight | Summer Ballentine
More from Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Texas
KUT-FM | Gov. Abbott Signs Bill Extending Medicaid Coverage For New Texas Mothers | Ashley Lopez
Work & Money
AP | Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery | Astrid Galvan
The Conversation | Gender washing: seven kinds of marketing hypocrisy about empowering women | Rosie Walters
New York Daily News | How to end she-cession: Prioritize workplace flexibility | Rebecca Watts
Bloomberg | The Return to the Office Is Pushing Even More Women Out of Work | Jeff Green, Julia Fanzeres, Carolina Gonzalez
Fast Company | It’s time to talk about the unintended consequences of flexible and hybrid work for women | Sian Beilock
HR Magazine | Lack of Flex Arrangements Keep Moms from Returning to Work | Stephen Miller
POLITICO | Conservative values support investing in child care as infrastructure. Here’s why. | Abby McCloskey
Kentucky
The Courier-Journal | Unmarried Catholic school teacher says Archdiocese of Louisville fired her over pregnancy | Billy Kobin
Maryland
Baltimore Sun | Women aren’t making progress in landing Maryland’s top-paying state jobs | Jeff Barker
Nebraska
News Channel Nebraska | Hair discrimination bill gets victory lap Friday | Patrick Janssen