Today…
is Menstrual Hygiene Day, highlighting period poverty and stigma.
is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health (#May28).
is the start of ten days back to Zoom school, as there were Covid exposures in both my kids’ classrooms yesterday wheeeeeee. I gotta tell you this story.
– 10:30: email from school, 8th grade has an exposure, kids are being released at 11:15 for ten days of quarantine and Zoom school.
– 11:55: 13yo comes home. (What took him so long? C’mon.)
– 1:20: Covid test at the nearby urgent care. Because he’s half-vaxxed and asymptomatic, they don’t give a him rapid test. Ugh. Okay.
– 1:50: Home, back to work!
– 1:55: Key in the door. 11yo is home because exposure in 6th grade classroom are you kidding me. No email from the school for several hours.is International Hamburger Day. Wingo’s it is! They have an Impossible burger the vegetarian 13yo really enjoys, and y’know, it’s not like not we’re going out today – except for another visit to another clinic that has walk-in rapid testing.
Abortion
AlterNet | The Supreme Court may kill Roe v. Wade - but there are other ways to protect reproductive rights | Alex V. Henderson
The American Independent | GOP lawmakers upset Biden is doing what he said he'd do on reproductive rights | Josh Israel
Fatherly | Abortion Funding is How the NNAF Is Fighting for Abortion Access for All | Lizzy Francis
Ms. | Why Order Abortion Pills Online? Affordability, Privacy and Convenience, Says New Study | Carrie Baker
New York Times | The Catholic Church’s Reproductive Fight Is About Controlling Women’s Freedom | Jamie Manson
POLITICO | Democrats are stuck on abortion and gun control. They have a backup plan | Caitlin Emma
Rewire News Group | Here’s What You Need to Know About the Plan to End Roe | Jessica Mason Pieklo, Imani Gandy
The Wall Street Journal | Biden’s Budget to Spotlight Battle Over Abortion Restrictions | Catherine Lucey
Illinois
Chicago Tribune | Abortions in Illinois increased almost 10% in one year, with more than 7,500 women traveling here from out-of-state. | Angie Leventis Lourgos
Kansas
KSNT-TV | 2021 legislative session sees abortion amendment pass, sets up battle next year | Alec Gartner
Kansas Reflector | Ethics panel fines anti-abortion activist $5,000 for campaign report failures | Tim Carpenter
Pennsylvania
the Grio | Penn. GOP lawmakers pass bill that fines women for miscarriages | Ny MaGee
Texas
The Texas Signal | What Texans need to know about abortion access in the wake of Senate Bill 8 | Jessica Montoya Coggins
INSIDER | The Texas 'heartbeat ban' isn't medically accurate because there's no heart that early in pregnancy, providers say | Anna Medaris Miller
Wisconsin
WUWM-FM | Wisconsin Republicans Hold Hearing On UW Abortion Ban | Maayan Silver
LGBTQ
Axios | LGBTQ+ employees are less satisfied at work, a new report from Glassdoor shows | Hope King
Jezebel | Why Is Caitlin Jenner Running for Governor of California? | Ashley Reese
The Lily | 42 percent of LGBTQ youth said they considered suicide in the last year. ‘Multiple crises’ are to blame, experts say. | Anne Branigin
NBC | 'Keeps me up at night': Doctors who care for transgender minors brace for bans | Jo Yurcaba
RawStory | Federal lawsuit seeks license to discriminate against LGBT workers based on religion, anal sex, Grindr use | John Wright
Illinois
State Journal-Register | Bill allowing gender changes to birth certificates without doctor's note stalls in Senate | Dean Olsen
Kentucky
AP | Kentucky ties to Baptist kids agency at risk over gay rights | Bruce Schreiner
Louisiana
CNN | Louisiana lawmakers send anti-trans sports ban to governor, who is likely to issue a veto | Devan Cole
The Advocate | Bid to ban transgender students from female competition clears final hurdle | Will Sentell
More from Los Angeles Blade, Louisiana Illuminator
Nevada
The American Independent | Nevada students may soon get to learn about LGBTQ history | Casey Quinlan
Tennessee
AP | Transgender sports ban bill headed to Louisiana governor | Melinda Deslatte
AP | Tennessee bathroom law sponsor now says it has penalties | Jonathan Mattise
Los Angeles Blade | Tennessee Anti-Trans business bathroom law; penalties could apply | Brody Levesque
Texas
Houston Press | Patrick Demands Legislative OT For Trans Sports Bill, But Abbott Says Not So Fast | Schaefer Edwards
LGBTQ Nation | Texas Lt Gov calls for special legislative session to ban trans teens from playing school sports | Bil Browning
LGBTQ Nation | Texas firm petitions court for “religious exemption” to fire LGBTQ people | Alex Bollinger
Wisconsin
UpNorthNews | Republican Anti-Trans Bills Are Political Theater Being Played Out at Kids' Expense | Christina Lieffring
WKOW-TV | Madison students, staff and administrators rally for more support for LGBTQ+ in district | Andrew Merica
Pregnancy & Parenting
USA Today | I survived childbirth during three pandemics – COVID, racism, Black maternal health crisis | Jallicia Jolly
Arizona
KSAZ-TV | The birth rate in Arizona has declined by 25% since 2009 | Steve Nielsen
Texas
Austin American-Statesman | Texas Senate advances bill expanding Medicaid coverage to women after pregnancy | Madlin Mekelburg
Reproductive Health & Justice
CNN | Critical race theory is a lens. Here are 11 ways looking through it might refine your understanding of history | Eliott C. McLaughlin
The Conversation | Why do women still get judged so harshly for having casual sex? | Jaimie Arona Krems, Michael Varnum
Military Times | This bill proposes giving veterans a year of birth control at once | Meghann Myers
Rewire News Group | From Health Care to Immigration: How to Achieve Visibility for AAPI Women | Sung Yeon Choimorrow
Work & Money
AP | Karine Jean-Pierre makes history giving White House briefing | Alexandra Jaffe
Changing America | First female Army secretary confirmed by Senate after strange reversal | Joseph Guzman
The Daily Beast | Women’s Equality Starts With Ending the Tampon Tax | Catarina de Albuquerque, Magdalena Sepulveda
Engadget | Over 10,000 women are suing Google over gender pay disparity | Saqib Shah
Ms. | Half of U.S. States are Leaving Women Workers Behind | Julie Kashen, Andrew Stettner, Ellie Kaverman
Maine
Bangor Daily News | Paid family leave can support foster parents and all types of Maine families | Katrina Hoop
Massachusetts
MassLive.com | Period poverty remains an issue in Massachusetts, now a church is taking on the inequities related to menstruation | Heather Adams
More, More, More
VICE | Young, Male and Anti-Feminist - The Gen Z Boys Who Hate Women | Hannah Ewens