It's not a habit, it's cool

Today is National Twinkie Day, which always reminds me of the summer when the 12yo was reading the Babysitters Club and asking to try the junk foods they ate, including Twinkies, SpaghettiOs, Reddi-Wip and Easy Cheese. Each time, the conversation would go something like:
Her: Can we try ‘spray cheese?’ It sounds kinda good.
Me: It’s really not, but okay.
I did think the Twinkies would go over, but no. She soundly rejected all but the Reddi-Wip, while the 14yo was on board with everything but the SpaghettiOs.

No, these aren’t still in my cabinet. I posted this picture in August 2017 and you can imagine the response, pretty cleanly split between Midwestern nostalgia/fondness and Twinkies, I would never.

P.S. Did you not receive a newsletter yesterday? I published it as usual, no problems, but metrics suggest no one got it. Kind of a shame, too, I amused myself with that headline.

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Abortion

• Bloomberg | Abortion Costs Are Increasing as U.S. States Add More Restrictions | Kelsey Butler 

• Marketplace | How the Fugitive Slave acts and new “bounty hunter” bills are alike | Kimberly Adams, Kai Ryssdal 

• Mother Jones | The man behind the Texas abortion ban now has an even more radical plan to reshape American law | Amy Littlefield 

• Ms. | The Right To Abort a Pre-Viable Fetus Can’t Be Disparaged by the States. Can Someone Tell Clarence Thomas? | Maurice F. Baggiano

• New York Times | Abortion Pills, Once a Workaround, Are Now a Target | Kate Zernike

• Reuters | Factbox: Restrictions vs. protections: How states are taking sides on abortion | Gabriella Borter

• Reuters | U.S. House Republicans seek to punish Citigroup over abortion feud 

  • Bloomberg | House Republicans Seek to Cut Citigroup Contracts Over Bank's Abortion Policy | Jennifer Surane

• Time | Clinic Escorts Are Essential in Fight for Abortion Access | Lauren Rankin

  • ELLE | On the Front Lines With the ‘Pinkhouse Defenders’ at Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic | Lauren Rankin

  • Jezebel | Abortion Clinic Escorts Are Putting Their ‘Bodies On the Line’ | Kylie Cheung

Arizona

• Arizona Republic | Why Arizona's 15-week abortion law will hurt poor women of color most | Atsuko Koyama 

California

• Bloomberg | California May Test Constitution by Ignoring Abortion Orders | Joyce Cutler

Colorado

• NPR | Colorado joins 15 other states in enshrining the right to abortion in state law | Joe Hernandez

D.C.

• HuffPost | Arrested Anti-Abortion Activist Claims She Was Given 115 Fetuses | Lydia O'Connor
  Lauren Handy and Terrisa Bukovinac claim a medical waste worker let them take a box of aborted fetuses. Medical waste company responds:

  

  More from AP, The Daily Beast, Jezebel, New York Times, Rolling Stone, WUSA-TV

Iowa

• Iowa Cap Dispatch | Senate passes bill to fund alternatives to abortion | Katie Akin 

Maryland

• WDVM-TV | Abortion Care Access Bill awaits Governor’s signature, supporters and opponents weigh in | Mikayla Newton

Oklahoma

• Forbes | Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Bill That Bans Almost All Abortions-And Makes Performing One A Felony | Alison Durkee
  More from ABC, AP, Axios, CBS, CNN, Daily Beast, Glamour, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, NBC, Newsweek, The 19th, NPR, New York Times, The Oklahoman, Reuters, Tulsa World, UPI, USA Today, Vox, Washington Post

• The Journal Record | Another abortion bill advances as protesters rally at Oklahoma Capitol | Janice Francis-Smith

Texas

• Newsweek | Texans Cut Off From Abortion Access in Oklahoma After State Bans Procedure | Patricia McKnight

• Texas Tribune | Oklahoma passes total abortion ban, further limiting options for Texans | Eleanor Klibanoff, Mandi Cai

Probably obvious, but yes, SC and TX are intentionally out of order.

South Carolina

• Greenville News | Greenville County considers 'right-to-life' ordinance supporting an abortion ban in SC | Genna Contino 

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Health & Justice

• CNN | Study of wealthy nations finds American women most likely to die of preventable causes, pregnancy complications | Virginia Langmaid

  • More from | Axios, International Business Times, Philadelphia Inquirer

• FEDweek | OPM Stresses Range of Contraceptives Coverage in FEHB Program

• The Nation | Let’s Start Charging Men to Have Babies | Alexis Grenell 

• The Nation | Where Is the Women's Movement? | Meredith Tax

• USA Today | The conversation around sex is changing with 'vanilla shaming' and more openness than ever before | Jenna Ryu 

Arizona

• Ms. | Arizona Mother Accused of Child Neglect for Medical Use of Marijuana During Pregnancy Wins Appeal | Carrie Baker

California

• The Sacramento Bee | Planned Parenthood unveils package of sponsored CA bills | Andrew Sheeler

D.C.

• Technical.ly | This startup is using tech for birth control services in DC | Michaela Althouse

North Carolina

• Cardinal & Pine | Been Pregnant or Given Birth in NC? You May Be Eligible for a Year of Health Coverage | Sarah Ovaska 

South Carolina

• WSPA-TV | SC wants to allow health care providers to deny care based on religious beliefs | Melissa Meyers, Kevin Accettulla