Laugh! I need it!
Today…
is the birthday of actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, nee Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (1914-2000), who developed the idea of frequency-hopping radio signals that would later be incorporated into Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and more.
in keeping in the unexpected Hedwig theme, East Germany opened the Berlin Wall on this day in 1989.
Take that wig down from the shelf today, you deserve it.
Abortion
BuzzFeed | Here’s How Anti-Abortion Politics Hid Science News From The Public | Dan Vergano
Jezebel | United Nations Drags United States Over Terrible Abortion Policy | Caitlin Cruz
Rewire News Group | Boom! Lawyered: Neil Gorsuch’s Big, Dirty Abortion Game | Jessica Mason Pieklo, Imani Gandy
SELF | I Had an Abortion Simply Because I Wasn’t Ready. That’s Enough. | Lesley-Ann Brandt
Slate | A Lot More Than Just Abortion Is in the Crosshairs at the Supreme Court | Dahlia Lithwick
Glamour | 'Saturday Night Live' Explained Abortion Rights in a Way You’ve Never Seen Before | Jenny Singer
More from The Cut, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, People, Salon, San Antonio Express-News, TODAY, UPROXX
New Jersey
InsiderNJ | Tammy Murphy Surfaces Alongside Menendez to Stand up for Reproductive Freedom Act | Fred Snowflack
North Dakota
Grand Forks Herald | UND to verify it has no agreements with abortion supporting groups after recent AG opinion | Adam Kurtz
Ohio
Rewire News Group | Ohio Proposes an Even Worse Version of Texas Abortion Ban
Texas
Texas Tribune | More Texas voters unhappy than satisfied over power grid, abortion and property taxes, UT/TT Poll finds | James Barragan
LGBTQ
The Advocate | How Out Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is Endangering LGBTQ+ Rights | Trudy Ring
Los Angeles Times | A 'war on books': Conservatives push for audits of school libraries | Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Salon | I was one of the lawyers who helped win marriage equality. And yes, the GOP can take it away | Dan Canon
WHYY-TV | Suicide risk among Black and LGBTQ youth is rising. A new center will study why | Evan Croen
Florida
Florida Politics | Legislative effort to repeal last year's transgender athlete ban grows | Anne Geggis
Indiana
WTHI-TV | ACLU announces lawsuit against Vigo County School Corporation over transgender bathroom access | Chris Essex
– More from WIBC-FM
Tennessee
Nashville Scene | Transgender Vandy Employee Sues Over Alleged Workplace Discrimination | Steven Hale
Texas
San Antonio Current | Citing LGBTQ-themed books, Gov. Greg Abbott demands removal of 'pornography' from Texas schools | Sanford Nowlin
– More from Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Daily Beast | Why Did Denise Williams, a Black Woman, Die During Treatment for Postpartum Depression? | Jessica Madris
Gotham Gazette | Pregnant People Need a Green New Deal | Isabel Levey-Swain
INSIDER | I started a maternity brand thinking that pregnant people needed cute dresses. They need way more than that. | Ariane Goldman
Texas
KXAN-TV | Texas birthrate falling faster than the national average | Tom Miller
Reproductive Health & Justice
Rewire News Group | COVID-19 Strained Public Health Systems. In Mississippi, Health Officials Made It Worse. | Erica Hensley
Texas
Jezebel | Planned Parenthood Distributes "Empowerment Kits" Full of Birth Control In Texas | Susan Rinkunas
Work & Money
Fast Company | How remote work has made harassment easier and more widespread | Kathleen Davis
Forbes | Why The Gender Wage Gap Isn’t Closing — And What Women Can Do About It | Olivia Jaras
Harvard Business Review | If We Want Equity, Work Needs to Be Less Greedy
The 19th | Moms with access to remote work were most likely to leave their jobs in pandemic, new research shows | Chabeli Carrazana
Protocol | Bumble hired a team of policy pros. Their goal: Keeping women safe. | Issie Lapowsky
Paid leave
The Hill | The hidden costs of life without paid family medical leave | Jody Heymann, Aleta Sprague
Washington Post | Paid family leave was an idea born in the U.S. 100 years ago. And we still don't have it. | Petula Dvorak
Newsweek | Pete Buttigieg Says Paid Family Leave Isn't Just Time Off: 'It's Time to Do Important Work' | Alexandra Hutzler
UPI | Buttigieg: Administration will keep fighting for family leave provision | Don Jacobson