Let's be careful out there
Today… Keeping it brief because I’m very near the email length limit here.
in 1971, the Supreme Court ruled in Phillips v Martin Marietta – the first Title VII case to make it to the high court – that an employer can’t refuse to hire women with preschool-age children while hiring men with similarly young children.
is National Irish Coffee Day, and only right that it falls on a Monday.
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Business Insider | From abortion care to LGBTQ rights, here's how Joe Biden is prepared to tear up Donald Trump's restrictive gender policies | Kimberly Leonard, Kayla Epstein
Abortion
AP | Political upheaval alters strategies in US abortion debate | David Crary
Bustle | Abortion Rights Advocates’ Biggest Priorities Under Biden & A Conservative Supreme Court | Jennifer Gerson
ELLE | Joe Biden Plans to Reverse Donald Trump's Anti-Abortion Global Gag Rule | Hilary Weaver
NBC | Biden's Catholic and supports abortion rights. It puts him in the majority of American Catholics. | Jamie Manson
New York Magazine | Can Biden and Democrats Protect Abortion Rights From Trump’s Judges? | Ed Kilgore
NPR | Biden Is Catholic. He Also Supports Abortion Rights. Here's What That Could Mean | Sarah McCammon
Rewire News Group | The Biden Administration Doesn’t Need to Be Afraid of Saying ‘Abortion’ | Caroline Reilly
Vox | Biden’s planned actions on reproductive health care, explained | Anna North
LGBTQ+
CNN | White House expected to lift transgender ban in military as early as Monday Arlette Saenz
Military.com | Troops Still Await Action on Military Transgender Policy After Flurry of Executive Orders | Patricia Kime
More from ABC, The Advocate, AP Business Insider, CBS, Daily Beast, The Hill, Mediaite, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Washington Blade, The Week
TheGrio | President Biden signs executive order protecting transgender athletes in school sports | Blue Telusma
LGBTQ Nation | House Republican introduces anti-trans legislation that could lead to genital exams for school girls | Alex Bollinger
Newsweek | GOP Bill Seeks to 'Protect' Women in Sports After Joe Biden LGBTQ Order | Brendan Cole
Newsweek | Fact Check: Does Biden's Executive Order Allow Transgender Athletes to Compete With Gender of Their Choosing? | Lauren Giella
POLITICO | Biden DOJ nixes last-minute Trump administration memo on LGBTQ rights | Josh Gerstein
The Hill | Biden official withdraws last-minute Trump LGBT memo | Celine Castronuovo
Vox | Biden’s LGBTQ rights executive order and the transphobic backlash, explained | Katelyn Burns
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CNN | Warren: 'With Kamala's swearing in, women are one step closer' | Chandelis Duster
SheKnows | Kamala Harris’ Husband Doug Emhoff Is Progress for Stay-at-Home Moms | Emilia Mense Caby
Abortion
Business Insider | Republican lawmakers across the US set out to limit abortion access, including proposals that threaten doctors with murder charges | Connor Perrett
KXAN-TV | Majority of U.S. Catholics say abortion should be legal in most cases, survey shows | Russell Falcon
MSNBC | Religious progressives have to break right-wing Christianity's stranglehold on abortion | Danya Ruttenberg
Prism | How the anti-abortion movement fed the Capitol insurrection | Tina Vasquez
truthout | SCOTUS Issued a Blow to Abortion Pills by Mail, But Advocates Aren’t Giving Up | Amy Littlefield
Roe
Common Dreams | 48 Years After Landmark Ruling, Advocates Push to #ReimagineRoe and Build Abortion Justice | Jessica Corbett
The Hill Roe is not enough: Why Black women want an end to the Hyde Amendment | Marcela Howell
Ms. | A Roe Anniversary Like No Other with the Rule of Law Under Attack | Jill Adams
Ms. | Feminists React: 48 Years After Roe v. Wade, What's Next? Sophie Dorf-Kamienny
NewsOne | Black Women On Roe v. Wade: ‘Now’s The Time To Ensure Equity, Not Just Access’ | Anoa Changa
Teen Vogue| On the 48th Anniversary of 'Roe v. Wade,' Abortion Access Still Isn't a Guarantee | Lauren Rankin
SheKnows | 48 Years After Roe v. Wade, Reproductive Rights Need More Than The Bare Minimum | Katherine Speller
Arizona
AP | Arizona lawmaker proposes 'homicide by abortion' legislation
AZCentral.com | Arizona lawmaker proposes 'homicide by abortion' bill; doctors and patients could be charged | Maria Polletta
KPNX-TV | Executions for abortion? Arizona bill would treat procedure as murder, but backlash is growing | Brahm Resnik
Phoenix New Times | 'Cruel and Inhumane': Advocates Slam Arizona Bill That Equates Abortion to Murder | Josh Kelety
Kansas
AP | Kansas advances anti-abortion measure on Roe anniversary | John Hanna
Kansas City Star | KS abortion amendment clears House on Roe v Wade anniversary | Katie Bernard
Kentucky
AP | Kentucky governor allows 'born-alive' bill to become law | Bruce Schreiner
Kentucky Today | With no veto from governor, ‘Born Alive’ bill becomes law | Tom Latek
Lexington Herald-Leader | Beshear allows abortion bill to become law in Kentucky | Daniel Desrochers
Rewire News Group | Kentucky Enacts ‘Born Alive’ Bill, Based on Fear-Mongering Lie About Abortion | Imani Gandy
New York
WRVO Public Media | Federal lawsuit challenges New York's abortion law | Payne Horning
Virginia
Virginia Mercury | Virginia Senate repeals ban on abortion coverage for plans offered through state exchange | Kate Masters
WRIC-TV | Virginia Senate passes bill to repeal ban on abortion coverage for health insurance plans | Amelia Heymann
LGBTQ
Florida
Florida Politics | Greg Steube wants trans girls disqualified from women's sports | Jacob Ogles
Iowa
WOI-TV | Lawmaker introduces bill to ban transgender youth from getting gender-affirming care, says kids 'will outgrow' being transgender | Rachel Droze
Mississippi
Metro Weekly | Mississippi wants to ban any trans person under 21 from receiving gender-affirming medical care | John Riley
New York
Inc | A New Rule Change Could Mean a Multibillion-Dollar Windfall for New York City's LGBTQ Businesses | Timothy Crino
LGBTQ Nation | New York City now officially recognizes LGBTQ businesses as minority-owned enterprises | Juwan Holmes
LGBTQ Nation | New York Democrats try to repeal state’s “Walking While Trans” law | Juwan Holmes
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer | After HB2, will LGBTQ+ protections pass in Mecklenburg? | Devna Bose
Qnotes | New Local LGBTQ Protections Could Set Up a Fight with the General Assembly | Joe Killian
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh City Paper | Pittsburgh state lawmakers to introduce tougher hate crimes law. Will they pass this time? | John Micek
South Dakota
KELO-TV| South Dakota house bill would require birth certificates to reflect biological sex | Tom Hanson
Texas
LGBTQ Nation | Texas could charge doctors with “child abuse” if they treat a transgender child or teen | Bil Browning
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Atlantic | The U.S. Must Do More to Care for Its Caregivers | Catherine Ramirez, Glenn Kramon
The Daily Astorian | Pregnancy in a time of coronavirus | Katie Frankowicz
HuffPost | Millennial Moms Have Been Driven To Their Breaking Point | Catherine Pearson
Washington Post | Advice from two experts on how Biden and Harris can tackle America’s child-care crisis | Valerie Strauss, Sharon Lynn Kagan, Caitlin Dermody
Working Mother | Working Mom's 'It's OK' Credo Is the Permission We Need to Give Ourselves Grace | Quinn Fish
Work & Money
Bloomberg | Marty Walsh Is the Man to End the She-cession | Julia Beck\
Business Insider | Biden's proposed stimulus package includes paid leave and childcare support. These policies need to be permanent.
FastCompany | For women in leadership, breaking unwritten rules is part of the process | Stephanie Schriock
HR Dive | Former Dotdash director alleges publisher maintained a 'mansplaining' culture | Ryan Golden, Lisa Burden
JD Supra | Biden OFCCP Director Appointment Signals That More Pay Equity Enforcement is on the Horizon for Federal Contractors | Jack Blum, Tony Torain
Psychology Today | The Gender Gap in Negotiation Starts Young | Renee Engeln Ph.D
New York
MadameNoire | The Disrespect & Disregard Of The Pregnant Women Of New York City’s MTA | Tanay Hudson
Texas
Texas Public Radio | Texas Women Made 81% Of What Men Made In 2019. COVID-19 Could Widen That Gap Even More | Kathleen Creedon
Washington, DC
The Lily | After a stillbirth, she says she suffered another blow: No paid leave | Lateshia Beachum
More, More, More
Newsweek | GOP Senator Backs Legislation to Ratify ERA Now After McConnell Blocked Senate Vote | Daniel Villarreal
amNewYork | Maloney urges Biden and Harris to finally make the Equal Rights Amendment part of the U.S. Constitution | Robert Pozarycki
Bloomberg | Senate Push for Equal Rights Amendment Won’t End Court Fight | Chris Marr
Juneau Empire | Murkowski co-sponsors bipartisan bill to affirm ratification of Equal Rights Amendment | Michael S. Lockett
North Carolina
Utah
KSTU-TV | The Equal Rights Amendment returns to Utah's Capitol Hill | Ben Winslow