Let's hope it's a good one
Today… can’t chat, must parent. And anyway, you already know that tomorrow’s the Roe anniversary. I’m over here feeling some existential guilt over all the times I thought, “God damn, the hell am I supposed to write this year, what’s new to say, argh argh argh.” That problem’s solved, huh…
Abortion
The 19th | Texas’ six-week abortion ban will stay in effect indefinitely after Supreme Court decision to allow legal delays | Shefali Luthra
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Slate | Sonia Sotomayor's new dissent bodes poorly for the future of abortion rights. | Mark Joseph Stern
More from Business Insider, HuffPost, National Law Journal, RawStory
CBS | States move to front lines in battle over abortion rights with Supreme Court decision looming | Melissa Quinn
The Cut | Working Through the End Days of Roe | Bridget Read
FiveThirtyEight | How Abortion Has Changed Since 1973 | Amelia Thomson- DeVeaux, Anna Wiederkehr
Los Angeles Times | Will the 49th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade be the last one? Abortion rights are under assault. | Carla Hall
Ms. | “We Have Had Abortions” Petition Relaunches 50 Years Later-With Support From Original Signatories | Carrie Baker
The Nation | Pro-Life Charity Comes With a Catch | Katha Pollitt
The 19th | "You never forget it": These are the stories of life before Roe v. Wade transformed America | Shefali Luthra
NPR | Activists say the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade could be its last. | Sarah McCammon
Rewire News Group | The Pro-Life Movement Weaponizes Kids. I Should Know—They Did It to Me. | Eve Ettinger
USA Today | After Roe? Pro- and anti-abortion rights groups face new landscape in 2022 midterms – and beyond | David Jackson
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor | Democrats propose abortion ban repeal to senate committee | Teddy Rosenbluth
Jezebel | This Bill Would Give Men Veto Power Over Abortions | Susan Rinkunas
LGBTQ
The Advocate | LGBTQ+ Progress Under Biden Major But Incomplete, Says New Report | Trudy Ring
Brookings Institution | Examining the economic status of same-gender relationship households | Lauren Bauer, Moriah Macklin, Veronica Clevenstine
Axios | Women in same-gender partnerships face a double pay gap | Emily Peck
The 19th | Did Biden uphold his promises to LGBTQ+ Americans in his first year? | Kate Sosin
USA Today | Exclusive: 2022 could be most anti-trans legislative years in history, report says | Phillip M. Bailey
UPI | NCAA changes policy to let each sport determine transgender participation rules | Doug Cunningham
More from The Advocate, Forbes, New York Times, The 19th
Arizona
AP | Arizona bill would ban transgender girls, women from teams
AZCentral.com | Bill to ban transgender girls from playing sports solves a problem Arizona doesn't have | Laurie Roberts
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Anti-transgender Arkansas law would harm people and business, say companies and industry groups | Rachel Herzog
Florida
Florida Politics | House parental rights bill advances prohibiting some schoolhouse discussions of LGBTQ issues | Anne Geggis
Los Angeles Blade | Florida House committee passes “Don't Say Gay” bill | Brody Levesque
Indiana
The Indianapolis Star | Amid flurry of transgender restricting bills, proposal on school sports likely to advance | Kaitlin Lange
Bloomberg | DOJ Says Christian Teacher Must Use Students’ Preferred Pronouns | Patrick Dorrian
Utah
Deseret News | How BYU is responding to a federal investigation of its LGBTQ policies | Tad Walch
KSTU-TV |BYU under federal investigation for how it disciplines LGBTQ students | Courtney Tanner
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Atlantic | COVID Parenting Has Passed the Point of Absurdity | Melinda Wenner Moyer
LAist | Parents Of Young Children Are Worn Out From Constant Decision-Making During The Pandemic | Mariana Dale
NPR | Parents and child care providers of unvaccinate kids say they've hit rock bottom | Anya Kamenetz
Reproductive Health & Justice
Military Times | Lawmakers urge SECDEF to drop TRICARE copays for birth control | Leo Shane III
Stars and Stripes | Democrats urge defense secretary to eliminate insurance copays for birth control | Nikki Wentling