May you live in less interesting times
Today…
is International Safe Abortion Day (see also #SafeAbortionDay or #Sept28).
in 2000, the FDA approved mifepristone (aka RU-486) for medication abortion.
marks four weeks since the 12yo’s vax #1, so yeah, gotta get on that – just as soon as the child can make it past the front door.
is National Sons Day, and on that note, I gotta run – the boy needs help getting his lunch packed.
Abortion
The Atlantic | The Messy Post-Roe Legal Future Awaiting America | Greer Donley, David S. Cohen, Rachel Rebouché
Axios | Democrats attack GOP candidates far from Texas over abortion rights | Sarah Mucha
Ms. | 21 Years After FDA Approval, Abortion Pill Is More Critical Than Ever | Carrie Baker
Ms. | Voting Rights and Reproductive Rights Groups Look to Congress to Protect Constitutional Rights: "Reproductive Justice Should Guide Policymaking" | Madison Gusler
Newsweek | We Need Access to Safe Abortion | Milton Simanowitz
New York Times | Why Scores of Female Athletes Are Speaking Out on Abortion Rights | Kurt Streeter
Vogue | The Restriction of Reproductive Rights In this Country Is a Five-Alarm Fire-But How Do We Fight It? | Molly Jong-Fast
Washington Post | How abortion laws in the U.S. compare to those in other countries | Daniela Santamarina, Youjin Shin
Arizona
Arizona Daily Star | New Arizona poll: 51% oppose Texas abortion law, 39% support it | Howard Fischer
California
Los Angeles Times | Californians have legal rights to abortion, but getting one can be difficult | Emily Alpert Reyes
Florida
Rewire News Group | A Texas-Style Abortion Ban in Florida Would Be Particularly Devastating to the South
Illinois
Health News Illinois | Lawmakers may take up parental notice repeal during veto session | Ryan Voyles
Mississippi
Mississippi Free Press | Mississippi AG: Overturning Roe Will ‘Empower’ Women to Have Kids and Careers | Ashton Pittman
Slate | Mississippi Claims Its Abortion Ban Will “Empower” Women. In Reality, It Could Kill Them. | Mark Joseph Stern
Rewire News Group | How Mississippi Leveraged the Pandemic to Further Decimate Reproductive Health Access | Erica Hensley
Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether Ashcroft's abortion maneuver was legal | Kurt Erickson
Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star | Statewide abortion ban for Nebraska may be in the works | Brandon Summers
New Mexico
NM Political Report | How the Texas abortion ban is affecting New Mexico abortion providers and funds, almost four weeks in | Susan Dunlap
Texas
Austin American-Statesman | Does new Texas abortion law protect victims of sexual assault? | Madlin Mekelburg
The 19th | After new law, a look inside one of South Texas' last abortion clinics | Shefali Luthra
Slate | Texas Democrats are fighting back attacks on voting rights and abortion. | Jason Johnson
Weekly Shift (POLITICO) | Working under Texas' new abortion law | Rebecca Rainey
LGBTQ
Daily Emerald | College experimentation trope harms LGBTQ people | Emma Nelson
LGBTQ Nation | Congresswoman Liz Cheney regrets throwing lesbian sister under the bus in 2013 interview | Alex Bollinger
More from Los Angeles Times, NBC, New York Times, NPR, People Magazine, Queerty, Washington Blade
NBC | Care About Gabby Petito. But Keep That Same Energy for POC and LGBTQ People Too | Nicole Phillip, Jermell Dante Prigeon
them. | The Census Bureau’s First Ever Data on LGBTQ+ People Indicates Deep Disparities | Orion Rummler, Chabeli Carrazana
Vox | Y: The Last Man: The tricky trans politics of the FX series on Hulu | Emily VanDerWerff
Georgia
Project Q Atlanta | LGBTQ lawmaker launches historic run for Georgia lt. governor | Patrick Saunders
Oregon
Oregon Public Broadcasting | All eyes on Newberg school board as vote banning political symbols looms | Elizabeth Miller
Texas
Texas Tribune | “It just keeps on happening”: Texas parents fight legislation targeting their trans children for the fourth time this year | Allyson Waller
Pregnancy & Parenting
Atlanta Voice | Senator Ossoff co-sponsors legislation addressing maternal health for Black women | Itoro Umontuen
Cronkite News | Advocates spotlight link between maternal mortality and mental health | Mikenzie Hammel, Taylor Lane
Chicago Tribune | Op-ed: We must close the Medicaid coverage gap to save Black mothers | Robin Kelly, Val Demings
California
AP | California bill aims to reduce deaths for Black mothers | Kathleen Ronayne
Reproductive Health & Justice
BuzzFeed | R. Kelly Has Been Found Guilty Of Federal Crimes After 11 Sexual Abuse Victims Testified Against Him | Julia Reinstein
More from CNN, Daily Beast, NBC, Salon, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Variety, Washington Post
Salon | A do-it-yourself IUD removal trend is either macabre or empowering, depending on who you ask | Nicole Karlis
Women's Health | Faye Wattleton, the First Black Planned Parenthood President, on Her Fight for Reproductive Rights | Rachel Williams
Work & Money
NBC/Know Your Value | Women are going above and beyond amid Covid-19. And their work often goes unrecognized. | Halley Bondy
New York Magazine | Anita Hill Wants More Than an Apology | Rebecca Traister
New York Times | The A.C.L.U. Errs on R.B.G. | Michelle Goldberg
New York Times | A.C.L.U. Apologizes for Tweet That Altered Quote by Justice Ginsburg | Michael Powell
TechRepublic | How we're silencing women in tech, one tweet at a time | Matt Asay
Wall Street Journal | The Pandemic’s Toll on Women’s Careers | Chip Cutter
Florida
Miami Herald | A Miami Presidente Supermarket fired a woman for being pregnant, a federal lawsuit says | David Neal
New Jersey
NJ.com | N.J. needs more women, minorities on state boards, officials say. Here’s how to apply for a seat. | Kelly Heyboer, Susan K. Livio