Today….
in 1973, Billie Jean King trounced Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the “Battle Of The Sexes.” (No, I haven't seen the movie.)
is National Fried Rice Day and Pepperoni Pizza Day and String Cheese Day.
Keeping it brief today so I can go cattleprod these children out the door.
Abortion
Washington Post | Why I violated Texas’s extreme abortion ban | Dr. Alan Braid
– HuffPost | 'Fundamental Right': Defiant Texas Doctor Goes Public About Abortion He Provided | Mary Papenfuss
– More from CNN, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Houston Chronicle, Jezebel, NBC, Newsweek, New York Times, NPR, Slate, Texas Tribune, USA Today, Washington PostABC | Texas abortion ban puts spotlight on medication abortions | Kiara Alfonseca
The Daily Beast | Clarence Thomas and His Friends Are Coming for Your Uterus | Molly Jong-Fast
Los Angeles Times | The new Texas abortion law could be a civil suit model for other states | Kurtis Lee, Jaweed Kaleem
New York Times | With Abortion Rights Under Threat, Democrats Hope to Go on Offense | Trip Gabriel
Rewire News Group | Fighting for More Than Access: Why the Quality of Your Abortion Matters | Derek Siegel
Time | Why Access to Birth Control Is No Substitute for Abortion Rights | Krystale Littlejohn
Florida
Orlando Sentinel | Key Florida lawmaker questions part of Texas law outlawing abortion after 6 weeks | Gray Rohrer
Illinois
CBS | A proposed law places a $10K bounty on sexual abusers - taking a jab at Texas' abortion "bounty hunters" | Li Cohen
NBC | "We've been preparing for a post-Roe world": Ripples from Texas abortion law spread to Illinois safe haven | Safia Samee Ali
Minnesota
Minnesota Reformer | Minnesota must prepare for its role in a post-Roe world | Max Nesterak, Megan Peterson, Dylan Miettinen, Jess Braverman
Nevada
Nevada Current | Cortez Masto: Senate mulling options to codify abortion rights | Dana Gentry
Texas
Axios | Biden's HHS announces new protections for Texas abortion providers and patients | Shawna Chen
Bitch | Disabled People Have Abortions Too. SB 8 Makes Them Even Harder to Get. | Samantha Chavarria
Los Angeles Times | For many Texans, it's a long drive out of state for abortion | Molly Hennessy-Fiske
The 19th | Abortions are now all but impossible to get for minors in Texas | Jennifer Gerson
The 19th | Abortion clinics see their patient load double after Texas ban | Shefali Luthra
NPR | Abortion-Rights Organizations Are Working Overtime In Texas As SB8 Remains In Place | Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Texas Tribune | Federal government announces funding for emergency contraception for Texans impacted by near-total abortion ban | Kate McGee
Virginia
Virginia Mercury | Virginia patients will soon have access to at-home abortion medication | Kate Masters, Ned Oliver
LGBTQ
Axios | Justice Department reviewing Trump-era policies on transgender inmate housing | Oriana Gonzalez
– More from The HillLGBTQ Nation | America’s incoming LGBTQ rights envoy says activists are “most important tool” for change | Juwan Holmes
Los Angeles Blade | LGBTQ Vets with 'less than honorable' discharges will receive VA benefits | Brody Levesque
– More from Military TimesMetro Weekly | First large-scale survey aimed at LGBTQ+ women who partner with women launches | John Riley
Washington Post | Gay rights advanced significantly in the last 25 years — no thanks to Congress | Sasha Issenberg
New Jersey
NJ.com | Banning transgender athletes has no shot in liberal N.J. So why is this politician pushing for it? | Matthew Stanmyre
North Carolina
Los Angeles Blade | Private schools with anti-LGBTQ+ policies in North Carolina get millions | Brody Levesque
Texas
Common Dreams | Architect of Texas Abortion Ban Takes Aim at LGBTQ+ Rights While Urging Reversal of Roe | Brett Wilkins
– More from AlterNet, Texas Tribune, TruthoutThe Daily Beast | Texas Republicans’ New Push to Ban Trans Teens From Playing Sports | Dawn Ennis
Utah
The American Independent | Utah lawmaker wants birth certificates to misgender trans people | Casey Quinlan
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Atlantic | Why the Left Wants to Get Rid of the Term "Pregnant Women" | Emma Green
HuffPost | Why A Transformation Of Caregiving Could Be Biden's B.F.D. | Jonathan Cohn
POLITICO | Working women face new setback as virus upends school plans | Megan Cassella
Iowa
Radio Iowa | First master of midwifery program approved for the state | Dar Danielson
Reproductive Health & Justice
BuzzFeed | Beyond Britney: Abuse, Exploitation, And Death Inside America’s Guardianship Industry | Heidi Blake, Katie J.M. Baker
Philly Voice | Pregnancy and COVID-19: Many women have stopped trying to conceive during the pandemic, survey shows. | Tracey Romero
New York
The Daily Gazette | Advocates worry about reproductive health care if Ellis, St. Peter’s merge | John Cropley
Work & Money
Bon Appetit | Being a Parent in the Restaurant Industry Shouldn’t Be This Hard | Lydia Kiesling
Forbes | American Workers May See 12 Weeks Of Paid Family Leave, Offering Options And Opportunities For Women | Jack Kelly
New York Times | Elizabeth Holmes, A.O.C., and the Art of Owning It - The New York Times | Maureen Dowd
The 19th | As combat ends, women veterans fight trauma and grief | Mariel Padilla
Tech Times | Women Don’t Feel They Belong In The Workplace, New Survey Reveal | Mark Bustos