Today…
is National Women’s Check-Up Day, kicking off National Women’s Health Week.
is the birthday of Dr. Ellen Ochoa (1958–), director of the Johnson Space Center and first Latina to go to space, as part of a 1993 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
in 1872, Victoria Woodhull was nominated as the first woman candidate for U.S. president for the Equal Rights Party.
Abortion
Ms. | Linking Voter Suppression and Abortion Restrictions: “If We Lose Voting Rights, We Lose Women’s Rights” | Carrie Baker
Washington Monthly | Why Biden Needs to Go Big on Abortion | Emily Crockett
Hawaii
Honolulu Civil Beat | These Hawaii Doctors Are Fighting Guam's Abortion Law | Eleni Avendaño
North Dakota
AP | ND governor vetoes penalizing state colleges over abortions | James MacPherson
More from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, KVRR-TV
Texas
Rewire News Group | The Latest Texas Abortion Ban Is Bad. Really, Really Bad.
LGBTQ
AP | Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate | Mary Clare Jalonick, David Crary
LGBTQ Nation | Transgender sports bans splinter the GOP & tank at least one 2024 contender’s presidential chances | Alex Bollinger
New York Times | ‘This Is Politics’: Dr. Rachel Levine’s Rise as Transgender Issues Gain Prominence. | Sheryl Gay Stolberg
USA Today | 'The bar is low for the social media industry': Top platforms are unsafe for LGBTQ community, new report says | Terry Collins
More from Axios, MarketWatch, New York Daily News
Arizona
AZCentral | Mesa group drops referendum to repeal city law offering LGBTQ protections | Alison Steinbach
More from KSAZ-TV
Florida
Miami Herald | I was an athlete. Florida’s transgender sports ban is about culture wars, not ‘protecting girls’ | Isadora Rangel
Montana
AP | Montana governor signs bill targeting transgender athletes | Iris Samuels
More from CNN, The Hill, LGBTQ Nation, Los Angeles Blade, Montana Public Radio
Texas
NBC | Texas Democrat revives trans athlete bill in retaliation against his party | Jo Yurcaba
More from Dallas Morning News, KXAN-TV, LGBTQ Nation, Los Angeles Blade, Newsweek, Texas Tribune
Utah
CNN | Utah Supreme Court upholds rights of trans persons to change name and sex on state records | Paul P. Murphy
More from New York Daily News, them.
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Hill | In honor of Mother's Day, lawmakers should pass the Momnibus Act | Marcela Howell
The Hill | Weathering the storm of motherhood requires a care infrastructure | Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Los Angeles Times | Will Biden's 'build back better' take care of the baby bust too? | Virginia Heffernan
Newsweek | Mothers Need a Continuous System of Care Even After Babies are Born | Chloe E Bird, Lois McCloskey, Ann Celi
Refinery29 | Mother's Day Is Broken. Here's How To Reform It. | Natalie Gontcharova
Salon | U.S. birth rates continue to decline, are now below replacement levels | Nicole Karlis
San Francisco Chronicle | It's Mother's Day. Let's talk about protecting new Black moms | Justin Phillips
Slate | Congress Faces the Gut-Wrenching Facts of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis | Julia Craven
Missouri Independent | Cori Bush testified before Congress about Black maternal deaths, pregnancy complications | Laura Olson
SheKnows | Cori Bush Shared Her Heartbreaking Birth Story & All People Heard Was 'Birthing People' | Kristi Pahr
Time | The Invisible Labor Inside America's Lactation Rooms | Corinne May Botz, Mathilde Cohen
Washington Post | Mothers have long used their identities to push for social change | Anya Jabour
Working Mother | Working Mothers Would Rather Quit Their Jobs Than Go Back To The Way It Was | Lauren McKinnon
Reproductive Health & Justice
Ms. | Linking Reproductive Rights and Climate Solutions Is the Only Way Forward | Kristen Patterson
Work & Money
New York Times | Policymakers Used to Ignore Child Care. Then Came the Pandemic. | Emily Peck
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | It’s time for paid family leave | Editorial
POLITICO | Passing paid leave without GOP could leave out most vulnerable | Eleanor Mueller
Washington Post | A blinking light ahead: Slowing population growth raises questions about America as a land with unlimited horizons | Dan Balz
Washington Post | Democrats press forward on paid medical leave, but there are plenty of obstacles | Alexandra Ellerbeck