No Rush
Today…
is National Drink Wine Day! Open your nearest obituary page and give a toast.
is the birthday of both Toni Morrison (1931–) and Audre Lorde (1934–1992), and I’m willing to bet that every single year I think, “huh, I didn’t realize they shared a birthday.
Can you even hear this anymore without expecting Paper Planes?
Abortion
Courthouse News Service | Second Trial Unlikely Over Activists’ Invasion of Abortion Industry Conferences | Maria Dinzeo
Georgia
Law360 | Abortion Providers Urge 11th Circ. To Keep Ga. Law Blocked | Brett Barrouquere
North Dakota
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | North Dakota House spikes bill to make performing an abortion a felony | Jeremy Turley
KVRR-TV | North Dakota Senate rejects bill to ban abortion clinics within 30 miles of a school | Jim Monk
South Carolina
AP | South Carolina House passes bill banning most abortions | Jeffrey Collins
The State | After SC Democrats walk out of ‘heartbeat’ abortion debate, Republicans advance bill | Emily Bohatch
Post and Courier | SC House passes abortion ban bill after Democrats stage protest | Jamie Lovegrove
The State | SC House Democrats walk out during ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban debate | Maayan Schechter
More from AP, Courthouse News Service, the Grio, The Hill, HuffPost, SCnow, WCCB-TV, WIS-TV
The Hill | SC GOP legislator tosses up amendments he wasn't able to file amid abortion bill debate | Aris Folley
Jezebel | South Carolina Lawmakers Simply Chuffed About Making Their State Theoretically Worse for Women | Emily Alford
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Bill to ban abortions based on Down syndrome diagnosis moves to House floor | Danielle Ferguson
Dakota Radio Group News | Advocacy groups disappointed South Dakota legislators advanced abortion ban bills out of committee | Jody Heemstra
Tennessee
The American Independent | Tennessee is latest state to try to give men the right to stop abortions | Lisa Needham
CNN | Tennessee lawmakers are proposing a bill that would let biological fathers petition to stop abortions | Leah Asmelash
Virginia
Virginia Mercury | General Assembly votes to repeal ban on abortion coverage by plans on state insurance exchange | Kate Masters
LGBTQ
The American Independent | Here's who's behind the GOP assault on transgender rights | Casey Quinlan
Marie Claire | A Record Number of Anti-Trans Bills Are in the Works Across the U.S. | Rachel Epstein
NBC | State anti-transgender bills represent coordinated attack, advocates say | Dan Avery
Daytona Beach News-Journal | Anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people like me should be universal | Randi Robertson
The Lily | The major barriers transgender people can face in updating their IDs | Madeleine Thomas
Progressive Grocer | LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace | Bridget Goldschmidt
It’s a fine article, but I absolutely had to include it because Progressive Grocer. I’ve looked, there’s no Conservative Grocer counterpart, though if I had time to waste I would absolutely mock one up. “Feature Story: Fuck Kale.” “How to shrink your produce department to barbecue sides only.” “Vegans: Mock or Ban? A Q&A with our Butcher Of The Month.”
Washington Blade | Strategy talks in high gear to get Equality Act across the finish line | Chris Johnson
LGBTQ Nation | The House will vote on LGBTQ civil rights protections next week | Alex Bollinger
Queerty | LGBTQ Equality Act heading to U.S. House next week | David Hudson
them. | The Equality Act Could Be Tough to Pass, Even With Democrats Controlling Senate | Nico Lang
LGBTQ Nation | Mitt Romney will oppose LGBTQ rights bill unless Christians get a right to discriminate | Bil Browning
Washington Post | LGBTQ people face higher covid-19 risks, CDC report says. But no one knows the true toll on the community. | Samantha Schmidt
Alabama
them. | Alabama Could Be About to Force Teachers to Out Trans Students to Their Parents | Nico Lang
Arizona
KPNX-TV | Bill would prevent gay conversion therapy bans in Arizona | Joe Dana
Montana
Missoulian | Religious freedom, LGBTQ rights clash at Montana Legislature | Seaborn Larson
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer | ‘It’s scary.’ Transgender Charlotteans say city has fallen behind on LGBTQ protections | Devna Bose
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune | Utah House passes proposal to exclude transgender girls from female athletics in public schools | Bethany Rodgers
Deseret News | Utah House passes ban on transgender athletes in girls sports after heated debate | Ashley Imlay
More from AP, Gephardt Daily, KSTU-TV
West Virginia
LGBTQ Nation | West Virginia may give parents $4600 to send their kid to an anti-LGBTQ religious school | Alex Bollinger
Pregnancy & Parenting
Bellevue Reporter | UW study shows high COVID infection rates among pregnant women | Cameron Sheppard
Wisconsin Public Radio | Proposed Legislation Aims To Address Racial Disparities In Maternal Health Care | Mary Kate McCoy
Pandemic Parenting
Los Angeles Times | Lower infection rates mean elementary schools can reopen immediately. But it's complicated. | Paloma Esquivel, Laura Newberry, Howard Blume
WBUR-FM | ‘Straddling The Fault Lines Of Work, Family And Sanity’: How We Can Keep Women At Work | Jane Swift
Working Mother | Study: Moms Are More Likely to Quit Work in States With Remote-Only School | Audrey Goodson Kingo
Iowa
Fearless | Iowans deserve access to the midwifery model of care | Rachel Bruns
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor| Child care is key to rebuilding the state’s economy | Mary Jane Wallner, Becky Whitley
Reproductive Health & Justice
Arizona
Arizona Daily Star | Arizona bill seeks further restrictions on sex ed in schools | Howard Fischer
AZCentral.com | Lawmakers would require parents to opt in, instead of out, of sex education in schools | Lily Altavena
AZCentral.com | Arizona could make birth control available without a doctor's appointment | Maria Polletta
Mississippi
Mississippi Today | Bill targets Mississippi’s highest-in-nation tax on menstrual hygiene products | Adam Ganucheau, Will Stribling
Work & Money
Bloomberg | Breastfeeding DOJ Lawyer Accuses Agency of Sex Bias, Retaliation | Patrick Dorrian
CNN | This an emergency for American families that Congress could actually fix | Debra L. Ness
Motherly | New study shows the benefits of paid parental leave in moms’ health | Jamie Orsini
Fast Company | To empower Black employees, corporate leaders need to understand Black families | Deanna Ransom
TechRepublic | Black employees are less satisfied at work than all other employees | Esther Shein
Forbes | The Remote Working Marathon - Morale, Flexibility And The Gender Divide | Julian Birkinshaw, Dena McCallum, Sara Ghazi-Tabatabai
HR Dive | Black, Latina women disproportionately lack remote work options, report says | Kathryn Moody
New York Times | Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction | Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper
More from Business Insider, CNN, Daily Beast, The Hill, Military.com, Task & Purpose
Salt Lake Tribune | Nurses need the ERA to stand up to workplace discrimination | Kelly Whited Jones
Vox | Cory Booker and Ayanna Pressley think a baby bonds program could shrink the Black-white racial wealth gap | Fabiola Cineas
Indiana
The Journal Gazette | Baby steps: Watered-down accommodations bill offers pregnant workers insufficient safeguards | Editorial
More, More, More
Refinery29 | Biden Promised To Prioritize Women's Rights. Here's The Plan To Actually Do It. | Britni de la Cretaz
Romper | The Women's History Month 2021 Theme Might Sound Familiar | Kinsey Gidick
Okay, that 🠱 is hilarious – they’re repeating the same theme from last year, because 2020 and why the hell not.