Oh, hey
Today… is Thursday. I think?* Lord, I hope so.
*Don’t @ me, Beth. I’m joking. I’m at least 85% sure it is Thursday.
Abortion
ABA Journal | Conservative SCOTUS justices question abortion decisions but delay action on Mississippi's viability cert petition | Debra Cassens Weiss
Ms. | 200,000 People Urge Biden to Lift Abortion Pill Restrictions | Carrie Baker
Arizona
AP | Arizona bill banning abortion for genetic issues in trouble | Bob Christie
California
Courthouse News Service | Abortion Foe’s Retaliation Suit Against California Unlikely to Advance | Nicholas Iovino
Colorado
The American Independent | Colorado lawmakers want to harvest extensive personal data from people who get abortions | Oliver Willis
Louisiana
CBS | Louisiana may owe abortion clinics' lawyers $8.6 million | Kate Smith
Louisiana Radio Network | Number of abortions in Louisiana drops nine percent from 2019 to 2020 | Matt Doyle
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor | Amendment to state budget could cut funding to abortion providers, advocates say | Teddy Rosenbluth
South Dakota
Above the Law | South Dakota Contemplates Outlawing Nonexistent Threat Of Forced Abortions | Joe Patrice
West Virginia
The Herald Dispatch | Anti-abortion bill clears W.Va. House | Taylor Stuck
Wyoming
The American Independent | Wyoming Republicans invent their own 'science' to try to ban medication abortion | Lisa Needham
LGBTQ
New York Times | Rachel Levine, Biden’s pick for health post, is first openly transgender official to be confirmed | Sheryl Gay Stolberg
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NBC | Youth activists lead the fight against anti-trans bills | Jo Yurcaba
Newsweek | Arkansas, South Carolina and Wyoming Race to Not Be Last State in U.S. to Pass a Hate Crime Law | Alexandra Hutzler
NPR | Equality Act Would Extend Civil Rights Laws To LGBTQ People Throughout U.S. | Victoria Hansen
NPR | NCAA Looms Large In Debate Over Transgender Sports Restrictions | Danielle Kurtzleben
Outside | Transgender Kids Need Sports, Too | Krista Langlois
Reuters | No science to back blanket ban on trans women in sport: study | Rachel Savage
Arizona
Arizona Daily Star | Arizona House panel OKs bill that would overturn Pima County ban on 'conversion therapy' | Howard Fischer
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Transgender bills called bad for state | Rachel Herzog
KUAF-FM | Bill Barring Transgender Youth From Transition-Related Medical Care Passes Senate Committee | Sarah Kellogg
Vogue | What You Need to Know About Arkansas’s New Anti-LGBTQ+ Health Care Bill | Emma Specter
Florida
Florida Politics | ‘Parents' bill of rights’ advances to House floor | Renzo Downey
WPEC-TV | Controversial bills banning transgender student athletes from sports teams advance | Lexi Nahl
Minnesota
KARE-TV | Hate crimes bill moves forward in MN House | John Croman
Jezebel | Trans Student Wins $300K Settlement After Being Bullied and Blocked From School Locker Rooms | Justice Namaste
Out | Trans Swimmer to Be Paid $300,000 After Suing School Over Transphobia | Donald Padgett
New York
New York Daily News | Brooklyn judge tosses more than 850 prostitution cases | Noah Goldberg
North Carolina
Indy Week | Bill Seeks to Ban Transgender Women From Competing on Women's Athletics Teams | Joe Killian
NC Policy Watch | Bill seeks to prevent transgender women from competing on women's athletic teams | Joe Killian
NC Policy Watch | Latest attack on transgender rights should be defeated | Rob Schofield
Pregnancy & Parenting
American Lawyer | 'We're Just Tired All the Time': A Day in the Life of Working Parents During the Pandemic | Dylan Jackson
Parents | For Black Moms, Not Only is Childbirth More Dangerous, It's More Expensive | Taayoo Murray
Florida
Tampa Bay Times | Medicaid boost would give a year of postpartum care to Florida moms | Margo Snipe
State of Reform | Florida health equity bill passes through committee | Mansur Shaheen
WLRN-FM | Florida House Offers Plan To Boost Maternal Health | Christine Sexton
Michigan
Detroit Free Press | Medicaid should cover services of doulas who improve birth outcomes | Metta Dwyer
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Tribune | Report: Black women account for 73% of Philadelphia's pregnancy-related deaths | Ayana Jones
Philly Voice | Black women represent more than 70% of Philly's pregnancy-related deaths, report shows | Hannah Kanik
Public News Service | PA Urged to Extend Medicaid for New Mothers | Andrea Sears
Texas
San Antonio Express-News | 'Our women are dying': Texas lawmakers urged to extend Medicaid to a year after birth for new mothers | Marina Starleaf Riker
State of Reform | Effort to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers emerges in Texas Legislature | Eli Kirshbaum
Reproductive Health & Justice
Health Digest | Why The Pandemic Might Affect Women's Health More Than Men's | Nicky LaMarco
Roll Call | Pandemic adds hurdles for sexually transmitted disease reduction | Sandhya Raman
Arizona
AP | House panel OK's tighter school sex education rules | Bob Christie
Work & Money
1A | Hidden Helpers: Unpaid Caregivers And The Pandemic | Kathryn Fink
Ms. | Male Leaders Are the Leading Cause of Burnout for Working Women, Study Finds | Adriana Gascoigne
Ms. | Why Increasing the Minimum Wage Could Help Close the Gender Wage Gap | Lisa Rabasca Roepe
Equal Pay Day
CNBC | Equal Pay Day highlights a $1 million salary shortfall for some women | Jessica Dickler
CNN | It's Equal Pay Day: Women lose an average of $406,000 to the wage gap in their lifetime | Jazmin Goodwin
Jezebel | 'There’s No Status That Can Protect You’: Megan Rapinoe On the Inescapable Reality of Pay Discrimination | Lyz Lenz , Shannon Melero
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Motherly | Here's The Problem With Equal Pay Day: It's Not Equal | Jamie Orsini
NBC | In these sports, "Equal Pay Day" is years away | Alex Azzi
New York Times | In 25 Years, the Pay Gap Has Shrunk Just 8 Cents | Francesca Donner, Emma Goldberg
The 19th | It’s Equal Pay Day. Here’s why the day still exists. | Chabeli Carrazana
The 19th | Biden administration marks Equal Pay Day with conversations, urges passage of Paycheck Fairness Act | Errin Haines
USA Today | 'Inequality still exists': Congresswoman to hold hearing on pay gap on Equal Pay Day | Savannah Behrmann
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USA Today | 'More inclusive language, more diversity': How language evolution creates equality | Sammy Gibbons