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In other news…
On October 2, 1973, the Helms Amendment was introduced.
And I cannot believe I forgot to tell you yesterday, October is Italian-American Heritage Month. Go, go, go, my mixed-up Sicilianos!
Supreme Court
ACB & Abortion
AP | Supreme Court nominee Barrett opposed 'abortion on demand' | Mark Sherman
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a 2006 newspaper ad sponsored by an anti-abortion group in which she said she opposed “abortion on demand” and defended “the right to life from fertilization to the end of natural life.” The ad, which had more than 1,200 names attached to it, appears to be the most direct expression of Barrett’s opposition to abortion…More from CNN, Daily Beast, HuffPost, New York Times, Reuters, USA Today, VICE, Washington Post,
NBC | Barrett's participation in 2006 ad calling for overturn of Roe v. Wade was not included in Senate disclosures | Heidi Przybyla
Vanity Fair | Amy Coney Barrett’s View of “Barbaric” Roe v. Wade Decision Is No Mystery | Caleb Ecarma
Vogue | Does Amy Coney Barrett Believe Life Begins at Fertilization? | Emma Specter
USA Today | Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett discusses abortion, Roe v. Wade
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett discussed Roe v. Wade at Jacksonville University's Public Policy Institute in 2016.
Common Dreams | 'Everything Is at Stake': Reproductive Rights Advocates Say Barrett Signing 'Extremist' Anti-Choice Ad Confirms Worst Fears | Brett Wilkins
Newsweek | Activists Dressed As Handmaids Protest Amy Coney Barrett Nomination Outside Supreme Court | Daniel Villarreal
Courier | Amy Coney Barrett’s Views Are Out of Step With Most American Catholics | Erin Matson
Recent polling and reports show that American Catholics’ views on Roe v. Wade and contraception are different than the doctrines of the Vatican and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s positions.
More “what’s at stake”
Deadspin | How a Trump-stacked Supreme Court could gut Title IX safeguards for transgender students, athletes | DeArbea Walker, Rich O'Malley
Vox | Supreme Court: Obamacare, LGBTQ rights, and 4 other cases in Amy Coney Barrett’s likely first term | Ian Millhiser
2020
2020 & Abortion
AP | Why Trump doesn't want to talk about abortion rights | Jill Colvin
CNN | Planned Parenthood voter guides to show candidate reproductive records and target swing states | Caroline Kelly
2020 & LGBTQ
LGBTQ Nation | 76% of LGBTQ people are voting for Joe Biden but only 17% support Donald Trump | Alex Bollinger
More from NBC, Metro Weekly, Out
LGBTQ Nation | New political ad uses video of Kamala Harris officiating a lesbian wedding to motivate Republicans | Alex Bollinger
I am almost embarrassed to admit how long I stared at that headline before I realized – ooohhh, to motivate Rs to vote against Harris. It’s early, shush.
What’s at Stake
Cosmopolitan | So, You Wanna Know Where Trump and Biden Stand on All the Issues | Sara Li
Teen Vogue | Why Vote in 2020? The Election Is Not Just About Trump vs. Biden
Bitch | 5 Feminist Takeaways from the First 2020 Presidential Debate | Rachel Lewis, Evette Dionne
The Guardian | Masculinity is a force in the US election – and women are responding accordingly | Jill Filipovic
Abortion
The Hill | American Medical Association asks Supreme Court to strike Trump abortion rule | Tal Axelrod
The AMA, the nation’s largest doctors’ group, filed a petition to the Supreme Court Thursday asking it to strike down a rule from the Trump administration barring clinics funded by taxpayers from referring women for abortions.Newsweek | A Letter From an Abortion Provider to My Colleagues Fighting COVID-19 | Colleen McNicholas
LGBTQ
them. | Ericka Hart’s Mission: To Break Breast Cancer’s Connotation With Cis Women | Serena Sonoma
USA Today | San Diego Loyal forfeits match after opposing player allegedly directed homophobic slur at Collin Martin | Chris Bumbaca
USA Today | Statements about inclusivity mean nothing if teams aren't willing to back them up | Nancy Armour
GEN Magazine | J.k. Rowling Has Turned Transphobia Into a Celebrity Cause | Sady Doyle
Michigan
The Advocate | Republican Super PAC Runs Ad Calling Gay Candidate 'Creepy' | Trudy Ring
LGBTQ Nation | Gay congressional candidate falsely accused of being a “pedo sex poet” by desperate Republicans | Alex Bollinger
Pregnancy & Parenting
Chrissy Teigen
Probably an overabundance of caution, but all the same, be aware this is a really painful story of pregnancy loss. That in mind, read Chrissy Teigen’s post if you can.
CNN | Chrissy Teigen's powerful openness | Peggy Drexler
InStyle | Women Who Have Miscarriages and Women Who Have Abortions Can Be the Same People | Danielle Campoamor
Los Angeles Times | Chrissy Teigen's photos aren't shocking. Breaking the silence around pregnancy loss is | Mary McNamara
NBC News | Chrissy Teigen and John Legend lost their baby - and broke the silence around miscarriages | Amy Klein
USA Today | Chrissy Teigen's openness about miscarriage gives strength to women in similar situations | Hannah Yasharoff
Woman's Day | Chrissy Teigen's Pregnancy Loss Is a Reminder for Us All | Danielle Campoamor
Pandemic Parenting
ABC News | Mothers in the workplace at a 'tipping point' amid the pandemic, child care crisis | Katie Kindelan
The Atlantic | The Pandemic Is Amplifying the Motherhood Penalty at Work | Sheryl Sandberg, Marianne Cooper
MarketWatch | ‘They're low-income because of you’: Jeff Bezos's free preschool for low-income children faces criticism | Leslie Albrecht
Motherly | Mothers are 3 times more likely than fathers to lose their jobs during the pandemic | Jo Yurcaba
Working Mother | What Will the Future of Working Motherhood Look Like? | Stephanie Emma Pfeffer
Reproductive Health & Justice
NPR | Senate Democrats Call On Congress To Fix Racial Disparities In Health Care | Patti Neighmond
The Nation | Covid Threatens to Worsen Disparities in Maternal and Reproductive Care | Edna Bonhomme
Forced Sterilization
Ms. | The U.S. Immigration System’s History of Reproductive Control | Sung Yeon Choimorrow
Teen Vogue | History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States | Marianne Dhenin
Work & Money
Above the Law | Progress In The Time Of COVID-19: Reconsidering Gender Equity In The Legal Profession | Amanda Fisher
Adweek | We Need More Diverse Strategy Lists With Women and People of Color | Ko Im
Agenda (World Economic Forum) | Racial and gender pay gaps are costing the United States trillions | Niall McCarthy
CNBC | Nearly 3 in 10 Native American women work a front-line job, but they're far from receiving equal pay | Courtney Connley
Forbes | Women Journalists Are Focus Of Monthly “10 Most Urgent” List Of Press Freedom Cases | Katherine Love
Forbes | Nine Steps To Work Toward Gender Equality In The Workplace | Chastity Heyward
Forbes | Mandatory Paternal Leave: The Key To Workplace Equality | Darren Rosenblum
Forbes | Mind The 99 Year Gap: How To More Quickly Reach Gender Parity | Natasha Pratap
Forbes | Leveraging Data And Covid-19 To End Diversity Gaps In Tech Events | Paige Francis
theGrio | Pandemic may set women back for decades: report | Tonya Pendleton
The Hill | Trump's order interfering with diversity efforts: The wrong move at the wrong time | Dennis Holtschneider
Newsy | Coronavirus Adding Extra Pressure On Working Women | Cat Sandoval
New York Post | More than half of women small business owners say men have it easier than them | Zoya Gervis
Psychology Today | Gender Equality in Politics | Erin Pahlke Ph.D
California
AP | Californians to vote on racial, gender preference programs | Janie Har
AP | California Gov. Newsom surprises, disappoints with vetoes | Adam Beam, Don Thompson
National Law Review | Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Expanding Paid Family Leave for Employees Who Are Participating in a Qualifying Exigency | Mark Attwood
National Law Review | California Expands Family and Medical Leave Law | Veronica A. Torrejón
NBC | California Latinas saw their pay gap widen for a decade. Then came coronavirus. | Nicole Acevedo
Michigan
WLNS-TV (Lansing, MI) | Paid parental leave effective today for state employees
New York
National Law Review | Neutral is the New Pink: New York’s ‘Pink Tax’ Ban Goes into Effect | Timothy J. Domanick
WBFO-AM (Buffalo, NY)| New state rule prohibits 'pink tax' on goods sold to women | Julia Ritchey
Oregon
KTVZ-TV (Bend, OR) | Oregon Workplace Fairness Act provisions take effect
More, More, More
CBS | Women's rights are faltering, United Nations says | Pamela Falk
Reuters | U.N. to tackle gender equality, chief calls it 'greatest' rights challenge | Michelle Nichols
Ms. | Staggering U.S. Femicide Stats Prove Urgent Need for Gun Control Legislation | Lisa Rabasca Roepe
PRI | Technology like contraception, IVF, and cars drove feminism | Elizabeth Ross
Salon | Women's empowerment is not "kicking ass in bikinis": Julie Taymor on what real feminism looks like | Mary Elizabeth Williams
What's Up? Annapolis | Women, Race, and the Ongoing Fight for True Equality | Ashley Oleson