Rise up

Today…

• is Trans Week of Visibility, culminating in Trans Day of Visibility on March 31. ICYMI, this is only the second year it’s been expanded to a week. For planning purposes, it’s the seven days leading up to March 31, no matter what day that is (a la Abortion Provider Appreciation Week).

• is the birthday of Clara Lemlich (1886-1982), Jewish immigrant from the Ukraine, labor activist, suffragist, and a leader of the 1909 “Uprising of 20,000.” And perhaps my favorite fact, “in her last years as a nursing home resident she helped to organize the staff.”
  
  This is the face of a woman who gets shit done, I love it…

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Abortion

• CNN | 7 key state actions on abortion [last] week | Veronica Stracqualursi

• Connecticut Post | Connecticut’s landmark Griswold case on solid ground despite recent scrutiny, experts say | John Moritz 

• Los Angeles Times | Love Texas' SB 8 because you hate abortion? Wait until a copycat law comes for your gun rights | Harry Litman 

• NPR | How blue states are pushing back against abortion bans | Jaclyn Diaz

• Time | The Coming Battle Over the Anti-Abortion Movement's Future | Abigail Abrams

• Washington Post | Tracking major abortion restrictions and protections across the U.S. | Caroline Kitchener, Kevin Schaul, Daniela Santamarina 

California

• Lookout Santa Cruz | As California becomes an abortion sanctuary, Planned Parenthood readies itself for an influx of patients | Grace Stetson 

Connecticut

• CT Insider | As CT lawmakers look to protect abortion rights, adding it to state’s constitution is on the table | Julia Bergman 

Louisiana

• Truthout | Louisiana Town Passes Texas-Style Ordinance Barring Abortion Outright | Chris Walker

Maryland

• AP | Amendment on abortion doesn't advance in Maryland | Brian Witte

Montana

• Montana Public Radio | Groups contend new anti-abortion laws violate Montana's constitutional right to privacy | Shaylee Ragar

Nebraska

• Omaha World-Herald | Nebraska legislature to debate bill that would ban all abortions | Erin Bamer 

  • More from KLKN-TV, Nebraska Examiner

Nevada

• The Nevada Independent | Federal abortion protections at risk in high stakes congressional, Senate races | Sean Golonka 

Oregon

• Oregon Capital Chronicle | Oregon abortion providers gear up for increased demand from Idaho and elsewhere | Lynne Terry 

• The Oregonian | Idaho unleashes the bounty hunters on abortion | Steve Duin 

Pennsylvania

• AP | Abortion to elections: Republican candidates on the issues | Marc Levy

South Dakota

• The New Yorker | A New Abortion Battleground, in South Dakota | Peter Slevin 

Texas

• Fort Worth Star-Telegram | In a suburban Fort Worth House runoff, Republicans debate killing women over abortion | Bud Kennedy

  • More from Newsweek, Political Wire

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Reproductive Health & Justice

• New York Times | Despite Encouraging Research, a Male Birth Control Pill Remains Elusive | Dani Blum

  • More from CBS,  The Hill, MadameNoire, NowThis News, Salon, Smithsonian Magazine, Vice

• MadameNoire | Here's What To Expect From This Year's Black Maternal Health Week | MadameNoire | Natasha Decker

• Rewire News Group | Trans Communities Are Battling ‘Rampant Misinformation’ Over Reproductive Health | Em Colkitt

• Washington Post | In prison, having your period can put your life in danger | Gabrielle Perry 

Indiana

• The News and Tribune | More needed to lower Indiana maternal mortality rate | Whitney Downard

Maine

• Portland Press Herald | Lawmakers may boost state reimbursement rates for family-planning care | Penelope Overton

Missouri

• Columbia Missourian | Prison nursery would keep moms, babies together | Jana Schleis