Today…
is the first day of Black History Month and Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
was supposed to my kids’ first day back to in-person learning, but because weather we’re home one more day. I spent the last ~45 minutes or so unsuccessfully trying to crowbar the 13yo out of bed. How on earth this one returns to a regular school schedule tomorrow, I have no idea. I could cry a little.
is National Dark Chocolate Day. That ought to cheer us up a little.
Abortion
Los Angeles Times | Why we might soon see a surge in antiabortion violence | Robin Abcarian
Ms. | Communities Need Independent Abortion Clinics | Steph Black
The New Republic | The March for Life Marches in Place | Melissa Gira Grant
Prism | Don’t let anti-choice extremists cover up their anti-democratic aims | Dina Montemarano
RealClearPolitics | WH Backs Abortion Legislation Modeled on Voting Rights Act | Philip Wegmann
Rewire News Group | Paying for Other People’s Abortions Saves Lives | Caroline Reilly
VICE | Republicans Want a New Weapon in the War on Abortion: Murder Charges | Carter Sherman
Gag Rule
CNN | Rights groups hail Biden's reversal of Trump's abortion access restrictions, but say plan must go further | Nicole Gaouette, Kara Fox
NPR | Biden's Support Of Abortion Rights At Odds With Some Catholic Bishops | Tom Gjelten
New York Times | Women’s Health Isn’t a Geopolitical Game | Sarah Wildman
New York Times | Health Providers Worldwide Welcome Biden Reversal of Anti-Abortion Rule | Bhadra Sharma, Oscar Lopez, Ruth Maclean, Rick Gladstone
Washington Post | Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy, or the “global gag rule.” The next Republican president will restore it. | Jennifer Sciubba
Kansas
Leavenworth Times | Abortion amendment will not appear on ballot until 2022 | John Richmeier
Kansas Reflector | Kansas abortion amendment inspires call for boycott of Republican-affiliated businesses | Tim Carpenter
Salina Post | Voters will decide right to abortion in the Kan. constitution | Stephen Koranda
Montana
AP | Ban on insurance coverage for abortion considered in Montana | Iris Samuels
Montana Public Radio | Legislature Seeks To Ban Affordable Care Act Plans That Cover Abortion | Shaylee Ragar
New Mexico
Santa Fe New Mexican | Ruling on abortion pills reduces access in New Mexico, nation | Phaedra Haywood
Las Cruces Sun-News | Abortion bill gathers steam in New Mexico legislative committees | Walter Rubel
NM Political Report | Bill to decriminalize abortion heads to the House floor next | Susan Dunlap
South Carolina
The Lily | Kristen Graziano, South Carolina’s first female sheriff, is calling the state’s antiabortion bill ‘absolute insanity’ | Anne Branigin
WIS-TV | SC House passes $208M COVID-19 bill on same day Senate passes Fetal Heartbeat Bill | Adam Mintzer
Tennessee
WZTV-TV | Tennessee Senator's bill aims to 'end taxpayer funded abortion' by stripping clinic grants | Caitlyn Shelton
LGBTQ
AP | Report: Hate groups in decline, migrate to online networks | Aaron Morrison
WBFO-AM | COVID reveals long-term discrimination of older LGBTQ people of color | Noelle E.C. Evans
Alabama
RawStory | A court just declared Alabama’s transgender ID law unconstitutional | Daniel Villarreal
California
Metro Weekly | California bill would ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children under age 6 | John Riley
Connecticut
Stamford Advocate | Correcting an 'incredible injustice': CT bill aims to restore state benefits to LGBTQ veterans | Julia Perkins
Indiana
WLFI-TV | Senate Bill 32 would ban conversion therapy in the state of Indiana | Meredith Hackler
Nebraska
KFOR-AM | Lincoln State Senator Introduces Same Sex Marriage Ballot Measure | Dale Johnson
Pennsylvania
New Castle News | Advocates pushing for legislative protections for LGBTQ community | John Finnerty
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Lt. Gov. John Fetterman sees marijuana, LGBTQ flags removed from Capitol office | Paul Vigna
Rolling Stone | GOP Remove LGBTQ and Marijuana Flags, Defiant Democrat Flies Them Anyway | Peter Wade
Virginia
WVTF-FM | Effort to Abolish the Panic Defense in Virginia Clears Hurdle in House of Delegates | Michael Pope
Pregnancy & Parenting
Bloomberg News | The Economic Recovery Has a Child-Care Problem | Catarina Saraiva, Reade Pickert, Olivia Rockeman
Business Insider | We've failed working mothers (again). This is how we build a better world for them. | Tyshia Ingram
KevinMD | Can the Maternal CARE Act fail moms? | Sonal Patel
The New Yorker | The Coronavirus Vaccine Presents a Dilemma for Pregnant Women | Anna Sussman
Slate | Is COVID Really Causing a Baby Bust? | Rebecca Onion
Tampa Bay Times | Amid the pandemic we must support new mothers and babies | Shetal Shah, Lily Lou
U.S. News & World Report | Juggling Parenting, Work and a Pandemic Not Getting Easier | Lois Collins
Hawaii
Honolulu Civil Beat | Some Expectant Mothers In Hawaii Are Steering Clear Of Hospitals During the Pandemic | Eleni Avendaño
Indiana
The News and Tribune | Bill aims to bridge birth control barrier for women | Aprile Rickert
Indianapolis Business Journal | Legislation seeks to keep pregnant women on the job | Lindsey Erdody
Indianapolis Star | I was supported at pregnancy's every step. Let's give all Indiana mothers the same. | Andrea Richter-Garry
WFYI-TV | Advocates, Lawmakers Push For Women's Economic Stability With Proposed Bills | Justin Hicks
Reproductive Health & Justice
Forbes | Girls Have Much Lower Self-Esteem During Their Teen Years, According To New Study | Alice Broster
Rewire News Group | Why the Biden Administration Must Make Tampons Available to All | Inga T. Winkler
Arizona
Arizona Capitol Times | Assuring reproductive justice would make AZ truly pro-life state | Jodi Liggett
Maryland
Baltimore Sun | Reproductive health advocates decry Sen. Ed Reilly’s resolution to add menstrual tracking education in curriculum | Olivia Sanchez
Work & Money
The Atlantic | The Counterintuitive Workings of the Minimum Wage | Annie Lowrey
Changing America | The key to post-pandemic recovery? Pay parity | Shelley Zalis
Fast Company | This is one surefire way to shore up the U.S. economy | Katica Roy
Forbes | Why Mothers Should Be Considered Essential Workers-And Get Paid | Holly Corbett
Forbes | Women Across 17 Countries Report Increased Stress, Household Work Due To Covid-19 | Disha Shetty
Fortune | U.S. unemployment: Job losses in December 2020 all from women. Is America giving up on working women? | Maria Aspan, Emma Hinchliffe
Salon | "One more check is not enough": Progressives push Joe Biden to do more to help working families | Igor Derysh
USA Today | 'You don't say things': The jobs where sexual harassment and discrimination never stopped | Caroline Preston
USA Today | Childcare problems skyrocketed under COVID. Women paid the price. | Matt Wynn
Arizona
Law360 | Ariz. Poised To Add Pregnancy Bias To Its Civil Rights Law | Michael Angell
California
Sacramento Bee | ‘Economic disaster’: California lawmakers consider more aid to Latinas hit hard by COVID | Kim Bojórquez
Iowa
Des Moines Register | 'A long-standing tradition of discrimination and bias': University of Iowa dentistry students demand change | Cleo Krejci
Nevada
The 19th | Women outnumber men in the Nevada legislature. What difference does it make? | Barbara Rodriguez
New Jersey
Jezebel | Guards Suspended From New Jersey Prison Where Women Are 'Regularly Sexually Assaulted' | Shannon Melero
New York
BuzzFeed | More Than 1,000 Open Prostitution Cases In Brooklyn Are Going To Be Wiped From The Files | Otillia Steadman
More from Complex, The Hill, New York Daily News
The Journal News | New York legislature expected to repeal 'walking while trans' loitering law | Sammy Gibbons