Shall we play a game?
Listen. Most days I get up an absurdly early hour, I have my coffee, I read a pile of articles, I schedule social posts for up to six different accounts, maybe I eat something, and I have my little newsletter finished by 8:30am, if not earlier. But some days, my 13yo will not get out of bed and I spend from 7:30-9:10am trying not to do too much emotional harm to the boy as I go into thermonuclear meltdown.
At some point this morning, I expect to get an email the school, encouraging to talk to the boy about the importance of education, and of getting to school on time. Mm hm. Thank you. I will.
Abortion
The Daily Beast | The COVID-Denying ‘Party of Life’ Finds a New Way to Kill Roe | Molly Jong-Fast
Jezebel | The Landscape For Legal Abortion Has Never Been More Dire | Esther Wang
The New Yorker | The Link Between the Capitol Riot and Anti-Abortion Extremism | Jessica Winter
Prism | What a real love letter to abortion care providers would say | Mercedes Sanchez
Rewire News Group | Abortion Providers Deserve Extra Thanks Today | Imani Gandy
Arkansas
The Cut | Arkansas Just Passed a Near-Total Ban on Abortion | Bridget Read
More from ABC, The American Independent
CNN | Analysis: What the Arkansas abortion ban is really trying to do | Chris Cillizza
NPR | Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban As Lawmakers Push For Supreme Court Case | Jaclyn Diaz
Slate | Arkansas Governor Signs Abortion Ban Into Law Despite Acknowledging the Ban Actually Breaks U.S. Law | Elliot Hannon
Slate | Arkansas’ New Abortion Ban Is a Direct Message to Amy Coney Barrett | Mark Joseph Stern
Kentucky
WTVQ-TV | AG Cameron files motion to protect prohibition of federally funded abortions | Erica Bivens
New York
Reuters | Court rules against anti-abortion protesters in New York | Jonathan Stempel
Ohio
The Columbus Dispatch | New Ohio bill would ban abortion if Supreme Court empowers states to decide | Doug Livingston
Ohio Capital Journal | Women's health clinics: Abortion disposal law creates 'impossible situation' | Susan Tebben
WOSU-FM | Abortion Clinics Sue To Halt Law Saying They Don't Have The Rules To Comply With It | Jo Ingles
Oklahoma
Public Radio Tulsa | Senate Passes Abortion Measures Including Felony Charge For Doctors, Heartbeat Bill | Matt Trotter
The Root | Oklahoma Republican Apologizes for ‘Colored Babies’ Freudian Slip During Debate on Anti-Abortion Bill | Zack Linly
The State | ‘Colored babies’ remark during debate was ’slip of the tongue,’ Oklahoma lawmaker says | Dawson White
VICE | GOP Lawmaker Is Very Sorry for Saying ‘Colored Babies’ in an Abortion Debate | Carter Sherman
KOCO-TV | Some Oklahoma lawmakers want to use anti-abortion bills to challenge Roe v. Wade | Dillon Richards
Oregon
Portland Monthly | Portland Is Getting Its First New Independent Abortion Clinic in Two Decades | Julia Silverman
Willamette Week | As Choice Foes Push For U.S. Supreme Court Showdown, A New Abortion Clinic Opens in Portland | Nigel Jaquiss
South Dakota
South Dakota Public Broadcasting | Bill Banning Abortion Of Down Syndrome Fetuses Reaches Noem’s Desk | Lee Strubinger
Texas
Texas Tribune | Judge rejects bid by Planned Parenthood to stay in Medicaid, affecting health service for thousands of low-income Texans | Shannon Najmabadi
More from Austin American-Statesman, CNN, HuffPost, KUT-FM,
KLTV-TV | Rep. Cole Hefner authors HB 2727 relating to voluntary, informed consent to abortion | Stephanie Frazier
Spectrum News San Antonio | New Texas House Bill Would Permit Death Penalty for Abortions | Craig Huber
LGBTQ
Sports Illustrated | Nearly 550 College Athletes Demand NCAA Pull Championships From States With Anti-Trans Sports Legislation | Julie Kliegman
More from CBS Sports, Deadspin, New York Daily News, Outsports
Metro Weekly | Congressman Ritchie Torres urges government to collect LGBTQ data on COVID-19's impact | John Riley
NBC | As anti-trans violence surges, advocates demand policy reform | Jo Yurcaba
NPR | Political Dispute Over Transgender Rights Focuses On Youth Sports | Danielle Kurtzleben
Out | Transphobic Republicans Turn LGBTQ+ Youth’s Lives Into Wedge Issue | Donald Padgett
Salt Lake Tribune | Sen. Mike Lee introduces bill on faith-based adoption agencies amid effort to expand LGBTQ protections | Bethany Rodgers
Sports Illustrated | LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Hockey: What's Wrong, and What Must Change? | Matt Larkin
Washington Blade | Major athletic leagues absent in fight against anti-trans sports bills | Chris Johnson
Alabama
Alabama Political Reporter | House committee expected to vote on banning treatment for trans minors | Eddie Burkhalter
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | House panel backs ban on gender transition steps for youths | Rachel Herzog
KUAR-FM | Senate Passes Bill That Bans Transgender Girls And Women From Participating In Girls' Sports | Sarah Kellogg
Arkansas Times | Transgender people take a beating at both ends of the Capitol today | Max Brantley
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Making hate feel at home | John Brummett
More from Arkansas Democrat Gazette, KUAR-FM
Michigan
Detroit Free Press | Michigan bill bans high school transgender athletes from playing under gender identity | Dave Boucher
More from Detroit News, The Hill, WBCK-FM
Mississippi
AP | Mississippi governor set to sign transgender sports limit | Emily Wagster Pettus
New Jersey
LGBTQ Nation | New Jersey passes groundbreaking “LGBTQI+ Senior Bill of Rights” | Juwan Holmes
Ohio
WBNS-TV | Ohio lawmaker reintroduces bill to ban transgender athletes from female sports | Bryant Somerville
South Carolina
The State | SC bill would block doctors from giving gender affirming treatment to transgender youth | Emily Bohatch
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Anti-trans bill could hurt state's college teams, cost state millions, sports official says | Abby Wargo
Tennessee
WJHL-TV | Tennessee bill would require businesses to post notices if it allows ‘either biological sex to use any public restroom’ | Slater Teague
WSMV-TV | State bill allows students to refuse shared bathrooms with transgender peers | Marissa Sulek
LGBTQ Nation | Republican wants to allow youth a “reasonable accommodation” to avoid trans people | Alex Bollinger
Washington, DC
The Washington Blade | LGBTQ advocates urge D.C. Council to boost funding for housing, job programs | Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Pregnancy & Parenting
AP | COVID-19 bill gives states pathway to reduce maternal deaths | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
SELF | ‘I Was Not Listened to, I Was Not Seen.’ Why We Can't Ignore Heart Risks in Black Maternal Mortality. | Nikesha Elise Williams
Georgia
WRBL-TV | Healthcare limited in rural communities, women’s health issues particularly underserved | Karyssa D'Agostino
Indiana
The News and Tribune | Lawmakers want mental health records to understand Indiana maternal mortality rate | Carolina Mendoza
More from WXIN-TV
Reproductive Health & Justice
CBS | COVID-19 caused millions to lose access to birth control, U.N. estimate shows | Kate Smith
Axios | UN: 12 million women denied access to birth control due to pandemic | Rebecca Falconer
NBC | We have free school lunch programs. Students should get free tampons and pads, too. | Lynette Medley
Today | How the COVID baby boom turned into a baby bust | Kerry Breen
Maryland
Baltimore Sun | Want to help Maryland’s youth? Hire more health instructors and stop arguing over common sense legislation | Diana Philip
Michigan
Texas
KXAN-TV | Access to period products may break barriers to education | Hannah Falcon
Work & Money
CNBC | Goldman Sachs pledges $10 billion, launches new initiative supporting Black women | Pippa Stevens
CNBC | 'RBG' would certainly encourage women to take control of their finances | Stacy Francis
HuffPost | It's Time We Talk More About Women's Inequity In The Restaurant Industry | Jodi Helmer
Mashable | 97% of young women have been sexually harassed, study finds | Rachel Thompson
Quartz | Biden’s rescue plan says childcare is too important to leave to the market | Tim Fernholz
Alabama
CNN | 12 female employees allege sex discrimination by Alabama sheriff's office in DOJ lawsuit | Travis Caldwell, Alta Spells
WKRG-TV | 'We see it as totally unfounded': Mobile Metro Jail warden responds to lawsuit | Dana Winter
California
The Sacramento Bee | California’s economy is failing women. Here’s why we need workplace reform | Hannah-Beth Jackson
More, More, More
Los Angeles Times | Will 2021 be the year women are finally declared equal under the U.S. Constitution? | Editorial
Salon | Evangelicals lost a major female leader over Trump supporter hypocrisy - will other women follow? | Ashlie D. Stevens