Thank you for your patience.
Biden’s closer is the opener to my every interaction these days.
Abortion
AP | 'Fetal heartbeat' in abortion laws taps emotion, not science | Kimberlee Kruesi
Jezebel | Catholic Bishops Might Ice Out Biden From Receiving Communion Because He's Pro-Abortion | Shannon Melero
Newsweek | Catholic Archbishop Joseph Naumann Says Biden 'Trying to Usurp' Church's Authority With Abortion Policies | Mary Ellen Cagnassola
Washington Post | Biden’s stance on abortion rights triggers U.S. Catholic bishops spring debate on Communion rights | Michelle Boorstein
Idaho
Reuters | Idaho becomes latest state to pass 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban | Gabriella Borter
Montana
Montana Public Radio | Republican Amendment Would Fund Panel On Medicaid Abortion Reimbursements | Shaylee Ragar
Texas
KUT-FM | Texas Attorneys Say GOP Abortion Bills Could Open The Door To Unlimited Lawsuits From Strangers | Ashley Lopez
Texas Tribune | Lubbock voters will decide Saturday if the West Texas city will become the largest “sanctuary city for the unborn” | Shannon Najmabadi
LGBTQ
BuzzFeed News | Biden Called Young Transgender People “Brave” And Again Promoted The Equality Act | Stephanie Baer
The Advocate | Biden Tells Trans Youth 'Your President Has Your Back' | Trudy Ring
The American Independent | How Biden tackled LGBTQ issues in his first 100 days - and what's next | Casey Quinlan
Washington Blade | Biden calls for passage of Equality Act in joint speech to Congress | Chris Johnson
The Advocate | Over 400 Major Businesses Endorse Equality Act, LGBTQ+ Civil Rights | Daniel Reynolds
More from Changing America, Queerty
The Conversation | Feminism's legacy sees college women embracing more diverse sexuality | Sean Massey, Sarah Young, Mei-Hsiu Chen
UPI | Gender-affirming surgeries improve mental health in young, study says | Cara Robert Murez
More from New York Daily News
VICE | Schools Use Software That Blocks LGBTQ+ Content, But Not White Supremacists | Todd Feathers
Alabama
AP | Alabama removing anti-gay language from state's sex ed law | Kim Chandler
More from Montgomery Advertiser
Los Angeles Blade | Lambda Legal, ACLU, and ACLU of Alabama to Challenge State Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth | Brody Levesque
More from WKRG-TV
Arkansas
KNWA-TV | Special Report: Transgender rights in Arkansas take center stage | Jesse Pierre
Florida
Miami Herald Transgender athletes ban revived in Florida education legislation | Ana Ceballos, Kirby Wilson
More from AP, Los Angeles Blade, Orlando Sentinel, USA Today, WMFE-FM, WFTS-TV, WPBF-TV, WSVN-TV, WTSP-TV, WUSF-FM
Kansas
High Plains Public Radio | From Taxes To Trans Athletes, Republicans In Kansas Legislature Look To Override Governor's Vetoes | Stephen Koranda, Abigail Censky
Louisiana
Louisiana Illuminator | Senator pulls bill that would have imposed health care restrictions for transgender youth | Julie O'Donoghue
More from AP, The Baton Rouge Advocate, Forbes, WWNO-FM
North Carolina
WFAE-FM | Amid Wave Of Anti-Trans Bills, Violence Against Transgender People Surges | Erin Keever
Ohio
NBC | Ohio to allow transgender people to change birth certificate gender | Brooke Sopelsa
More from LGBTQ Nation
WCMH-TV | Bill in Ohio House and Senate to prevent transgender women from playing women’s high school sports | Adrienne Robbins
Texas
LGBTQ Nation | Texas Senate is set to redefine supportive parents of trans kids as child abusers | Molly Sprayregen
More from Los Angeles Blade
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail | Justice signs transgender athlete ban into law | Lacie Pierson
More from The Advocate, CNN, The Daily Beast, West Virginia MetroNews
Pregnancy & Parenting
AP | AP analysis: The expected COVID baby boom may be a baby bust | Mike Stobbe
HeathDay | Failure to Rescue Drives Racial Disparity in Maternal Mortality
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser | Lawmakers urge continued funding of Alabama maternal mortality review community | Melissa Brown
Colorado
Colorado Times Recorder | How Colorado Lawmakers Are Taking On the Maternal Health Crisis | Madeleine Schmidt
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Tennessee must cover midwife care to improve lives of women and children | Carles' Anderson
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Medicaid coverage for doulas and the postpartum period, grants for Black women's health, all part of Gov. Tony Evers' budget proposal | Ashley Nguyen
Reproductive Health & Justice
The Cut | What We Know About the COVID Vaccine and Women’s Health | Katie Heaney
New York Times | Why Is Perimenopause Still Such a Mystery? | Jessica Grose
Work & Money
Bloomberg News | Biden Tax Plan Paves Way for Women to Power Economic Growth | Reade Pickert, Olivia Rockeman
The Lily | 12 weeks of paid leave could become universal under Biden’s new plan. It’s a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity.’ | Caroline Kitchener
Quartz | The US is poised to exit the small club of countries with no paid parental leave | Lila MacLellan
Vox | This could be the year federal paid leave finally passes | Li Zhou
More from Business Insider, The Hill
Los Angeles Times | America says it cares about family values. Time to prove it | Editorial
The 19th | American Families Plan includes child care, paid leave and universal pre-K | Chabeli Carrazana
More from Education Week, Newsweek, New York Times
The New Republic | On Biden’s American Families Plan and Resisting the Conservative Politics of Care | Melissa Gira Grant
MarketWatch | Americans want more affordable child care options - Republican voters included | Elisabeth Buchwald
NPR | White House Economist Says Investments In Families Is Long Overdue | Audie Cornish
Vox | Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan is a bid to make America more equal | Anna North, Ella Nilsen