Think negative
Today…
in 1643, Anne Clarke was granted the first legal divorce recorded in the American colonies. A Puritan court in a colony founded maybe a fortnight earlier, and I’ll bet she still had to sit through fewer hearings than I did. (I stay salty.)
in 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross was sworn in, becoming the first woman to serve as governor, and still the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming. She went on to become the first woman to direct the U.S. Mint, where she stayed for two decades.
in order to return to school tomorrow, every public school student in DC is required to take a Covid test today and submit results to a website by 5:00pm. I hear tell the website crashed as DCPS’s ~4300 teachers attempted this yesterday. There are 50,000 students. I’m logging on today like
I’m a seasoned veteran of DCPR camp registration. I have logged into Aspen. Let’s dance.
Abortion
Jezebel | The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Co-Opting Feminist Branding | Kylie Cheung
Jezebel | We're Tracking All the Texas-Style Abortion Bills | Susan Rinkunas
Los Angeles Times | What the U.S. can learn from Stalin's abortion ban | Wendy Z Goldman
Ms. | Online Abortion Provider Robin Tucker: “I’m Trying To Remove Barriers. ... It Feels Great To Be Able To Help People This Way” | Carrie Baker
Ms. | Abortion Care Is Healthcare and Must Be Included in Medical Curricula | Audrey Mannuel, Maya Patel, Caroline Beshers
POLITICO | If Roe is Overturned, Democracy Could Be the Best Path Forward on Abortion | John Matsusaka
New Jersey
NJ.com | N.J. Democrats in talks to protect abortion rights but can’t agree on what that should mean | Susan Livio
Texas
The 19th | The 19th Explains: Texas’ six-week abortion ban is still stuck in court. Here’s why. | Shefali Luthra
SCOTUSblog | Texas clinics ask justices to order 5th Circuit to send abortion case back to district court | Amy Howe
Truthout | Texas Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court to Invalidate Circuit Court's Delay | Chris Walker
LGBTQ
The 19th | White House seeks more LGBTQ+ protections in ACA plans | Orion Rummler
Washington Blade | Grenell emails hint at initial steps in Trump effort to decriminalize homosexuality | Chris Johnson
California
Bay Area Reporter | Intersex bill, again, dies in committee | Matthew S. Bajko
More from AP, Los Angeles Blade, Newsweek
Health & Justice
USA Today | A near-death miscarriage changed her life. Now she fights for maternal mental health care. | London Gibson
California
California Health Report | How Midwives and Doulas Are Working to End Birth Disparities | Myah Overstreet
News Observer | People Who California Sterilized Can Now Apply for Reparation Payments | Tanu Henry
Nevada
Nevada Current | Changes to voting process, licensing birth centers among new laws in effect | Michael Lyle
New York
Gothamist | NYC Had Most Deaths Since 1970s, Fewest Births Ever In First Pandemic Year | Gwynne Hogan
Work & Money
Business Insider | Joe Manchin digs in on cutting the poorest parents out of the Biden child tax credit as Build Back Better looks dead in the water | Joseph Zeballos-Roig
Courthouse News Service | #Metoo movement cast as threat to judicial independence in Roberts report | Kelsey Reichmann
Rolling Stone | Victim Advocate Asked Army to Investigate a Rape Trial. They Fired Her | Seth Harp
New York
New York Daily News | Dismantle New York’s harassment protection machine | Andrew Gounardes