Tuesday, Wednesday, stay in bed
Today…
is National Tea Day. We’re usually enjoy a cup here or there, but our consumption is way up this week, given the cold that’s laying us all low. So, so much lemon and ginger. Sleepytime before bed. And for me, the peach herbal that the kids didn’t like, improved with just a splash of apricot brandy.
is the birthday of The Cure’s Robert Smith. Given how thoroughly Morrissey has wrecked whatever nostalgic fondness we – okay, I, fine, I see who I am – might’ve had left for him, I’m going to give myself a gift and not look up recent headlines about Robert Smith. I’m sure his politics are shit, and the pictures alone would make me cry in march of time realness.
No. I’m sticking with middle school wanna-be sexy French depression.
Abortion
Arizona
AP | Abortion ban for genetic issues revived with minor changes | Bob Christie
California
San Francisco Chronicle | Wiener wants to keep UC from contracting with hospitals that limit abortions, transgender surgery | Bob Egelko
Idaho
AP | New version of Idaho 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban advances | Keith Ridler
Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal | Telemedicine abortion law stopped by Hamilton County court | Susan Tebben
Portsmouth Daily Times | Sen. Johnson introduces abortion bill | Patrick Keck
Oklahoma
Public Radio Tulsa | Senate Sends 3 Abortion Bills To Stitt's Desk | Matt Trotter
More from AP, KFOR-TV, KOCO-TV, Tulsa World
Tennessee
WPLN-FM | Bill Requiring Mortuary Services For Aborted Fetuses Passes Tennessee House | Chas Sisk
Nashville Scene | Abortion Burial Bill Passes the House | Stephen Elliott
LGBTQ
NBC | Nearly a third of young gay people have attempted suicide, study finds | Dan Avery
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser | Transgender youth, advocates urge rejection of bill banning medical treatments | Brian Lyman
More from AP, Alabama Political Reporter
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | 2nd transgender bill gets panel OK | Rachel Herzog
Arkansas Times | Health Hazard II: Arkansas legislature and transgender children | Max Brantley
Florida
Orlando Sentinel | Florida transgender athlete bill may be dead for the year, sponsor says | Leslie Postal
More from Los Angeles Blade, Miami Herald, Miami New Times, POLITICO, The Week, WFSU-TV, WJXT-TV, WSVN-TV
Kansas
LGBTQ Nation | Kansas governor signals she will veto bill banning transgender girls from school sports | Bil Browning
More from The Advocate
Louisiana
Metro Weekly | Louisiana governor opposes bans on trans athletes and transition-related health care for youth | John Riley
Michigan
WJIM-FM | Two Bills Push to Ban Conversion Therapy for Minors in Michigan | George McIntyre
More from WBCK-FM
Montana
Newsweek | Montana's Potential Loss of $250M in Federal Funds Leads to Amendment of Transgender Athlete Bill | Mary Ellen Cagnassola
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Public Radio | Berger Spokesperson: There Won't Be A Vote On Controversial Transgender Treatment Bill In NC Senate | Steve Harrison
More from AP, The Hill, Metro Weekly, News & Observer, Progressive Pulse, WRAL-TV
Oklahoma
Los Angeles Blade | Oklahoma House GOP passes sports for girls not trans girls | Brody Levesque
Norman Transcript | It's the wrong law, for the wrong reasons, at the wrong time | Clay Horning
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Gay News | Pa. House, Senate bills would update state’s outdated definition of marriage | John Micek
Tennessee
Instinct | Tennessee House Passes Anti-Trans Student Bathroom Bill | Devin Randall
Washington
Tacoma News Tribune | WA lawmakers OK bill to protect transgender residents’ rights | Sara Gentzler
Pregnancy & Parenting
Working Mother | Working Moms Face a New Challenge: Performance Review Season | Rebecca Gale
Hopefully you nodded appreciatively but largely ignored your employer’s nice words about flexibility and self-care.
Massachusetts
WBUR-FM | Births Dipped After First Pandemic Surge In Mass., But Impact Is Uneven | Martha Bebinger
Reproductive Health & Justice
CNN | Poor sleep nearly doubles risk of sexual dysfunction in women, study says | Sandee LaMotte
The Hill | Women turning out more than men for COVID-19 vaccines | Justine Coleman
Alabama
AL.com | Bill to combat ‘period poverty’ in Alabama receives public hearing | Ruth Smith
Arizona
AP | Arizona governor vetoes strict sex education legislation | Bob Christie
More from Arizona Daily Star, AZCentral.com
Nevada
KUNR-FM | Nevada Senate Approves Expanded Birth Control Access | Noah Glick, Isaac Hoops
Work & Money
CNBC | Women hit their peak earning years in their 40s: What does that mean for millennials sidetracked by the pandemic? | Courtney Connley
MarketWatch | Biden’s ‘American Families Plan’ is coming. What’s in it? | Rob Schroeder
Business Insider | The White House tees up a $1.5 trillion spending plan for family aid and education funding, new report says | Ben Winck
Daily Kos | Biden's next big plan will be an investment in America's families | Laura Clawson
The Nation | Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real? | Bryce Covert
The 19th | Biden administration says infrastructure package could ease economic gender inequities | Shefali Luthra
Time | Can COVID-19 Economic Recovery Prioritize Women? | Ciara Nugent
More, More, More
Ms. | No Democracy Without Black Women | Lauren Bealore, Krystal Leaphart