I recently rewatched “Maude’s Dilemma,” which originally aired in November 1972 and feels almost entirely out of time. Some stray observations:
Maude’s daughter Carol explains “Ms.” to Florida, a grown-ass woman. Ew.
Walter fully chokes on a chicken bone and Maude just pounds on him – the Heimlich isn’t thing until 1974.
Carol: You’re 47. Most women your age have already been through menopause.
Maude: But you know me, I just haven’t had the time.
Rude. I’m 47 and I’m still the f’ing breadbasket of Europe over here. (Yeah, yeah yeah, make all the wild claims you like on your own newsletter.) Average age is 51, Carol.Carol: When you were young, abortion was a dirty word. It’s not anymore.
Presh.Carol: So you’re having a baby just to please [Walter]?
Maude: It’s only fair, look what he did to please me.
The idea of having a baby at this age? Waking nightmare.Carol: It’s as simple as going to the dentist.
*stage whisper* Celinda suggested we ixnay on the entistday, Carol.
That theme’s still a killer, though.
Abortion
SCOTUSblog | Roe v. Wade hangs in balance as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades | Amy Howe
Los Angeles Times | Please Supreme Court, do not take abortion rights away from any women, anywhere | Editorial
NPR | As the Supreme Court considers Roe v. Wade, a look at how abortion became legal | Nina Totenberg
Rewire News Group | Conservatives Assume They’ve Already Won the Big Supreme Court Abortion Case | Jessica Mason Pieklo
Vox | Supreme Court: How the Court can overrule Roe v. Wade without overruling Roe v. Wade | Ian Millhiser
Washington Post | If the Supreme Court throws out ‘Roe v. Wade,’ it will tear the country apart | Eugene Robinson
Washington Post | The Supreme Court is about to prove just how political it is | Paul Waldman
Jezebel | No, the US Isn’t an Extreme Outlier on Abortion | Susan Rinkunas
New York Times | ‘Her Heart Was Beating Too’: The Women Who Died After Abortion Bans | Sarah Wildman
California
KQED | California Prepares for Potentially Massive Surge in Out-of-State Abortion Patients | Katie Orr
San Francisco Chronicle | As abortion rights hang in the balance, East Bay doctor keeps making trips to Oklahoma clinic | Joe Garofoli
DMV
Washington Post | Long overstretched, abortion funds in D.C., Maryland and Virginia mobilize for an uncertain future | Rebecca Tan
Idaho
AP | Most Idaho abortions banned if Roe v. Wade is overturned | Keith Ridler
Ohio
The American Independent | Ohio pushes under-the-radar abortion restriction based on false claims | Lisa Needham
LGBTQ
Medium | Politico doesn’t know how to report on trans issues | Katelyn Burns
NM Political Report | How the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion rights this term could affect LGBTQ+ rights | Susan Dunlap
Florida
Orlando Sentinel | 40 states weigh in on Florida transgender school bathroom case | Jim Saunders
Illinois
Chicago Law Bulletin | Illinois Supreme court to hear Hobby Lobby transgender bathroom appeal | Grace Barbic
North Carolina
News & Observer | NC Lt. Gov. confronts Democrat after she says politicians shouldn’t attack LGBTQ constituents | Lucille Sherman
Pennsylvania
Washington Post | Pa. commissioners called LGBTQ gathering a ‘hate group’ and denied funds to library where it was to meet. So citizens stepped in. | Sydney Page
South Carolina
WSPA-TV | South Carolina’s law banning same-sex couples from domestic violence relief tools has been declared unconstitutional - but remains on the books | Braley Dodson
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Metro Nashville school board refuses to update policy under state's new transgender student-athlete ban | Meghan Mangrum
Texas
Austin American-Statesman | Move to ban 'pornographic' books in TX schools targets LGBTQ+ memoirs, novels on race | Maria Mendez
Wisconsin
Metro Weekly | Milwaukee parents sue school district for affirming child’s gender identity | Rudy Malcolm
Maternal & Reproductive Health
The Lily | Native women face high maternal mortality rates. Can Biden’s spending bill help? | Abigail Higgins
Iowa
Des Moines Register | University of Iowa will start training more midwives as rural birthing units close | Cleo Krejci
New Jersey
InsiderNJ | Democrats' Devil of a Time with the Reproductive Freedom Act | Fred Snowflack
Wisconsin
La Crosse Tribune | Bill would extend postpartum Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin to a year after birth | David Wahlberg
Work & Money
ABC | What do parents do on paid leave? This mom used data to show her maternity leave workload | Katie Kindelan
The Conversation | Women in sport are winning the fight for equal pay - slowly | Beth Clarkson, Ali Bowes, Alex Culvin
Fearless | Women-led businesses more likely to offer caregiving benefits as a result of the pandemic, survey says | Emily Kestel
Pew Trusts | Banning Hair Discrimination Emerges as Racial Justice Issue | Marsha Mercer
The Week | America is looking down the barrel of population collapse | Ryan Cooper
Colorado
Denver Post | Colorado lawmakers want to end state sales tax on menstrual products, diapers | Saja Hindi
Idaho
Idaho Education News | 'Medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome:' Boise State professor's comments on women draw fire | Kevin Richert, Sami Edge, Kyle Pfannenstiel
Idaho Statesman | Boise State professor: Don’t recruit women into engineering, medical school, law | Becca Savransky
Texas
KXAN-TV | What is a 'period tax'? Meet the Austin high schoolers challenging state fee | Kelsey Thompson
More, More, More
The 19th | Discourse on gun laws casts women as both defenders and targets | Candice Norwood