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Today…
is a good day. It is National Bacon Lover’s Day and Lemonade Day and Chocolate Pecan Pie Day.
And oh yes, Kamala Harris is officially our nominee for vice-president. A very good day, indeed.
DNC
Kamala Harris Tests America’s Relationship to Women in Power
Amanda Hess | The New York Times
The vice-presidential pick lifts a mirror to the would-be president, and the voters they are trying to win over.
Bitch Media | Where Kamala Harris Stands on Key Feminist Issues
Los Angeles Times | At the Democratic convention, Kamala Harris didn't need to be loud to be heard
Metro Weekly | Kamala Harris: Setting her LGBTQ record straight
Vox | Kamala Harris officially accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination and makes history
The Washington Post | Kamala Harris and the rise of the desi alpha female
BuzzFeed News | In Her Convention Speech, Hillary Clinton Asked Voters Not To "Give Up On America"
ELLE | Hillary Clinton at the 2020 DNC: 'I Wish Donald Trump Had Been a Better President'
Motherly | Sen. Elizabeth Warren: 'Childcare is part of the basic infrastructure of this nation'
The American Prospect | Women Will Decide Which Man Is Right for the Job
So don’t fuck with us, fellas.
Abortion
Abortion Opponents Just Blocked Almost All Fetal Cell Research Funded By The Government
Dan Vergano | BuzzFeed News
A Trump administration fetal tissue ethics panel voted to scrap 13 of 14 National Institutes of Health medical research proposals already approved for federal funding by scientists, according to a newly released report.
Coronavirus Could Result in 1.5 Million Unsafe Abortions Worldwide, Report Finds
Emily Mae Czachor | Newsweek
Consequences of the novel coronavirus pandemic could force at least 1.5 million more women to seek unsafe abortions worldwide, according to new estimates. The figure appeared in a Tuesday report published by Marie Stopes International (MSI), a global reproductive care organization that provides contraception and safe abortions to women in 37 countries.
CNN | International abortion rule led to lapsed health aid in some African countries, report shows
Common Dreams | With Lockdowns Cutting Off Access, Global Charity Estimates 1.5 Million Women Will Have Unsafe Abortions Amid Pandemic
Jezebel | The Other Crisis: Millions Worldwide Have Lost Access to Abortion and Contraceptives Due to COVID-19
Abortion After June Medical
Mary Ziegler | Harvard Law & Policy Review
The Supreme Court’s decision in June Medical Services v. Russo was more than a little ironic. Chief Justice Roberts’s controlling concurrence read as a celebration of stare decisis, the principle that the Court should usually defer to its past decisions. And yet Roberts upended precedent.
LGBTQ
🠲 When Surgeons Fail Their Trans Patients
Katelyn Burns | Jezebel
In the highly politicized world of gender-affirming surgery, answers about standard measures of care can be hard to find. Advocates describe a patchwork of surgical practices and “transgender centers for excellence” overseen by local hospitals and state medical boards. Offices can vary widely when it comes to patient-to-doctor ratios and what kind of specialized training a surgeon receives.
A Shared Fight: Police Brutality in the LGBTQ+ And Black Communities
David Artavia | The Advocate
Resistance to police brutality is intertwined with the Civil Rights and LGBTQ+ movements. Together, we must end it.
Report: Trump Policy Enabled Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Families
Trudy Ring | The Advocate
HHS has been systematically discriminating against LGBTQ+ families in federally supported foster care programs, according to a new report from the House Ways and Means Committee.
LGBTQ workers face extreme hurdles as the pandemic goes on
Casey Quinlan | The American Independent
Thirty percent of LGBTQ people have had their hours reduced as a result of the crisis, compared to 22% of the general population.
Trump administration appeals ruling that gay couple’s daughter is an American citizen
Bil Browning | LGBTQ Nation
Since she was born in Canada, the administration insists that the male couple's marriage isn't enough to make their daughter a citizen of the United States.
Trump proposals threaten LGBTQ asylum-seekers' hopes of refuge in U.S.
Tim Fitzsimons | NBC News
Proposed regulations could make it harder for LGBTQ people to seek asylum in the U.S. Exclusive FOIA data show nearly 4,400 people did so from 2007 to 2017.
Over 29,000 Demand Justice for Trans Women Attacked in Brutal Hate Crime
Nico Lang | them.
More than 29,000 people have signed onto a Change.org petition calling for justice for three transgender women who were attacked in Los Angeles earlier this week.
Pregnancy & Parenting
Black babies are more likely to survive when cared for by Black doctors, study finds
N'dea Yancey-Bragg | USA Today
In the United States, Black babies die at three times the rate of white newborns during their initial hospital stays, according to a peer-reviewed study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. But when Black doctors cared for Black babies, their mortality rate was cut in half.
MadameNoire.com | New Study Shows Black Newborns Are 3 Times More Likely To Die When Treated By White Doctors
New York Post | Study finds black babies are more likely to survive when cared for by black doctors
Scary Mommy | Black Newborns Are 3x More Likely To Die When Cared For By A White Doctor
Black Mothers Matter: Bringing Justice to Maternity - Now
Tricia Shimamura | Gotham Gazette
Creating a more just and equitable city demands the active dismantling of systemic racism that is ingrained within other social structures that govern our lives, including law enforcement, health care, housing, and education. It also requires the commitment of decision-makers at every level to value the lives of women of color, particularly when they are most vulnerable: pregnancy and childbirth.
COVID-19 Is Complicating Pregnancies. This Black Midwife Has a Plan for That.
Abbie Synan | Rewire.News
Midwives have seen an interest in their services during the pandemic as pregnant people consider deliveries outside a hospital.
New Mothers, Let’s Talk About Professional Identity Crisis
Janna Koretz | Harvard Business Review
Parenthood changes you. The roles you used to play, the identities you used to claim — lawyer, dog lover, spin enthusiast — all come second to your new responsibilities. For some, this rearrangement of priorities can lead to a crisis of identity. This is especially true for women, who for both social and neurological reasons tend to feel the split demands of home and work most acutely.
Pandemic Parenting
‘I’m Only One Human Being’: Parents Brace for a Go-It-Alone School Year
Claire Cain Miller | New York Times
Just one in five families will have any sort of in-person help, a new survey finds, and parents are feeling stressed and stranded.
Feeling stressed and stranded because hi, we are stressed and stranded.
How To Talk About Covid-19 Back To School Without Tension
Catherine Pearson | HuffPost
Despite some people's very strong opinions, there actually are no "rights" or "wrongs" right now.
Cincinnati Enquirer | Child care the underpinning for our economic recovery
Cincinnati Enquirer | Virus has exposed broken, underfunded child care system
Scary Mommy | I’m Sick Of All The ‘White-Collar Opinions’ On The School Reopening Debate
For working parents in the pandemic, a survey finds dads have it easier than moms
Issie Lapowsky | Protocol
A new survey found that working moms were less likely than dads to get promotions and raises and more likely to report that remote work hurt their careers.
Reproductive Health & Justice
🠲 Justices will hear argument in ACA case one week after Election Day
Amy Howe | SCOTUSblog
The Supreme Court released the calendar for the November argument session, which will include the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act and a clash between religious liberty and LGBTQ rights.
U.S. News & World Report | Supreme Court to Hear Obamacare Case After November Elections
Bayer Warned of Essure Complaint Rise Long Before Sales Halt
Edvard Pettersson, Jef Feeley | Bloomberg News
A Bayer AG official warned the company of increased government scrutiny of injuries from its Essure contraceptive implant years before it was pulled from the market, according to recently unsealed court documents.
Antibiotics can lower effectiveness of birth control pill
E.J. Mundell | United Press International (UPI)
Doctors have long suspected it, but a comprehensive new study provides more evidence that antibiotics can reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills.
Alabama
Planned Parenthood Southeast CEO says new Birmingham clinic secure, ready for protests
Greg Garrison | AL.com
Planned Parenthood Southeast CEO Staci Fox says the new clinic in Birmingham, which opened in July and will offer surgical abortions beginning this fall, was built to emphasize security and is ready to protect patients from potential threats.
Illinois
Trump Title X gag rule chokes off health care
Ted Cox | One Illinois
A year after President Trump’s controversial Title X gag rule took effect, six counties in central Illinois are without a health-care provider under the longtime, low-income program — including the state capital’s Sangamon County. That’s according to Planned Parenthood Illinois, previously the state’s largest Title X health-care provider.
Work & Money
Chipotle managers refused nursing mom pumping breaks, class action suit alleges
Lisa Burden | HR Dive
The managers at an Arizona Chipotle violated federal law when they refused a worker's request to pump breast milk during her shifts, according to a proposed class action complaint.
Women's journal submission rates continue to fall
Colleen Flaherty | Inside Higher Ed
Female academics’ research productivity dropped off at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, which many experts have attributed to women’s outsize role in caregiving even before the pandemic. Some also blame women’s disproportionate service roles and take-up of emotional labor. Months later, journal submission rates for women have improved in some cases.
Power Outage? A Metaphor for Where U.S. Women Stand Today
Michele Weldon | Ms. Magazine
“A momentous storm recently ravaged the Midwest knocking out power in my Chicago suburban neighborhood—including my home,” writes Michele Weldon. “The status of women in the political sphere, workplace and culture in this country can be framed as a tale of power too—power won, lost and yet to be attained.”
USA TODAY owner Gannett commits to make workforce as diverse as America, add new beats on race and social justice
Nathan Bomey | USA Today
Gannett, the owner of USA TODAY and more than 260 local news operations, announced a broad initiative Thursday to make its workforce as diverse as the country by 2025 and to expand the number of journalists focused on covering issues related to race and identity, social justice and equality.
USA Today | Gannett news president: Diversity and inclusion are choices, not just words. Today we reaffirm our mission.
Postmaster DeJoy’s First Company Was Plagued By Racism, Harassment, and Abuse
Anna Merlan | VICE
Louis DeJoy spent 30 years as the CEO of New Breed, where, he says, he built the business skills needed to save the post office. Employment lawsuits show the company was repeatedly accused of racist and sexist harassment and wage theft.
More, More, More
Attorneys general seek summary judgment in ERA lawsuit
Sarah Rankin | AP
Three Democratic state AGs asked a court Wednesday to declare that the ERA is valid and part of the U.S. Constitution.
Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects Trump Pardon, Says How He Can Really Honor Her
Lee Moran | HuffPost
The museum dedicated to the memory of Susan B. Anthony has, on her behalf, declined President Donald Trump’s pardon of the late women’s suffrage leader.
Mediaite | 'Objection!': Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects Trump's Pardon of the Suffragist
Daily Camera | Editorial: Fight for women’s rights continues
100 Years of The 19th
The 19th | 'We' versus 'Me': Suffrage centennial exposes vote gap in Black and White women
The Conversation | Suffragists used hunger strikes as a powerful tool of resistance - a tactic still employed by protesters 100 years on
FiveThirtyEight | Women Won the Right to Vote 100 Years Ago. They Didn’t Start Voting Differently From Men Until 1980.
YES! Magazine | What Women’s Suffrage Owes to Indigenous Culture