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Today…
is the birthday of Margaret Foley (1875-1957), a labor organizer and suffragist who was nicknamed the “Hecker-In-Chief” by a journalist – #goals – for her habit of confronting anti-suffrage speakers. In 1910, she took to a hot air balloon, making a solo flight while tossing suffrage literature over Lawrence, Massachusetts.
That’s her:
Abortion
CNN | Supreme Court conservatives want to topple abortion rights -- but can't agree on how | Joan Biskupic
The New Republic | Conservatives Tried to Use the Pandemic to Crush Abortion Access. Abortion Funds Fought Back. | Annie Geng
Arkansas
AP | Arkansas abortion bill would require rape, incest reports | Andrew DeMillo
Associated Press
Alabama
Alabama Political Reporter | House passes "born alive" abortion bill | Eddie Burkhalter
More from AL.com, Montgomery Advertiser
Montana
Missoulian | 'Personhood' amendment gets support in Montana House | Holly Michels
Montana Public Radio | Montana Lawmakers Advance Bill To Ban All Abortion | Shaylee Ragar
Texas
San Antonio Current | Language in Texas anti-abortion bill intended to make it harder to be overturned by courts | Sanford Nowlin
Texas Tribune | Texas lawmakers push bill to make it easier to sue abortion providers and harder for new anti-abortion laws to be blocked by courts | Shannon Najmabadi
Wyoming
Wyoming Public Radio | House Committee Advances Several Bills Limiting Women's Ability To Have Abortions | Catherine Wheeler
Wyoming Public Radio | Senate Moves Forward With Bill To Outlaw Chemically-Induced Abortions | Catherine Wheeler
LGBTQ
The Advocate | 2 More Anti-Trans Bills Advance: 'Alpha Males Must Defend Our Ladies' | Trudy Ring
The Hill | GOP looks to measures barring trans athletes to rally voters | Julia Manchester
LGBTQ Nation | 70% of voters support the Equality Act even as Senate Republicans try to stop it | Alex Bollinger
NPR | Wave Of New Bills Say Trans Athletes Have An Unfair Edge. What Does The Science Show? | Tinbete Ermyas
Washington Post | The latest form of transphobia: Saying lesbians are going extinct | Lynne Stahl
Alabama
Yellowhammer News | Alabama House passes bill requiring student athletes compete in sports according to their birth gender | Henry Thornton, Sean Ross
More from Alabama Political Reporter, AP, Montgomery Advertiser, UPI
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Transgender-athlete ban sent for state House vote | Rachel Herzog
AP | Arkansas lawmakers approve conscience objections for doctors | Andrew DeMillo
Florida
Miami Herald | Florida House panel advances transgender bill that would affect women’s sports | Dara Kam
Maryland
WMDT-TV Maryland bill could establish LGBTQ Affairs Commission | Anissa Lopez
Montana
AP | Montana Senate advances bills targeting transgender youth | Iris Samuels
South Carolina
The Advocate | Democratic Politician Is Architect of South Carolina Anti-Trans Bill | Mey Rude
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Will Gov. Kristi Noem sign South Dakota's transgender bill? She doesn't know yet. | Joe Sneve
South Dakota Public Broadcasting | Transgender Bill Could Cost South Dakota Millions, Sports Authority Leader Says | Seth Tupper
South Dakota Public Broadcasting | Women's Sports Progress From Title IX Used To Turn Away Transgender Girl Athletes | Lee Strubinger
Tennessee
WKMS-FM | Tennessee Lawmakers Debate Ban On Treatment For Transgender Teens | Chas Sisk , Kendall Crawford
Memphis Flyer | Anti-Transgender Bills “Crushing,” “Unconscionable” | Toby Sells
More from The Tennessean, WJHL-TV
Pregnancy & Parenting
Mother Jones | The real reason Black parents aren't joining the push to reopen schools | Melinda Anderson
Reproductive Health & Justice
The Guardian | 'A specific kind of racism': Atlanta shootings fuel fears over anti-sex-work ideology | Marie Solis
The Lily | The shootings are not surprising — if you’ve been paying attention, Asian American women say | Caroline Kitchener
Ms. | Five Ways to Address Male Supremacist Violence | Alex DiBranco, Megan Kelly, Julia DeCook
MSNBC | The case for talking about 'femicide' in the U.S. | Hayes Brown
NBC | Despite some gains, violence against women remains a global 'pandemic' | Alicia Lozano
Title X
The Hill | Biden administration to undo Trump changes to federal family planning program | Nathaniel Weixel
POLITICO | Biden administration to rewrite family planning program rules | Alice Ollstein
VAWA
Daily Kos | Most House Republicans reject Violence Against Women Act over guns and LGBTQ protections | Laura Clawson
LGBTQ Nation | Republicans argued the Equality Act hurts women & then voted against women’s rights bills | Alex Bollinger
The Mary Sue | 172 Republican Voted Against Renewing The Violence Against Women Act | Jessica Mason
Metro Weekly | House approves grant program for LGBTQ domestic violence victims as part of Violence Against Women Act | John Riley
Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette | No-prescription birth-control bill goes to governor | Michael R. Wickline
KUAF-FM | Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Pharmacists To Prescribe And Dispense Birth Control | Sarah Kellogg
Illinois
Peoria Public Radio | Mandatory Sex Education Bill Advances In Illinois House
| Christine Hatfield
Work & Money
AP | Alexi McCammond parts ways with Teen Vogue over past tweets | Leanne Italie
More from CBS, Forbes, The Hill, Womens’s Wear Daily
Flatland | Low wages, risky jobs put LGBTQ+ People, BIPOC and Women in the Line of Fire | Vicky Diaz-Camacho
Forbes | Paternity Leave Helps Women, Men And Businesses-But Its Adoption Isn’t Equitable | Christian Kreznar
New York Times | Pay Discrimination Suit Against Disney Adds Pay Secrecy Claim | Brooks Barnes
USA Today | 'The impossible choice': Without paid leave, people of color often must choose between a paycheck and caregiving | Charisse Jones
New Jersey
NJToday | Supreme Court protects pregnant workers | Amanda Rapace
North Dakota
Devils Lake Journal | Paid family leave study bill fails in Senate | Alexandra Kautzman
South Carolina
The State | Bill to give SC state employees paid parental leave sent to House floor | Joseph Bustos
More, More, More
The Week | The lies women internalize about the police | Jeva Lange