We've come a long way, baby
Today…
in 1974, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act was enacted. It’s also National Chocolate Day, so, two birds – find the biggest chunk of Ghirardelli you can and charge it, baby.
Abortion
Newsweek | One Year On, Amy Coney Barrett Is About To Play Crucial Role on Abortion | Darragh Roche
New York Times | Briefs Draw Battle Lines as Texas Abortion Law Nears Supreme Court | Adam Liptak
Florida
Tallahassee Democrat | Divided Tallahassee City Commission narrowly OKs resolution supporting abortion rights | Karl Etters
Indiana
WVPE-FM | Indiana abortion complications law takes effect after federal court decision | Brandon Smith
Missouri
McClatchy | Missouri Senate candidate McCloskey says no abortions for teen rape victims | McClatchy Washington Bureau | Jeanne Kuang
Ohio
Cleveland.com | Ohio Senate passes ‘born alive’ bill with amendment that would close abortion clinics | Laura Hancock
More from Columbus Dispatch, Statehouse News
WLWT-TV | Explaining Mason abortion ban: What to know about new ordinance | Todd Dykes
Texas
HuffPost | The Texas Abortion Ban Handed Abusers A Whole New Tool To Control Their Victims With | Alanna Vagianos
NBC | Backers of a Texas law that restricts abortion after rape say just arrest more rapists. Will that work? | Laura Strickler
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio | GOP-controlled Legislature sends abortion bills to Gov. Tony Evers who will likely veto them | Laurel White
More from AP, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Spectrum News
LGBTQ
NPR | U.S. State Department issues first passport with a nonbinary gender X option | Joe Hernandez
More from ABC, AP, Axios, CNN, LGBTQ Nation, NBC, Newsweek, New York Times, WSJ, Washington Blade, Washington Post, The Week
Mic | Are non binary people trans? | Tracey Anne Duncan
New York Times | Transgender Athletes Face Bans From Girls’ Sports in 10 U.S. States | David Chen
The 19th | Biden White House holds largest meeting with intersex advocates | Orion Rummler
Salon | The anti-trans hysteria is the 21st-century version of the Satanic panic | Amanda Marcotte
Washington Blade | Activists demand ICE release transgender, HIV-positive detainees | Michael Lavers
Pregnancy & Parenting
CNBC | Workers in these cities will get bereavement leave for pregnancy loss, including abortions | Jennifer Liu
Child Care Crisis
AP | Exacerbated by pandemic, child care crisis hampers economy | Sally Ho, Josh Boak
the Grio | ‘One paycheck away from losing everything’: Why the child care crisis is especially hard for Black mothers | Jessica Washington
Reproductive Health & Justice
Psychology Today | Yes, You Can Get Pregnant: Why You Shouldn't Skip Contraception | Temma Ehrenfeld
Thrive Global | Let’s Break Menstrual Inequality, Period | Stephanie McNally
Iowa
Iowa Public Radio | Iowa's 'contraceptive deserts' will have more access to birth control with new services | Kassidy Arena
Texas
NBC | Texas lawmaker says 850 books ranging from race to sexuality could cause 'discomfort' | Corky Siemaszko, Darren Keyes
More from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Hill, KERA-FM, LGBTQ Nation, Newsweek, Salon, San Antonio Report
Work & Money
Forbes | A Push To Fix Pay Equity Has Focused On The Median Pay Gap. A New Report Says Doing So Created An Unfair ‘Glass Floor.’ | Jena McGregor
Forbes | New “Pink Tax” Study Shows Women Pay Upwards Of $7,800 More For Car Ownership | Steve Tengler
Inc. | Want to Hire Talented People and Improve Results? Research Says Offer Paid Parental Leave | Jeff Haden
Ms. | Trickle-Up Economics: The Macroeconomic Impact of Investing in Care Work | Lenore Palladino
WPVI-TV | Women in the workforce: Burnout, child care costs drive more women to leave their jobs | Nydia Han
Paid Leave
Time | Paid Family Leave Is Out of the Democrats' Spending Bill | Abby Vesoulis
Jezebel | Joe Manchin Said Fuck Them Kids | Susan Rinkunas
More from Bloomberg, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Political Wire, U.S. News & World Report