What. a. feeling.
Today… I don’t know, it’s Friday, and I can’t think because the 14yo’s alarm has been going off for 15+ minutes. There are good celebrity birthdays: Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, Irene Cara, that’s all I got.
Enjoy a picture of Rocky.
Abortion
CBS | Citi draws ire of Texas GOP over travel benefits for workers seeking abortions | Aimee Picchi
More from Fortune, Houston Chronicle, MarketWatch, New York Times
Jezebel | You Shouldn't Have to Tell Your Boss You Need an Abortion | Susan Rinkunas
Jezebel | Violence Against Abortion Providers and Patients Is Too Normal in This Country | Caitlin Cruz
Mic | The latest transphobic laws are a natural evolution from abortion bans | Katelyn Burns
Rewire News Group | Abortion Access Is Infrastructure | Shalini Raichur
The Texas Signal | The Texas Abortion Ban Is Coming To More States | Jessica Montoya Coggins
them. | Transgender People Tell Their Abortion Stories in "Trans Bodies, Trans Choices" | Brittney McNamara
California
San Francisco Chronicle | New California bill would create a fund to aid women traveling to California for abortion care | Bob Egelko
Georgia
Georgia Voice | Concerns Over Abortion Access in Georgia: ‘This is the Most Critical Moment’ | Sukainah Abid-Kons
Idaho
HuffPost | Idaho's Proposed Abortion Ban Lets Rapists' Families Profit Off Bounties | Nick Visser
Michigan
WDET-FM | Ahead of Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, groups plan to put abortion rights on the November ballot | Russ McNamara
Missouri
The Cut | Missouri’s New Abortion Bills Are a Glimpse at Post-Roe Life | Claire Lampen
Kansas City Star | Abortion at home is a reality in Missouri and Kansas. | Natalie Wallington
Newsweek | Helping Women Pay for Abortion Would Be Illegal Under New Missouri Bill | Erin Brady
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Public Radio | Efforts to limit abortion ban knocked down by N.H. House | Alli Fam
More from AP, New Hampshire Bulletin, New Hampshire Union Leader
Oregon
Portland Mercury | Oregon Abortion Advocates Brace for Fallout Following Idaho Abortion Ban | Alex Zielinski
Tennessee
WPLN-FM | Tennessee Senate leaders try to slam the brakes on Texas-style abortion ban advancing in the House | Blake Farmer
More from AP, The Tennessean
The Tennessean | Legislature should focus on supporting Tennesseans instead of banning abortion | Nikki B Zite, Amy Alspaugh
Texas
Slate | What It Takes to Get an Abortion in Texas | Mary Harris
Washington
Forbes | Washington Enacts Law Blocking Texas-Style Abortion Ban As More States Copy Texas Law | Alison Durkee
More from AP, Axios, Idaho Statesman
MyNorthwest | Washington prepares for ‘influx of patients from Idaho’ after strengthening abortion protections | Nick Bowman
More from KNDO-TV, Tri-City Herald
Wisconsin
Daily Kos | 'I don’t care how the conception occurred': Wisconsin lawmaker advocates for no abortion exceptions | Aysha Qamar
Health & Justice
The Advocate | Violence Against Women Act Expands Services to LGBTQ+ Survivors | Trudy Ring
Jezebel | Congress Closes 'Consent Defense' Loophole That Enabled Police | Kylie Cheung
Louisiana
The Maroon | Louisiana fails women's health care | Gabriella Killett
Mississippi
POLITICO | How Three Women in a Truck Are Trying to Fix Rural Mississippi’s Health Woes | Vanessa Gregory
Nebraska
Omaha World-Herald | Budget bill advances amid debate about prison overcrowding, sex ed standards | Martha Stoddard
Rhode Island
Patch | Rhode Island Pharmacists Could Soon Prescribe Birth Control | Rachel Nunes
Texas
Texas Public Radio | Lawyers ask Texas appeals courts to immediately block investigations into gender-affirming care | Julian Aguilar
MSNBC | Texas is trying to erase trans kids by silencing their parents | Katelyn Burns
More from Mother Jones, Teen Vogue