Where does the pollen go?
Today…
is National Raisin Bran Cereal Day, no idea why but I’m okay with it.
is the birthday of Georgia O’Keefe (1887-1986) known for her “oversized, close-up paintings of flowers and landscapes.” Mm hm.
Abortion
AP | US Catholic bishops may dodge rebuke of Biden over abortion | David Crary
AP | More turn to abortion pills by mail, with legality uncertain | John Hanna
Los Angeles Times | Abortion restrictions widely punish military women| Erika King
Mother Jones | Coming to a City Near You: Students for Life’s Bus Tour Featuring Live Ultrasounds | Stephanie Mencimer
The Nation | As the Supreme Court Weighs the Future of Abortion, Women Are Already Suffering | Michele Goodwin
NPR | An issue dividing Catholics: Should abortion rights supporters be denied communion? | Sarah McCammon
Illinois
Health News Illinois | Raoul leads coalition against new Indiana abortion laws | Tim Stumm
Mississippi
Mississippi Free Press | 10 Years After Mississippians Rejected ‘Personhood,’ New National Efforts Target Abortion | Ashton Pittman
New Jersey
InsiderNJ | The Forthcoming Reversal of Roe v. Wade: A Pathway for Phil Murphy into the 2024 Democratic Presidential Sweepstakes | Alan Steinberg
New Mexico
NM Political Report | How Mariposa Fund helps undocumented people access abortions | Susan Dunlap
South Dakota
KELO-TV | S.D. panel could limit medical abortions | Bob Mercer
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Tennessee abortion waiting period law here to stay after appeals clock runs out, AG says | Mariah Timms
Texas
KUT-FM | Planned Parenthood expands services as more Texans seek reliable birth control following abortion ban | Ashley Lopez
NBC | Texas independent clinics fight to survive under restrictive abortion law | Chloe Atkins
NPR | How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest | Ashley Lopez
Texas Tribune | Texas abortion law complicates San Antonio group’s mission to help undocumented immigrants — even those raped en route to the U.S. | Bekah McNeel
Washington Post | What happens when people in Texas can’t get abortions: ‘Diapers save a lot more babies than ultrasounds’ | Casey Parks
The Texan | Anson Becomes 38th Texas Town to Outlaw Abortion | Isaiah Mitchell, Brad Johnson
LGBTQ
HealthDay | AHA News: Gay Men and Bisexual Women May Have Higher Odds for High Blood Pressure | Thor Christensen
AHA News: attraction to men is bad for your health. Can confirm.Los Angeles Blade | Transgender Awareness Week 2021 begins as community is under siege | Brody Levesque
The 19th | The word missing from the vast majority of anti-trans legislation? Transgender | Orion Rummler, Kate Sosin
USA Today | A US Army vet was rejected from multiple elder care homes. She says it's because she's transgender | Marc Ramirez
Washington Blade | WH unsure if Biden briefed on 2021 breaking record for anti-trans violence | Chris Johnson
Washington Post | A transgender woman was put in a jail cell with men and assaulted by one of them, lawsuit says | Meryl Kornfield
Book Banning, Book Burning
NPR | More Republicans try to ban books on race, LGBTQ issues. Some want them burned | Deepa Shivaram
Washington Post | Backlash to school books centering race, sex and LGBTQ people turns into conservative rallying cry | Hannah Knowles, Hannah Natanson
Florida: Los Angeles Blade | Florida school board member files criminal complaint over LGBTQ book | Brody Levesque
– More from LGBTQ NationSouth Carolina: Los Angeles Blade | South Carolina latest to join 'ban the LGBTQ+ books' effort by Republicans | Brody Levesque
– More from LGBTQ Nation, Post and Courier, WCNC-TVTexas: Houston Chronicle | Texas GOP's book hunt mostly targets LGBTQ issues, not critical race theory | Taylor Goldenstein
The American Independent | Librarians are fighting back against conservative attacks on LGBTQ books | Casey Quinlan
Virginia
LGBTQ Nation | Virginia’s governor-elect appoints several anti-LGBTQ leaders to transition team | Juwan Holmes
Pregnancy & Parenting
BBC | US women are being jailed for having miscarriages | Robin Levinson-King
Democrat and Chronicle | Redlining policies linked to pre-term births and dire maternal mortality, URMC study finds | Adria Walker
HuffPost | This Is What It's Really Like To Be 4 Weeks Postpartum | Liuba Grechen Shirley
MadameNoire | Pregnancy Test Sales And Birth Rates On The Rise Signal The Millennial Baby Boom | Natasha Decker
Nature | Homicide is a top cause of maternal death in the United States | Nidhi Subbaraman
USA Today | How Congress wants to help breastfeeding moms | Savannah Behrmann
USA Today | US premature births saw a slight decline in 2020 but experts say it's no cause for celebration | Adrianna Rodriguez
New York
BK Reader | New Report a Deep-Dive Into NYC's Problem Caring for Black Moms | Jessy Edwards
Work & Money
Fortune | The highest-ranking female official at the Pentagon is used to being the only woman in the room | Emma Hinchliffe, Nicole Goodkind
NBC | These 10 industries have had the biggest gains in closing the gender wage gap since 1995 | Eliza Siegel
New York Times | Without Parental Leave I Might Be Dead | Bess Kalb
POLITICO | How the Workplace of the Future Could Leave Women Behind | Emily Peck
Quartz | What's in Biden's plan for paid family leave? | Lila MacLellan
Salon | Women’s professional STEM societies rethink gender diversity | Teresa Carr
Maine
Bangor Daily News | The Maine Army National Guard has a sexual misconduct problem | Callie Ferguson, Josh Keefe
Massachusetts
Boston Globe | Free menstrual products combat period poverty at local colleges | Angela Yang
New Jersey
NJ.com | Feminine hygiene products are unreasonably taxed | Aleyna Kilic, Zoe Van Gelder