Work is Hell
Today…
is National Apple Pie Day. Now, why. I want to know who handles PR for apples and why they pushed May instead of September/October. I can only assume Big Apple is paying much more than the berry people, ‘cause it just makes no sense.
is World Cocktail Day, girl, yes. On it.
Tag yourself. I’m wounded but alive.
Abortion
Mic | Inside the fight to pass the EACH Act and overturn a "blatantly racist" abortion rule | Clare Busch
National Law Journal | Clash Over Big Law Fees Follows Abortion Rights Win at US Supreme Court | Michael Scarcella
New York Times | The Anti-Abortion Movement Can’t Use This Myth Anymore | Jessica Valenti
Colorado
Out Front | Bill to Expand Abortion Access Passes | Ray Manzari
Delaware
Bay to Bay News | Abortion ultrasound bill debated in Delaware Senate committee | Matt Bittle
Missouri
Kansas City Star | Missouri bill on aborted remains hurts pro-life image, cause | Michael Ryan
Texas
Rewire News Group | This Texas City Has a Terrible New Way to Harass Abortion Providers | Caroline Reilly
The Texan | Abernathy Becomes 25th 'Sanctuary City for the Unborn' in Texas | Isaiah Mitchell
LGBTQ
Los Angeles Times | Hurting transgender kids to shore up the Republican base | LZ Granderson
Alabama
AL.com | Dwindling Alabama legislative clock could doom bill restricting transgender medical rights | John Sharp
Florida
Watermark | Florida elected officials urge DeSantis: ‘Let Kids Play’ | Ryan Williams-Jent
WDBO-FM | U.S. House passes bill designating Pulse a national memorial | Tony Marino
Louisiana
The Advocate | Louisiana House committee advances transgender sports bill -- after rejecting an identical proposal | Blake Paterson
AP | Transgender sports debate heads to the Louisiana House floor
Louisiana Illuminator | House Education passes bill that would bar transgender women from competing on women sports teams | JC Canicosa
Montana
Bozeman Daily Chronicle | Bozeman schools awaiting guidance on transgender athletes law | Liz Weber
Ohio
WOSU-TV | Proposed Ohio Transgender Athlete Ban Would End OHSAA Policy That Ensures Fairness | Jeff St. Clair
Texas
KDFW-TV | HB 1399, which would impact transgender children, unlikely to pass through Texas House | Steven Dial
KEYE-TV | Parents, lawmakers hoping clock runs out on anti-transgender bill with deadline looming | Christian Flores
More from KXAN-TV, Texas Tribune
Pregnancy & Parenting
Romper | Lately Kids Have Had A Serious PR Problem | Emma Rosenblum
The Week | The doom-loop of a falling fertility rate | Damon Linker
Illinois
Capitol News Illinois | Senate passes expansion of maternal care coverage | Raymon Troncoso
Minnesota
MinnPost | Births declined by a record amount during the COVID-19 pandemic — what that might mean for Minnesota | Ashley Hackett
Reproductive Health & Justice
Bloomberg | No Meaningful Differences in Male and Female Brains, Study Finds | Claire Suddath
Arizona
AP | Vetoed Arizona sex education bill coming back with changes | Bob Christie
AZCentral.com | After veto, Arizona lawmakers consider another sex education bill. Here's what's in it | Mary Jo Pitzl
California
Shadow Proof | Ending A Century Of Forced Sterilization In California Women's Prisons | Citlali Pizarro
Work & Money
HuffPost | ‘Pale, Male and Yale’: Can The State Department Be Fixed? | Akbar Ahmed
New York Times | California's Wine Industry Has Long Been a ‘Boys’ Club’ | Jill Cowan