Today is the birthday of singer, songwriter and Ohioan Tracy Chapman (1964– )
Can’t chat, have actual in-person meeting this morning, and I’m not at all sure I know how this works anymore. The first time I ventured out after quarantine in January, I tied my shoes too tight and didn’t know what to do with my arms. What do I wear, how do I sit…
Abortion
The American Independent | As some states pass stricter abortion bans, others plan for influx of more patients | Lisa Needham
Daily Kos | Blue states, providers try to create abortion refuges and stay one step ahead of Trump-packed SCOTUS | Joan McCarter
HuffPost | Biden’s Budget Would Scrap Decades-Old Rule And Permit Federal Funding Of Abortions | Alanna Vagianos
News @ Northeastern | What’s changed since abortion rights were last before the Supreme Court? | Tanner Stening
NPR | As medication abortion becomes dominant, red states restrict pills | Sarah McCammon
Vox | The FDA made mail-order abortion pills legal. Access is still a nightmare. | Julia Craven
Arizona
KJZZ-FM | The Arizona Legislature banned abortion after 15 weeks. Now what? | Kathy Ritchie
California
New York Times | California Hopes to Balance Legislation From Conservative States | Soumya Karlamangla
Connecticut
CT News Junkie | Bracing for the End of the Roe Era | Susan Bigelow
Florida
News Service Florida | Delay in Abortion Waiting Period Sought | Jim Saunders
Kentucky
Reuters | Kentucky Senate passes abortion restrictions, including 15-week ban | Gabriella Borter
More from AP, The Courier-Journal, WUKY-FM
Maryland
Capital News Service | Maryland bill for expanded abortion access awaits governor’s signature | Logan Hill
More from AP, Maryland Matters, Washington Post
Missouri
AP | GOP-led Missouri House votes to defund Planned Parenthood
Missouri Independent | Missouri House blocks effort to limit access to out-of-state abortions | Tessa Weinberg
Kansas City Star | Missouri House sidesteps allowing lawsuits over helping women get abortions out of state | Jonathan Shorman
New Hampshire
Seacoastonline | Reps should support bill undoing some of the worst parts of NH abortion law | Josie Pinto, Rep. Amanda Toll
North Carolina
NC Policy Watch | What’s really “wrong” when it comes to Mark Robinson and abortion | Rob Schofield
WTSB-AM | Conservatives Rally Around Mark Robinson After Abortion Revelations | David Larson
Oklahoma
The 19th | Oklahoma was key to abortion access for Texans. Now, the state could ban the procedure entirely. | Shefali Luthra
South Carolina
Post and Courier | SC lawmakers advance legislation pushing unproven 'abortion reversal' procedure | Nick Reynolds
Texas
State of Reform | Abortion advocates in Texas fighting uphill battle on multiple fronts | Boram Kim
Texas Tribune | Abortion nonprofits say Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain defamed them in “cease-and-desist” letter | Eleanor Klibanoff
The Texas Signal | Death Penalties for Abortions and The Ultra-Rightwing Runoff in Texas | Jessica Montoya Coggins
The Texan | Lindale, Texas Bans Abortion Locally After Rejecting Proposal in 2020 | Isaiah Mitchell
Health & Justice
Bloomberg Law | Order Blocking Transgender Care Rule Improper, HHS Tells Court | Mary Anne Pazanowski
The Cut | How Emergency-Room Nurses and Doctors Identify Trafficking | Magdalena Puniewska
Jezebel | With $1,000 a Month, Low-Income Black Moms Get a Chance to Dream | Kylie Cheung
National Geographic | To save lives, midwives mix Mayan heritage with Western medicine | Megan Janetsky
Quartz | Vasectomy rates suggest it’s not likely that men would take a birth control pill | Annalisa Merelli
Rewire News Group | What We Lose in the Endo Community When the Most Privileged Voices Are the Loudest | Caroline Reilly
Teen Vogue | Women in Labor History, From the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire to Today | Kim Kelly
Yahoo Finance | 'FemTech' is booming as companies see women as health-care decision makers | Anjalee Khemlani
Colorado
The Colorado Sun | Critics say bill to give physician assistants more freedom defeated with help of well-funded medical lobbyists | Shannon Najmabadi
Connecticut
WSHU-FM | Advocates push a Connecticut bill they say would reduce 'period poverty' for low-income women | J.D. Allen, Isabel Haglund
Delaware
Delaware Today | Healthy Women, Healthy Babies Supports Delaware Women | Laura Kurz
Louisiana
WWNO-FM | As Gulf South lawmakers fight over Medicaid, new moms weigh-in: ‘Safety nets do save lives’ | Shalina Chatlani
Michigan
MLive | Birth rates fell during the pandemic, but possibly not for low-income women | Rose White
Mississippi
Mississippi Today | Extended Medicaid coverage for new moms still possible in Mississippi | Isabelle Taft
South Carolina
WOLO-TV | SC Dept of Health & Human Services extending Medicaid coverage for new and expecting mothers | Mike Olson