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Today…
in 1976, Representative Henry Hyde Illinois introduced an amendment to the (then-named) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare appropriations bill.
And for planning purposes…
The Supreme Court added an opinion day tomorrow. Ian @ Vox has a quick run-down of some of the big cases still out there. Lauren Kelley was spot-on (as is her way) about the struggle to focus on the abortion decision coming, and that’s an abortion decision – even fewer are talking about the birth control or religious discrimination in hiring cases.
Oh, and why the 🠲 next to a few headlines? Just flagging pieces I particularly liked. Entirely subjective. Write even a half-decent column on frazzled single parents, you have my attention.
Abortion
Is The Constitutional Right to Choose Abortion Doomed?
Ed Kilgore | New York Magazine
As spring turns to summer, the calendar is finally beginning to release us from the grip of the U.S. Supreme Court’s sadistic habit of saving its most consequential decisions for the end of the term.
I might’ve flagged this one, but alas, I’ve hit my paywall limit for New York Magazine.
Georgia
One year after Georgia's abortion ban, the Supreme Court tackles crisis of access
Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick | The Atlanta Voice
Even though the Supreme Court is weighing on a law coming from Louisiana, abortion restrictions and massive, systemic barriers to care pose a nationwide problem — and one that Georgians have been struggling with for years.
Mississippi
Mississippi bill would ban abortion for race, sex, genetics
Emily Wagster Pettus | AP
Gov. Tate Reeves is expected to sign a bill that would ban abortion based on the race, sex or genetic anomalies of a fetus, possibly setting up another lawsuit by abortion-rights groups in a state that already has some of the strictest laws in the U.S. The state House voted 91-25 Tuesday to pass the final version of the bill, which cleared the Senate by a wide margin last week
WJTV-TV (Jackson, MS) | Mississippi lawmakers pass bill to ban abortion based on race, sex, genetics
Tennessee
Tennessee abortion ban: Planned Parenthood, providers ask judge to halt implementation
Mariah Timms | The Tennessean
Tennessee abortion providers have asked a judge for a temporary restraining order that would stop the state from implementing strict new abortion restrictions recently passed by the legislature. The bill, part of Lee's legislative agenda that was largely abandoned earlier this spring amid the coronavirus pandemic, found new life through last-minute budget negotiations between the House and Senate on Thursday.
Colorlines | Tennessee Passes Draconian Abortion Law During Coronavirus Pandemic
WVLT-TV (Knoxville, TN) | Gov. Bill Lee says he will “continue to fight for the unborn”
LGBTQ
🠲 Sex Does Not Mean Gender. Equating Them Erases Trans Lives.
Devin Bunten | New York Times
Embracing the experiences of trans people means leaving old vocabularies behind.
Why police often single out trans people for violence
Katelyn Burns | Vox
Layleen Polanco’s death is not just a story about the prison system’s neglect of trans people, especially trans women of color. Hers is a story of how the criminal justice system ensnares trans people and ultimately enacts violence against them.
'I Was Surprised' With LGBTQ Ruling Since SCOTUS Is 'Supposed to Be in Our Favor'
David Badash | New Civil Rights Movement
President Donald Trump says he was “surprised” with last week’s historic Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ workers’ civil rights, suggesting he was “supposed” to win. Trump made clear he viewed the decision as a loss, given that, he says, the nation’s highest court is supposed to “favor” him.
USA Today | Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ discrimination points to faith leaders' divide over gay rights
Health care rights for transgender patients in flux due to Trump administration rule change
Arielle Dreher | Spokesman-Review
HHS scrapped earlier this month an Obama-era rule that protected health care rights for members of the LGBTQ community. The change will likely have an especially strong effect on transgender men and women. The rule change affects Section 1557 of the ACA, which prohibits covered health programs or activities from discriminating on several grounds, including “sex.”
Zillow Now Displays LGBT Non-Discrimination Laws on All Homes
Susanne Dwyer | RISMedia
Zillow unveiled LGBT Local Legal Protections, a data-powered resource to help people see whether for-sale and rental listings are in communities where state and local regulations explicitly protect individuals who identify as LGBT from discrimination.
Title IX
Post-SCOTUS Ruling, We Must Still Fight for LGBTQ Title IX Protections
Ose Arheghan | The Advocate
Amidst a global health pandemic and the onslaught of racist, violent attacks against Black people at the hands of the state, the Department of Education continues to quietly chip away at students’ rights.
School Bathroom, Sports Battles Loom Αfter Supreme Court Ruling
Andrew Kreighbaum, Erin Mulvaney | Bloomberg Law News
Transgender students stand to gain leverage in lawsuits over access to bathrooms and participation in school sports following last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on LGBT workers’ rights.
The battle over Title IX and who gets to be a woman in sports -- inside the raging national debate
Katie Barnes | ESPN
In May 2016, President Obama issued guidance on transgender inclusion in schools. Nine months later, the Trump administration rescinded the guidance. Now the national debate centers on five high school girls in suburban Connecticut.
California
California Bans State-Sponsored Travel to Idaho Over Anti-Trans Law
Nico Lang | them.
California is banning all state-sponsored travel to Idaho over a pair of anti-trans laws passed earlier this year.
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court’s gender-identity ruling reaffirms importance of Ohio Fairness Act
Sen. Nickie Antonio | Cleveland.com
Ohio is one of those 27 states without LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections, and I believe that, in spite of the court’s decision, we still have work to do through the legislative process. The recent ruling reaffirms that passing the Ohio Fairness Act is the right thing to do and that this is the time to do it.
Pregnancy & Parenting
🠲 School’s Out. Parental Burnout Isn’t Going Away.
Jessica Grose | New York Times
My colleague Farhad Manjoo wrote a piece about how parents were burning out in April. Now it’s June. And the stress and exhaustion are not going away. Finding summer child-care coverage has always been difficult and expensive, making it out of reach for many families. But this summer, that juggle feels impossible.
New York Times | Burnt-Out Parents Brace for a Cruel Summer
Reproductive Health & Justice
Officials Seek To Shift Resources Away From Policing To Address Black ‘Public Health Crisis’
Anna Almendrala | California Healthline
Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on communities of color, as well as the killing of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police, cities and counties are calling for more funding for health care and other public services, sometimes at the expense of the police budget.
Periods Are a Source of Abuse for Protesters in Police Custody
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf | Newsweek
A growing cadre of activists have long advocated the importance for public policy that acknowledges the needs of—and ensures equitable treatment for—people who menstruate, especially those who are most vulnerable. Policing is surely the next arena that must heed the call for menstrual equity.
Pompeo’s Human Rights Panel Could Hurt L.G.B.T. and Women’s Rights, Critics Say
Pranshu Verma | New York Times
Inside the State Department, the definition of human rights is up for debate. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, an evangelical Christian, created a commission last July to provide a new vision for human rights policy that would more closely align with the “nation’s founding principles” and uphold religious freedom as America’s most fundamental value.
Women, Babies at Risk as COVID-19 Disrupts Health Services, World Bank Warns
Kate Kelland | U.S. News & World Report
Millions of women and children in poor countries are at risk because the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting health services they rely on, from neonatal and maternity care to immunisations and contraception, a World Bank global health expert has warned.
Work & Money
Judge denies American women's soccer immediate appeal
Ronald Blum | AP
A federal judge has denied a request by American women’s soccer players to allow an immediate appeal of his decision to throw out their claim of unequal pay against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
Anti-racist training is suddenly in demand. Here's how to make sure it leads to real change.
Rebecca Ruiz | Mashable
"The thing I've noticed is that white privilege is still showing up in this moment. You have to co-create and you have to let your Black employees lead you on this, and sit back and listen."
The Everymom | From Ally to Accomplice: How to Support Black Women at Work
Salary History Bans Reduce Racial And Gender Wage Gaps
Shahar Ziv | Forbes
Here is one immediate step that every CEO and every company can take immediately to help close the racial, as well as the gender, pay gap: institute salary history bans.
🠲 A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists
Wesley Lowery | New York Times
The failure of the mainstream press to accurately cover black communities is intrinsically linked with its failure to employ, retain and listen to black people.
Head of NY Planned Parenthood, Laura McQuade, Ousted After Staff Complaints
Sharon Otterman | New York Times
Facing mounting complaints about abusive behavior and unfair treatment of black staff members, the chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, Laura McQuade, has been ousted from her job.
Calls Rise Inside Amazon to Address Racial Inequity
Karen Weise | New York Times
The concerns among employees have generated an unusual degree of turmoil inside the tech giant. More than a quarter of the company’s U.S. employees are black, the majority of whom work in its fulfillment operations.
Bad Romance
Constance Grady | Vox
Romance was one of the sexiest and most lucrative genres in publishing, and it had an ugly secret. Then its writers started speaking up.
More, More, More
Georgia
Hate Crimes Bill Passes Out Of Georgia Legislature
Beau Evans | Capital Beat News Service
Georgia lawmakers reached across the aisle Tuesday to pass a contentious hate-crimes bill that aims to protect people in the Peach State from acts of violence or property damage perpetrated because of the victim’s race, sex or gender.
New York
The Fight For Gender Equality On The New York Ballot Is Just Getting Started
Elly Belle | Refinery29
As uprisings around Black Lives Matter protests continue to span the country, there's a renewed interest in electoral politics and local change. Whether this is defunding the police or fighting for Black transgender lives, there's a clear shift in attention toward voting locally. This Pride Month, gender equality and gender justice has never been more pressing — right down to the ballot itself.
P.S. Would have been a solid 15 minutes earlier getting this out except a) I thought it was Tuesday, and b) Bananarama.