Good morning! Three states are pushing to restrict abortion pill access, Hailey Bieber's beauty brand expects to do more than $100 million in revenue this year, and here are the highlights from Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit.
- Power play. Hello! It's been a thrilling week on the ground at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. To those of you who joined us in Laguna Niguel, Calif., thank you for being there. It was a pleasure to spend time with you and hear about your incredible work, from the biggest companies to early-stage startups to women making a difference outside of business.
We've already shared some of the highlights in this newsletter—from Lizzo and Cameron Diaz and Katherine Power's Avaline to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and GM chief Marry Barra.
Before we finish the week, here's what else we learned in Laguna:
Every Mother Counts founder Christy Turlington Burns and Moms First founder Reshma Saujani (who has a new podcast for women in midlife!) dived into the ways policy failures around childcare and maternal health are crushing working parents.
Fannie Mae CEO Priscilla Almodovár says a "confidence gap" is limiting women's potential as homeowners.
Fearless Fund founder Arian Simone and Hello Alice cofounder Elizabeth Gore were united when both their businesses were sued in anti-affirmative action lawsuits funded by Stephen Miller's America First. The two women (and their businesses) made it through those trials and urge companies not to abandon DEI—even if that means calling those efforts something else within a P&L.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director Kathi Vidal is developing AI policy for the Biden-Harris administration, and she has one issue with Tesla: its technology identifies all pedestrians as white men.
Artemis Patrick, CEO for Sephora North America, says the beauty retailer is at the center of trends on TikTok and Instagram on purpose—and it takes strategy.
WNBA legend and current Seattle Storm co-owner Sue Bird says that athletes are great hires for businesses, thanks to skills like teamwork and perseverance.
Halle Berry started advocating for better treatment and research for menopause after being misdiagnosed with herpes. She has a new company called Respin and has lobbied Congress for funding for menopause.
Hollywood producer Debra Martin Chase was behind classics like The Princess Diaries and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. But she almost gave up on the business after she couldn't get projects made that featured women of color.
Thanks so much for following along this year. We'll be back to our regular programming next week!
Emma Hinchliffe
emma.hinchliffe@fortune.com
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