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It was meant as an early display of enthusiasm for Biden’s campaign, and a venue for him to interact directly with voters before he spends much of the rest of the month meeting with deep-pocketed benefactors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flurry of engagements comes before the end of the fundraising quarter at the end of the month — and Biden’s campaign finance report in July will provide the first test of Democratic donor enthusiasm for his reelection effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden, unlike former President Donald Trump and other 2024 GOP contenders, has not revealed any clues about his fundraising haul since \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-election-2024-president-democrats-trump-9c72115656855da89a41cac3f79aa65b\">declaring his candidacy\u003c/a> in April. 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In the long term, those financial choices offer little benefit, as some loans will continue to accrue interest while deferred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abby Shafroth, senior attorney and director of the Student Loan Borrowers Assistance Project at the National Consumer Law Center, said that, of the two, deferment is generally a better option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because interest generally does not accrue on direct subsidized loans, the subsidized portion of direct consolidation loans, subsidized federal Stafford loans, the subsidized portion of federal family education (FFEL) consolidation loans, and federal Perkins loans. All other federal student loans that are deferred will continue to accrue interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Forbearance allows you to postpone payments without it being held against you, but interest does accrue. 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Borrowers must prove a very hard standard of financial circumstances, called “undue hardship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That doesn’t mean people shouldn’t look into it,” Rodriguez said. “But they may not be successful at discharging their loans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For borrowers who show that level of financial strain, chances are they have other options, Rodriguez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11946600 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS34524_GettyImages-494862297-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She advises that borrowers make sure they are speaking to a bankruptcy attorney who understands student loan bankruptcy, which requires a different proceeding from other types of bankruptcy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shafroth, of the NCLC, says that new guidance on student loan bankruptcy has been coming out in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Though it is difficult to get your loans discharged through the bankruptcy process, an increasing number of borrowers are eligible to get their loans discharged that way,” she said. “A lot of people write that off as, ‘There’s no way, it’s impossible.’ But it’s increasingly possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens when a loan goes into default?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When you fall behind on a loan by 270 days — roughly nine months — the loan appears on your credit report as being in default.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At that point, it’s not just behind, it’s in collections,” Shafroth said. “That’s when you become ineligible to take out new federal student aid. A lot of people go into default because they weren’t able to complete their degree the first time. This prevents them from going back to school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a loan is in default, it’s subject to the collections processes mentioned above. That means the government can garnish wages (without a court order) to go toward paying back the loan, intercept tax refunds and seize portions of Social Security checks and other benefit payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are other options if I can’t make payments?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shafroth said that many borrowers may still be eligible to have loans canceled via a patchwork of programs outside the Biden administration’s proposed debt relief program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If your school closed before you could complete your program, you’re eligible for relief. If your school lied to you or misrepresented the outcome of what your enrolling would be, you can file a borrower defense application and request your loan be canceled on that basis,” she said. “If you have a disability, you can sometimes have your loans canceled on that basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shafroth encourages borrowers to look at the\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/\"> Federal Student Aid website\u003c/a> to see what their options might be before missing payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if my loans were in default before March 2020?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Under the Biden administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/default-fresh-start\">Fresh Start program\u003c/a>, borrowers with federal student loans who were in default before the pause have a chance to become current.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label='More Stories on Education' tag='college-students']\u003c/span>Borrowers who were in default will not be subject to collections processes or have wages garnished through about August 2024, or roughly one year after the payment freeze ends. These borrowers have also been granted permission to apply for federal student loans again, to complete degrees. Lastly, these defaulted loans are now being reported to credit bureaus as current.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, borrowers must take action if they want to stay out of default after this year-long leniency period ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To eliminate your record of default, you should contact the Education Department’s Default Resolution Group online, by phone or by mail, and ask the group to take the loans out of default via the Fresh Start policy. In four to six weeks, any record of default will be removed from your credit report, and the loans will be placed with a loan servicer. 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"content": "\u003cp>President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and resolve the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/debt-ceiling-biden-mccarthy-default-negotiations-cb0646c6301f1df97211896897df3723\">looming debt crisis\u003c/a> ahead of a June 5 deadline, McCarthy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A deal would avert a catastrophic U.S. default, but risks angering both Democrats and Republicans with the concessions made to reach it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic president and Republican speaker reached the agreement after the two spoke earlier Saturday evening by phone, said McCarthy, speaking Saturday night. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-congress-world-economy-recession-biden-52df635e9b89f4b1677176fc8d59eff0\">The country and the world\u003c/a> have been watching and waiting for a resolution to a political standoff that threatens the U.S. and global economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the outlines of a deal in place, the legislative package could be drafted and shared with lawmakers in time for votes early next week in the House and later in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11951040\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11951040\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1493515519.jpg\" alt=\"A white man in a blue suit with tie speaks to reporters.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1493515519.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1493515519-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1493515519-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1493515519-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Speaker of the House Rep. 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The White House said the Republican proposals were “cruel and senseless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also had appeared to still be laboring over a compromise on federal permitting changes that would ease regulations for developing oil, gas and renewable energy projects and foster new transmission line connections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy, who dashed out before the lunch hour Saturday and arrived back at the Capitol with a big box of takeout, declined to elaborate on those discussions. One of his negotiators, Louisiana Rep. 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The White House said the Republican proposals were “cruel and senseless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also had appeared to still be laboring over a compromise on federal permitting changes that would ease regulations for developing oil, gas and renewable energy projects and foster new transmission line connections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy, who dashed out before the lunch hour Saturday and arrived back at the Capitol with a big box of takeout, declined to elaborate on those discussions. One of his negotiators, Louisiana Rep. 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Feinstein’s 10-week absence recovering from shingles meant that the committee’s votes were tied along party lines and Democrats could not move forward with any nominees without Republican support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein’s return came after weeks of angst among Democrats and liberal advocacy groups about a backlog of nominations on the panel, even as the committee voted out several judges with bipartisan support.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11948930,news_11947049,news_11946976\"]In an unusual request, Feinstein had asked to be temporarily replaced on the panel while she remained out of the Senate. But \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/feinstein-mcconnell-judiciary-temporary-replacement-66d8a1614e962ccfb7c9252c0ccf2a96\">Republicans last month blocked a vote\u003c/a>, saying there was little precedent for a temporary committee replacement and that they didn’t want to help Democrats confirm the most partisan judges. Two weeks later, Democrats said that Feinstein would return to Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 89-year-old senator, the longest-serving Democrat in the current Senate, returned Wednesday and cast a vote on the Senate floor looking noticeably thinner and using a wheelchair. Her office said she would operate on a reduced schedule as she continues to recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Judiciary meeting Thursday, she walked to her seat on the dais, receiving a standing ovation. 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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said the nominees were part of a “small subset” of Biden’s judicial nominations who are so extreme that they “could not have a prayer of getting even a single Republican vote on this committee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz noted that South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, votes for most of Biden’s judicial picks. But Graham did not support those judges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP senators, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, had criticized the three judges for their partisan ideologies or what they said was a lack of experience and knowledge of the law. Bjelkengren was unable to answer basic questions from Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy about articles of the Constitution during her confirmation hearing earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durbin defended the nominees, including Bjelkengren’s stumbles during her questioning from Kennedy. “One response during a hearing does not negate a lifetime of service,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11949241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11949241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126.jpg\" alt=\"A seated older woman with a blue suit dress shakes hands with a smiling white man in a suit while others behind them clap their hands in a Senate judicial committee session.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Committee chair Sen. 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Feinstein, who arrived around an hour and a half after the hearing started, was not present for those votes but voiced her support once she arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All six judge nominations approved by the panel on Thursday will now move to the Senate floor for final confirmation votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with a reduced schedule, Feinstein’s return will give Democrats more room to maneuver in their narrow 49–51 majority — not only on the Judiciary panel but on the Senate floor and during the upcoming negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat on the Judiciary panel, said Feinstein’s return enables Democrats to have their full majority again. Several other senators have been absent for medical reasons this year, including Pennsylvania Sen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans railed against the three judicial nominees approved along party lines. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said the nominees were part of a “small subset” of Biden’s judicial nominations who are so extreme that they “could not have a prayer of getting even a single Republican vote on this committee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz noted that South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, votes for most of Biden’s judicial picks. But Graham did not support those judges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP senators, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, had criticized the three judges for their partisan ideologies or what they said was a lack of experience and knowledge of the law. Bjelkengren was unable to answer basic questions from Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy about articles of the Constitution during her confirmation hearing earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durbin defended the nominees, including Bjelkengren’s stumbles during her questioning from Kennedy. “One response during a hearing does not negate a lifetime of service,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11949241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11949241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126.jpg\" alt=\"A seated older woman with a blue suit dress shakes hands with a smiling white man in a suit while others behind them clap their hands in a Senate judicial committee session.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Committee chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) shakes hands with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) as she arrives and takes her seat at a business hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill May 10, 2023, in Washington, DC. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The committee approved three other federal judge nominations with bipartisan support at the beginning of the meeting. Feinstein, who arrived around an hour and a half after the hearing started, was not present for those votes but voiced her support once she arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All six judge nominations approved by the panel on Thursday will now move to the Senate floor for final confirmation votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with a reduced schedule, Feinstein’s return will give Democrats more room to maneuver in their narrow 49–51 majority — not only on the Judiciary panel but on the Senate floor and during the upcoming negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat on the Judiciary panel, said Feinstein’s return enables Democrats to have their full majority again. Several other senators have been absent for medical reasons this year, including Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat, who received treatment for clinical depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m energized and ecstatic” to move forward on Biden’s nominees and other Democratic priorities, Blumenthal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Supreme Court issued an order Friday that temporarily stays any changes to federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, put a five-day pause on the fast-moving case so the justices can decide whether lower court rulings restricting the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug, mifepristone, should be allowed to take effect in the short term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The justices are being asked at this point only to determine what parts of an April 7 ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas, as modified by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-pill-appeal-fe13d36218f1fb43590aff29b5ba4e9c\">an appellate ruling Wednesday\u003c/a>, can be enforced while the case continues. The order expires late Wednesday, suggesting the court will decide that issue by then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legal saga that has unfolded over mifepristone — one of two drugs commonly used for medication abortions in the U.S. — has caused concern in California, where access to abortion is\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11931183/californians-vote-to-protect-abortion-in-constitution\"> a constitutional right\u003c/a> under state law. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946207/california-strikes-deal-to-stockpile-abortion-pill-in-wake-of-texas-judge-ruling\">state would begin stockpiling abortion medications\u003c/a> in the event that restrictions come into effect. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/04/07/governor-newsom-statement-on-texas-judge-restricting-access-to-medication-abortion/\">The governor reiterated that abortion is still legal and accessible\u003c/a> in California as “a fundamental freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to KQED on Friday, the California Department of Public Health said it was assessing the implications of recent rulings and evaluating various options on how to ensure access to reproductive services and medications, saying it was working with “multiple departments across the California Health and Human Services Agency to ensure that individuals in California are not adversely impacted by the recent court rulings regarding the use of Mifepristone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946807\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946807\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1475601495.jpg\" alt='An African American woman with short hair speaks into a microphone surrounded by people holding signs that say \"Abortion Is Health Care\"' width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1475601495.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1475601495-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1475601495-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1475601495-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) speaks at a news conference to reintroduce the Abortion Is Health Care Everywhere Act outside the US Capitol on March 23, 2023, in Washington, DC. The bill authorizes the use of certain foreign assistance funds to provide comprehensive reproductive health care services in developing countries, including abortion services, training and equipment. \u003ccite>(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who is co-chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, said that while Alito’s decision Friday meant that mifepristone is still accessible, she warned that this access is still “under threat” pending the high court’s decision, and urged continued vigilance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to realize that this is another step toward Republicans trying to put into law a national ban on abortion,” said Lee in an interview with KQED. “My constituents are saying they’re worried, because some of these broad, really backwards types of decisions could turn the clock back on scientifically approved drugs nationwide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Congressmember added that she and her colleagues were prepared to act if legislation was needed to strengthen the FDA’s authority and prevent court decisions from undermining that authority, warning of the implications such decisions may have down the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The] FDA approves the safety and efficacy of drugs for all types of medical conditions, including Alzheimer’s,” Lee said. “So what does this say about a process that could hinder other kinds of scientific research for other types of medical conditions? That is very dangerous and people are concerned about that, in terms of the precedent setting with these decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Supreme Court finds itself immersed in a new fight involving abortion less than a year after\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-supreme-court-decision-854f60302f21c2c35129e58cf8d8a7b0\"> conservative justices reversed Roe v. Wade\u003c/a> and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden’s administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the pill, asked the justices to intervene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Friday evening that the administration continues “to stand by FDA’s evidence-based approval of mifepristone, and we will continue to support the FDA’s independent, expert authority to review, approve, and regulate a wide range of prescription drugs.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)\"]‘I think we need to realize that this is another step toward Republicans trying to put into law a national ban on abortion.’[/pullquote]She added, “The stakes of this fight could not be higher in the face of ongoing attacks on women’s health, and we will continue to fight to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lawyer for the anti-abortion doctors and medical organizations suing over mifepristone said the court’s action Friday was “standard operating procedure” and urged the justices to allow the appeals court-ordered changes to take effect by the middle of next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The type of order issued by the court Friday, an administrative stay, ordinarily is not an indication of what the justices will do going forward. It was signed by Alito because he handles emergency filings from Texas. Alito also is the author of last year’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Justice Department and Danco both warned of “regulatory chaos” and harm to women if the high court doesn’t block the lower-court rulings that had the effect of tightening FDA rules under which the drug, mifepristone, can be prescribed and dispensed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946813\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946813\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353.jpg\" alt='Protesters march holding signs that read \"Abortion Is Health Care\" with the U.S. Capitol in the backdrop.' width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. \u003ccite>(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new limits would have taken effect Saturday if the court hadn’t acted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This application concerns unprecedented lower court orders countermanding FDA’s scientific judgment and unleashing regulatory chaos by suspending the existing FDA-approved conditions of use for mifepristone,” Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer, wrote Friday, less than two days after the appellate ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration and Danco now want a more lasting order that would keep the current rules in place as long as the legal fight over mifepristone continues. As a fallback, they asked the court to take up the issue, hear arguments and decide by early summer a legal challenge to mifepristone that anti-abortion doctors and medical organizations filed last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court rarely acts so quickly to grant full review of cases before at least one appeals court has thoroughly examined the legal issues involved.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11946073,news_11946193,news_11938516\"]A ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Wednesday would prevent the pill, used in the most common abortion method, from being mailed or prescribed without an in-person visit to a doctor. It also would withdraw the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for use beyond the seventh week of pregnancy. The FDA says it’s safe through 10 weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the appeals court did not entirely withdraw FDA approval of mifepristone \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-telehealth-mifepristone-9ba8f3ce130fae246e1d87ce428b74a0\">while the fight over it continues\u003c/a>. The 5th Circuit narrowed an April 7 ruling by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/texas-judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-abortion-pill-fda-75964b777ef09593a1ad948c6cfc0237\">U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk\u003c/a>, whose far-reaching and virtually unprecedented order would have blocked FDA approval of the pill. He gave the administration a week to appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the government’s knowledge, this is the first time any court has abrogated FDA’s conditions on a drug’s approval based on a disagreement with the agency’s judgment about safety — much less done so after those conditions have been in effect for years,” Prelogar wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erin Hawley, lawyer for the challengers, said in a statement that the FDA has put politics ahead of health concerns in its actions on medication abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The 5th Circuit rightly required the agency to prioritize women’s health by restoring critical safeguards, and we’ll urge the Supreme Court to keep that accountability in place,” said Hawley, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal group that also argued to overturn Roe v. Wade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mifepristone was approved by the FDA more than two decades ago and is used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding to the uncertainty, a separate federal judge in Washington on Thursday clarified his own order from last week to make clear that the FDA is not to do anything that might block mifepristone’s availability in 17 Democrat-led states suing to keep it on the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how the FDA can comply with court orders in both cases, a situation that Prelogar described Friday as untenable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, in a statement Friday night, said the April 7 ruling out of Texas poses “an existential threat to the FDA’s authority to review and approve a wide range of drugs. If it stands, no medicine approved by the FDA would be safe from these attacks.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Elizabeth Prelogar, US solicitor general\"]‘[T]his is the first time any court has abrogated FDA’s conditions on a drug’s approval based on a disagreement with the agency’s judgment about safety — much less done so after those conditions have been in effect for years.’[/pullquote]Use of medication abortion jumped significantly after the FDA’s 2016 rule expansion, according to data gathered by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. In 2017, medication abortion accounted for 39% percent of abortions, but by 2020 it had increased to become the most common method, accounting for 53% of all abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts have said the use of medication abortion has increased since the court overturned Roe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the drug was initially approved, the FDA limited its use to up to seven weeks of pregnancy. It also required three in-person office visits: the first to administer mifepristone, the next to administer the second drug, misoprostol, and the third to address any complications. It also required a doctor’s supervision and a reporting system for any serious consequences of the drug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the appeals court’s action stands, those would again be the terms under which mifepristone could be dispensed for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the core of the Texas lawsuit is the allegation that the FDA’s initial approval of mifepristone was flawed because the agency did not adequately review safety risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mifepristone has been used by millions of women over the past 23 years. While less drastic than completely overturning the drug’s approval, the latest ruling still represents a stark challenge to the FDA’s authority overseeing how prescription drugs are used in the U.S. The ruling late Wednesday overturned multiple decisions made by FDA regulators after years of scientific review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Common side effects with mifepristone include cramping, bleeding, nausea, headache and diarrhea. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She added, “The stakes of this fight could not be higher in the face of ongoing attacks on women’s health, and we will continue to fight to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lawyer for the anti-abortion doctors and medical organizations suing over mifepristone said the court’s action Friday was “standard operating procedure” and urged the justices to allow the appeals court-ordered changes to take effect by the middle of next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The type of order issued by the court Friday, an administrative stay, ordinarily is not an indication of what the justices will do going forward. It was signed by Alito because he handles emergency filings from Texas. Alito also is the author of last year’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Justice Department and Danco both warned of “regulatory chaos” and harm to women if the high court doesn’t block the lower-court rulings that had the effect of tightening FDA rules under which the drug, mifepristone, can be prescribed and dispensed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946813\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946813\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353.jpg\" alt='Protesters march holding signs that read \"Abortion Is Health Care\" with the U.S. Capitol in the backdrop.' width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1251856353-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. \u003ccite>(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new limits would have taken effect Saturday if the court hadn’t acted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This application concerns unprecedented lower court orders countermanding FDA’s scientific judgment and unleashing regulatory chaos by suspending the existing FDA-approved conditions of use for mifepristone,” Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer, wrote Friday, less than two days after the appellate ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration and Danco now want a more lasting order that would keep the current rules in place as long as the legal fight over mifepristone continues. As a fallback, they asked the court to take up the issue, hear arguments and decide by early summer a legal challenge to mifepristone that anti-abortion doctors and medical organizations filed last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court rarely acts so quickly to grant full review of cases before at least one appeals court has thoroughly examined the legal issues involved.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But a democracy also means that people should be informed.’[/pullquote]After the speech, the broadcast will feature commentary hosted by NPR Morning Edition’s A Martínez, joined by NPR correspondents Franco Ordóñez, Claudia Grisales and Eyder Peralta and KUT’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán. In an announcement to member stations, NPR said that offering bilingual coverage could expand the information stations provide to audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian Arana, vice president of policy at the Latino Community Foundation, which funds Latino-led organizations and encourages greater political participation among Latinos in California, points out that over 67 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English, a number that has tripled in the past 40 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you look at what the State of the Union is, it’s a celebration of democracy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"storyMajorUpdateDate\">\u003cstrong>Updated December 13, 2022 at 4:36 PM ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>President Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bipartisan bill that codifies same-sex and interracial marriages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, the president spoke before a crowd of thousands gathered to celebrate the federal protections in the Respect for Marriage Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The road to this moment has been long, but those who believe in equality and justice – you never gave up,\" Biden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That long road is one Biden and the country have been on together. In 2004, just 42% of Americans said they were in support of same-sex marriage, according to \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/393197/same-sex-marriage-support-inches-new-high.aspx\">Gallup\u003c/a>. Today, it's 68%, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll to be released Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A dozen Republican senators (out of 50) and 39 Republican House members (out of 208) voted in favor of the legislation. That's far from a majority of Republicans, and it's reflective of the fact that rank-and-file Republican voters have lagged in support of same-sex marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2004, according to \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/350486/record-high-support-same-sex-marriage.aspx\">Gallup\u003c/a>, just 19% of Republicans were in favor. This week's NPR/PBS \u003cem>NewsHour\u003c/em>/Marist poll found now that number has more than doubled to 43%, but is still shy of a majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://apps.npr.org/datawrapper/AHzVD/4/?initialWidth=763&childId=responsive-embed-AHzVD&parentTitle=Same%20sex%20marriage%20bill%20will%20be%20signed%20into%20law%20by%20President%20Biden%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2022%2F12%2F13%2F1142331501%2Fbiden-to-sign-respect-for-marriage-act-reflecting-his-and-the-countrys-evolution\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A massive cultural shift on interracial marriage\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it comes to interracial marriage, the country has seen a wholesale change in public opinion and societal acceptance since 1967 when the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. 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Through the mid-'90s, Americans were still split on the subject.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by the late-'90s and early 2000s, support for interracial marriage soared and, by 2021, approval hit a sky-high 94%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 1967, just 3% of Americans were in interracial marriages, and that's up to at least 19%, as of last year, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/02/25/in-vice-president-kamala-harris-we-can-see-how-america-has-changed/\">Pew Research Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Biden's evolution on gay rights and same-sex marriage\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On almost no other issue has American public opinion shifted so dramatically so quickly. Biden, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/politics/biden-gay-rights-lgbt.html\">who has a grandchild who identifies as LGBTQ\u003c/a>, is included in that evolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1973, as a young senator, a gay rights activist confronted Biden about discriminatory federal regulations. Biden was taken aback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My gut reaction is they are security risks,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53510488/the-morning-news/\">Biden said\u003c/a> of people who were gay in the military and Civil Service, \"but I'll admit, I haven't given this much thought.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1990s, like many other senators, Biden cast a series of votes that hurt the push for gay rights — from cutting off funding from public schools that were \"\u003ca href=\"https://webarchive.loc.gov/congressional-record/20160316130607/http:/thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r103:30:./temp/~r103NHPJaT::\">encouraging or supporting homosexuality as a positive lifestyle alternative\u003c/a>\" to the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. DOMA defined marriage as between a man and a woman and blocked federal recognition of same-sex marriages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, as president, Biden rebuked the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/03/28/1089221657/dont-say-gay-florida-desantis\">Florida law that constrains teachers talking about sexual orientation or gender identity\u003c/a>, calling it \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60326418\">hateful\u003c/a>\" and vowed to \"continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And his signing of the Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday repeals DOMA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been quite the turnabout — and really it's come in the last 10 years.[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"same-sex-marriage\"]During the 2008 campaign, Biden, as former President Barack Obama's running mate, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-gaymarriage/palin-biden-agree-on-gay-rights-at-debate-idUSTRE49212F20081003\">affirmed in a vice-presidential debate\u003c/a>, \"No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a delicate line the Democrats were walking then. In 2004, the issue of same-sex marriage was a lightning rod. Anti-same-sex marriage amendments were put on various state ballots. Then-President George W. Bush backed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, and white Christian evangelicals helped Bush win reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats had moved toward the half-measure of civil unions — giving legal rights to gay couples, but, largely because of the politics, were not ready to come out fully in support of \"marriage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that changed with Biden in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As vice president, Biden got out ahead of President Obama in advocating for same-sex marriage — on national television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriage is about \"who do you love?\" Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47311900\">said on NBC's \u003cem>Meet the Press\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. \"And will you be loyal to the person you love? ... whether they're marriages of lesbians or gay men or heterosexuals.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: \"Look, I am vice president of the United States of America. The president sets the policy. I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction beyond that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/vyjYg3ZYFfQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that, Biden endeared himself to the LGBTQI+ community and pushed Obama to publicly embrace the position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Obama went on ABC's \u003cem>Good Morning America\u003c/em>, saying Biden's \"probably got a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity of spirit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Would I have preferred to have done this in my own way, in my own terms, without there being a lot of notice to everybody?\" Obama \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/obama-says-he-decided-to-support-same-sex-marriage-before-bidens-comments/2012/05/10/gIQALwLIFU_blog.html\">said\u003c/a>. \"Sure, but all's well that ends well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden's appearance came at something of an inflection point. This was in an election year and at a time when the country was still split on acceptance of same-sex marriage. Three days before he went on \u003cem>Meet the Press\u003c/em>, Gallup found 50% of Americans approved of same-sex marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afterward, support continued to rise. In June 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in the \u003cem>Obergefell \u003c/em>case that same-sex marriage is constitutionally protected by the 14th Amendment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, the White House \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/26/417731614/obama-supreme-court-ruling-on-gay-marriage-a-victory-for-america\">lit up in rainbow colors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the bill does and doesn't do\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For advocates of the Respect for Marriage Act and the White House, Tuesday \u003cstrong>was \u003c/strong>a big day. But the bill's potential impact is limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No, I am not celebrating,\" Jim Obergefell, of the \u003cem>Obergefell \u003c/em>case that won the right to same-sex marriage, said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/11/30/senate-same-sex-marriage-bill-obergefell-sot-cnnt-vpx.cnn\">CNN\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This bill does not guarantee the right to marry. It makes it so that other states have to recognize same-sex marriages across state lines and that same-sex couples are entitled to the same federal benefits of any other married couple, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-respect-for-marriage-act\">Social Security survivor benefits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will say I'm happy that at least something has been done, something that we will have to fall back on should the Supreme Court overturn \u003cem>Obergefell\u003c/em> in the future, but this act, I find it curious that it's called the Respect for Marriage Act because this act does not respect LGBTQ+ community, our marriages, our relationships or our families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because, though the bill attempts to buttress key Supreme Court decisions, it does nothing to prevent same-sex marriages from becoming illegal again in states that might oppose them if the Supreme Court decides to overturn \u003cem>Obergefell\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for its overturning was the impetus for passing the Respect for Marriage Act in the first place. 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The Respect for Marriage Act wouldn't change that, but it requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and federally recognizes these marriages.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/rfma-state-laws-20221130/?initialWidth=763&childId=responsive-embed-rfma-state-laws-20221130&parentTitle=Same%20sex%20marriage%20bill%20will%20be%20signed%20into%20law%20by%20President%20Biden%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2022%2F12%2F13%2F1142331501%2Fbiden-to-sign-respect-for-marriage-act-reflecting-his-and-the-countrys-evolution\" width=\"800\" height=\"880\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But others see this as an important step to be celebrated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We saw after the \u003cem>Dobbs\u003c/em> decision, that in so many ways, too many of our rights are just one Supreme Court decision from being lost,\" Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/12/12/1142320308/hrc-president-reacts-to-respect-for-marriage-act-ahead-of-signing\">told NPR's \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Monday. \"As a queer woman, as a queer woman of color in this country, who's married, I was worried that at some point that the courts would also invalidate my marriage. 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I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction beyond that.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/vyjYg3ZYFfQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/vyjYg3ZYFfQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>With that, Biden endeared himself to the LGBTQI+ community and pushed Obama to publicly embrace the position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Obama went on ABC's \u003cem>Good Morning America\u003c/em>, saying Biden's \"probably got a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity of spirit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Would I have preferred to have done this in my own way, in my own terms, without there being a lot of notice to everybody?\" Obama \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/obama-says-he-decided-to-support-same-sex-marriage-before-bidens-comments/2012/05/10/gIQALwLIFU_blog.html\">said\u003c/a>. \"Sure, but all's well that ends well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden's appearance came at something of an inflection point. This was in an election year and at a time when the country was still split on acceptance of same-sex marriage. Three days before he went on \u003cem>Meet the Press\u003c/em>, Gallup found 50% of Americans approved of same-sex marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afterward, support continued to rise. In June 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in the \u003cem>Obergefell \u003c/em>case that same-sex marriage is constitutionally protected by the 14th Amendment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, the White House \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/26/417731614/obama-supreme-court-ruling-on-gay-marriage-a-victory-for-america\">lit up in rainbow colors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the bill does and doesn't do\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For advocates of the Respect for Marriage Act and the White House, Tuesday \u003cstrong>was \u003c/strong>a big day. But the bill's potential impact is limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No, I am not celebrating,\" Jim Obergefell, of the \u003cem>Obergefell \u003c/em>case that won the right to same-sex marriage, said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/11/30/senate-same-sex-marriage-bill-obergefell-sot-cnnt-vpx.cnn\">CNN\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This bill does not guarantee the right to marry. It makes it so that other states have to recognize same-sex marriages across state lines and that same-sex couples are entitled to the same federal benefits of any other married couple, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-respect-for-marriage-act\">Social Security survivor benefits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will say I'm happy that at least something has been done, something that we will have to fall back on should the Supreme Court overturn \u003cem>Obergefell\u003c/em> in the future, but this act, I find it curious that it's called the Respect for Marriage Act because this act does not respect LGBTQ+ community, our marriages, our relationships or our families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because, though the bill attempts to buttress key Supreme Court decisions, it does nothing to prevent same-sex marriages from becoming illegal again in states that might oppose them if the Supreme Court decides to overturn \u003cem>Obergefell\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for its overturning was the impetus for passing the Respect for Marriage Act in the first place. In the \u003cem>Dobbs\u003c/em> decision, which overturned the right to an abortion earlier this year, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/1102305878/supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade-decision-overturn\">should reconsider\u003c/a>\" decisions that legalized same-sex marriage and even protected the rights of married people to have access to contraception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/1140808263/what-does-the-respect-for-marriage-act-do-the-answer-will-vary-by-state\">As NPR has reported\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"If the Court were to overturn \u003cem>Obergefell\u003c/em>, the legality of same-sex marriages would revert to state law — and the majority of states would prohibit it. 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I think what is really smart about this move is (that) on a popular issue that Americans broadly support, a lot of governors are being forced to take a position on this issue, knowing (it) is broadly popular — in California in particular.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-pm-slice='2 2 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",null]'>\u003cspan data-pm-slice='1 1 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",null,\"paragraph\",{\"id\":\"p8-0\"}]'>California is ahead of many other states in its effort to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11728824/san-francisco-will-wipe-away-more-than-9300-marijuana-convictions\">expunge records\u003c/a> and pardon minor cannabis crimes, but Jain says there’s still a lot of work to do. He adds that Biden’s pardon could give Gov. 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Yet because we operate in siloed state markets, California produces many times more cannabis than there is demand for within its own borders, and that creates \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11901878/californias-marijuana-economy-threatened-by-growing-illegal-market\">a massive illicit market\u003c/a>. So California stands to benefit tremendously from a rational national marketplace for cannabis. So more than any other state, California has a stake in the eventual rescheduling and descheduling of cannabis, which will likely take many years. 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(So) I think it’s critical that we schedule cannabis in order to really properly finally recognize the medical utility that we have known it has had for generations, but (which) we have denied in the name of politics,” said Jain.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dangers of complacency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, California continues to face significant challenges, and while Biden’s federal cannabis pardon may be a good first step, there remain serious hurdles for the cannabis industry in California. Jain lists complacency, taxation and the inability of cannabis businesses to access the federal banking system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cannabis companies can’t claim any federal tax deduction, so they pay a 70% or 80% effective tax rate. Even Apple would not be profitable if it could not claim federal tax deduction. 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And so although there may be risks, there is nothing more unsustainable than the current state of affairs in which it is impossible really to run a profitable legal cannabis business in the United States and where it is much more profitable to run an illegal business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California legalized recreational cannabis in 2016, promising to create the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-08/a-series-on-the-fallout-of-legal-weed-in-california\">largest legal weed market in the world.\u003c/a>” Legalization promised to generate millions of new tax dollars and lure marijuana farmers and sellers away from the illegal market. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11769837/california-says-its-cannabis-revenue-has-fallen-short-of-estimates-despite-gains\">That didn’t happen\u003c/a> as planned. 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