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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:25 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Supreme Court has ruled the Biden administration overstepped its authority in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923443/student-loan-forgiveness-whos-eligible-and-how-can-you-apply\">trying to cancel or reduce student loan debt\u003c/a>, effectively killing the $400 billion plan, which would have canceled up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people. Of those, 20 million would have had their remaining student debt erased completely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#supremecourtstudentloans\">What to know about student loan repayments after the Supreme Court’s decision\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The Court’s decision means, barring an act of Congress, those Americans are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953033/student-loan-payments-resume-in-august-heres-what-it-could-cost-you\">on the hook for payments starting in October\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Biden’s response: ‘This fight isn’t over’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In response to the Supreme Court’s decision, Biden vowed to push ahead with \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-provide-debt-relief-and-support-for-student-loan-borrowers/\">a new plan to provide student loan relief for millions of borrowers\u003c/a> while blaming Republican “hypocrisy” for triggering the decision that wiped out his original plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden said payment requirements for student loans would resume in coming weeks, but that he would work under the authority of the Higher Education Act to begin a new program designed to ease borrowers’ threat of default if they fall behind over the next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1674873607682441218\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-provide-debt-relief-and-support-for-student-loan-borrowers/\">This approach, as outlined by the White House:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Friday had “initiated a rulemaking process aimed at opening an alternative path to debt relief for as many working and middle-class borrowers as possible,” under the Higher Education Act.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Department of Education would finalize “the most affordable repayment plan ever created, ensuring that borrowers will be able to take advantage of this plan this summer — before loan payments are due.” Many borrowers, said Biden, would not have to make monthly payments under this plan, and those that did would save more than $1,000 a year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Department of Education would also set up a 12-month “on-ramp” to repayment, running from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, “so that financially vulnerable borrowers who miss monthly payments during this period are not considered delinquent, reported to credit bureaus, placed in default, or referred to debt collection agencies.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>‘Hung out to dry’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Rob Bonta — who in January filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of President Joe Biden’s plan, along with 21 other attorneys general — called the decision “profoundly disappointing” on Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More that 3.5 million Californians, said Bonta, were set to benefit from the “historic” student loan debt forgiveness plan — “and now, they’ve been hung out to dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, the Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court cruelly denied more than 40 million Americans deeply needed student debt relief,” said Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi in a statement, characterizing the Court’s decision as allowing “a crisis of debt to continue holding back families from buying homes, starting businesses and making ends meet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#supremecourtstudentloans\">When do you have to start repaying your student loans?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Calling the Supreme Court a “corrupt, right-wing court,” Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said that having put her two sons through college as a single mother, she knew “firsthand how the burden of student loan debt can impact a person’s life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>America, wrote Lee, “cannot accept a return to the failed status quo, especially one that continues to disproportionately impact Black and brown communities,” and she urged Biden to “use the tools at his disposal to cancel student debt regardless of SCOTUS’ decision to ignore the letter of the law in this backwards decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at California’s higher education institutions also voiced their dismay at the Supreme Court ruling on Friday morning. The University of California also released a statement expressing its disappointment with the ruling, saying that it “would have made a significant impact on the lives of college graduates, particularly for those from low-income backgrounds who are more likely to take on debt to complete their education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC said it would be arranging webinars with the Department of Education for alumni and students “later this year,” to provide information about their different options for debt repayments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, California State University Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester said that that CSU officials sympathized with college graduates nationwide “who are pained by the decision reached by the Supreme Court today,” and that the university would “continue to advocate for effective federal measures such as doubling the Pell Grant, which would mean fewer students taking on debt and graduates entering the workforce on solid financial footing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borrowers who are \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-payment-pause-end-642276f724b30890669a60ea2c0bbfd5\">worried about their budgets\u003c/a> do have some options. For instance, the government has other loan forgiveness programs that are still in effect, even if Biden’s plan was struck down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what to know about how the decision will affect you:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"supremecourtstudentloans\">\u003c/a>When will student loan payments resume?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Student loan payments that have been frozen for the last three years because of the pandemic are set to restart in October. That was going to happen no matter what the Supreme Court decided. Interest will start accruing Sept. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How should I prepare?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Betsy Mayotte, president of the Institute of Student Loan Advisors, encourages people not to make any payments until the pause has ended. Instead, she says, put what you would have paid into a savings account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then you’ve maintained the habit of making the payment, but (you’re) earning a little bit of interest as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayotte recommends borrowers use the loan-simulator tool at \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/welcome/?redirectTo=%2F\">StudentAid.gov\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://freestudentloanadvice.org/\">one on TISLA’s website\u003c/a> to find a payment plan that best fits their needs. The calculators tell you what your monthly payment would be under each available plan, as well as your long-term costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katherine Welbeck of the Student Borrower Protection Center recommends logging on to your account and making sure you know the name of your servicer, your due date and whether you’re enrolled in the best income-driven repayment plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923270\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11923270\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Students walk through a plaza at UC Berkeley\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1761\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-1020x702.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-2048x1409.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-1920x1321.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk through Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What if I can’t or don’t want to pay?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your budget doesn’t allow you to resume payments, it’s important to know how to navigate the possibility of default and delinquency on a student loan. Both can hurt your credit rating, which would make you ineligible for additional aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re in a short-term financial bind you may qualify for deferment or forbearance — allowing you to temporarily suspend payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To determine whether deferment or forbearance are good options for you, you can contact your loan servicer. One thing to note: interest still accrues during deferment or forbearance. Both can also impact potential loan forgiveness options. Depending on the conditions of your deferment or forbearance, it may make sense to continue paying the interest during the payment suspension.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are there any other programs that can help with student loan debt?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’ve \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/education-student-loans-us-department-of-9184f38730a2d4278495d33b870c3dad\">worked for a government agency or a nonprofit\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-congress-student-loans-education-cecef88ebeebe2f524022f603f22a83b\">the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program\u003c/a> offers cancellation after 10 years of regular payments, and some income-driven repayment plans cancel the remainder of a borrower’s debt after 20 to 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borrowers should make sure they’re signed up for \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/repayment/plans/income-driven\">the best possible income-driven repayment plan\u003c/a> to qualify for these programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borrowers who have been \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/biden-education-student-loans-miguel-cardona-ccf550c96fa2557433b8b2907f1532e6\">defrauded by for-profit colleges\u003c/a> may also apply for borrower defense and receive relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These programs won’t be affected by the Supreme Court ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s an income-driven repayment plan?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>An income-driven repayment plan sets your monthly student loan payment at an amount that is intended to be affordable based on your income and family size. It takes into account different expenses in your budget, and most federal student loans are eligible for at least one of these types of plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Generally, your payment amount under an income-driven repayment plan is a percentage of your discretionary income. If your income is low enough, your payment could be as low as $0 per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’d like to repay your federal student loans under an income-driven plan, the first step is to \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/repayment/plans/income-driven\">fill out an application through the Federal Student Aid website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I reduce costs when paying off my student loans?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you sign up for automatic payments, the servicer takes a quarter of a percent off your interest rate, Mayotte says.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Income-driven repayment plans aren’t right for everyone. That said, if you know you will eventually qualify for forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, it makes sense to make the lowest monthly payments possible, as the remainder of your debt will be cancelled once that decade of payments is complete.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reevaluate your monthly student loan repayment during tax season, when you already have all your financial information in front of you. “Can you afford to increase it? Or do you need to decrease it?” Mayotte said.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Break up payments into whatever ways work best for you. You could consider two installments per month, instead of one large monthly sum.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting from The Associated Press’ Adriana Morga and Cora Lewis, and KQED’s Carly Severn. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press receives support from Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-provide-debt-relief-and-support-for-student-loan-borrowers/\">This approach, as outlined by the White House:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Friday had “initiated a rulemaking process aimed at opening an alternative path to debt relief for as many working and middle-class borrowers as possible,” under the Higher Education Act.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Department of Education would finalize “the most affordable repayment plan ever created, ensuring that borrowers will be able to take advantage of this plan this summer — before loan payments are due.” Many borrowers, said Biden, would not have to make monthly payments under this plan, and those that did would save more than $1,000 a year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Department of Education would also set up a 12-month “on-ramp” to repayment, running from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, “so that financially vulnerable borrowers who miss monthly payments during this period are not considered delinquent, reported to credit bureaus, placed in default, or referred to debt collection agencies.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>‘Hung out to dry’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Rob Bonta — who in January filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of President Joe Biden’s plan, along with 21 other attorneys general — called the decision “profoundly disappointing” on Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More that 3.5 million Californians, said Bonta, were set to benefit from the “historic” student loan debt forgiveness plan — “and now, they’ve been hung out to dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, the Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court cruelly denied more than 40 million Americans deeply needed student debt relief,” said Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi in a statement, characterizing the Court’s decision as allowing “a crisis of debt to continue holding back families from buying homes, starting businesses and making ends meet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#supremecourtstudentloans\">When do you have to start repaying your student loans?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Calling the Supreme Court a “corrupt, right-wing court,” Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said that having put her two sons through college as a single mother, she knew “firsthand how the burden of student loan debt can impact a person’s life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>America, wrote Lee, “cannot accept a return to the failed status quo, especially one that continues to disproportionately impact Black and brown communities,” and she urged Biden to “use the tools at his disposal to cancel student debt regardless of SCOTUS’ decision to ignore the letter of the law in this backwards decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at California’s higher education institutions also voiced their dismay at the Supreme Court ruling on Friday morning. The University of California also released a statement expressing its disappointment with the ruling, saying that it “would have made a significant impact on the lives of college graduates, particularly for those from low-income backgrounds who are more likely to take on debt to complete their education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC said it would be arranging webinars with the Department of Education for alumni and students “later this year,” to provide information about their different options for debt repayments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, California State University Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester said that that CSU officials sympathized with college graduates nationwide “who are pained by the decision reached by the Supreme Court today,” and that the university would “continue to advocate for effective federal measures such as doubling the Pell Grant, which would mean fewer students taking on debt and graduates entering the workforce on solid financial footing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borrowers who are \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-payment-pause-end-642276f724b30890669a60ea2c0bbfd5\">worried about their budgets\u003c/a> do have some options. For instance, the government has other loan forgiveness programs that are still in effect, even if Biden’s plan was struck down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what to know about how the decision will affect you:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"supremecourtstudentloans\">\u003c/a>When will student loan payments resume?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Student loan payments that have been frozen for the last three years because of the pandemic are set to restart in October. That was going to happen no matter what the Supreme Court decided. Interest will start accruing Sept. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How should I prepare?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Betsy Mayotte, president of the Institute of Student Loan Advisors, encourages people not to make any payments until the pause has ended. Instead, she says, put what you would have paid into a savings account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then you’ve maintained the habit of making the payment, but (you’re) earning a little bit of interest as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayotte recommends borrowers use the loan-simulator tool at \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/welcome/?redirectTo=%2F\">StudentAid.gov\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://freestudentloanadvice.org/\">one on TISLA’s website\u003c/a> to find a payment plan that best fits their needs. The calculators tell you what your monthly payment would be under each available plan, as well as your long-term costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katherine Welbeck of the Student Borrower Protection Center recommends logging on to your account and making sure you know the name of your servicer, your due date and whether you’re enrolled in the best income-driven repayment plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923270\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11923270\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Students walk through a plaza at UC Berkeley\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1761\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-1020x702.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-2048x1409.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/GettyImages-1385201995-1920x1321.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk through Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What if I can’t or don’t want to pay?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your budget doesn’t allow you to resume payments, it’s important to know how to navigate the possibility of default and delinquency on a student loan. Both can hurt your credit rating, which would make you ineligible for additional aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re in a short-term financial bind you may qualify for deferment or forbearance — allowing you to temporarily suspend payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To determine whether deferment or forbearance are good options for you, you can contact your loan servicer. One thing to note: interest still accrues during deferment or forbearance. Both can also impact potential loan forgiveness options. Depending on the conditions of your deferment or forbearance, it may make sense to continue paying the interest during the payment suspension.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are there any other programs that can help with student loan debt?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’ve \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/education-student-loans-us-department-of-9184f38730a2d4278495d33b870c3dad\">worked for a government agency or a nonprofit\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-congress-student-loans-education-cecef88ebeebe2f524022f603f22a83b\">the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program\u003c/a> offers cancellation after 10 years of regular payments, and some income-driven repayment plans cancel the remainder of a borrower’s debt after 20 to 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borrowers should make sure they’re signed up for \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/repayment/plans/income-driven\">the best possible income-driven repayment plan\u003c/a> to qualify for these programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borrowers who have been \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/biden-education-student-loans-miguel-cardona-ccf550c96fa2557433b8b2907f1532e6\">defrauded by for-profit colleges\u003c/a> may also apply for borrower defense and receive relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These programs won’t be affected by the Supreme Court ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s an income-driven repayment plan?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>An income-driven repayment plan sets your monthly student loan payment at an amount that is intended to be affordable based on your income and family size. 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UC over the years has also ramped up its outreach to lower-income students and students enrolled at underserved high schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those efforts have been far from perfect, however.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Michael Drake, UC's systemwide president\"]‘We stand ready to share our expertise and lessons learned as we collaborate with our partners to achieve a higher education landscape that reflects the rich diversity of our nation.’[/pullquote]In fact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-1199/232355/20220801134931730_20-1199%20bsac%20University%20of%20California.pdf\">UC officials acknowledged in a brief submitted to the Supreme Court last fall (PDF)\u003c/a> that it has failed to enroll a sufficiently diverse student body or one that is representative of the state’s demographics. But in the absence of being able to consider race, experts and college officials say UC’s strategies may be at least somewhat helpful in promoting racial diversity on campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without being able to consider race in admissions, universities will be forced to “work much harder to identify and address the root causes of societal inequities that hinder diverse students in pursuing and achieving a higher education,” said Michael Drake, UC’s systemwide president, in a statement Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For colleges that will now for the first time enter a world without race-conscious admissions, Drake added that UC is prepared to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand ready to share our expertise and lessons learned as we collaborate with our partners to achieve a higher education landscape that reflects the rich diversity of our nation,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the institutions that may have something to learn from UC are the dozens of private colleges and universities in California, which, unlike California’s public colleges, have previously been free to consider race in admissions but will now be outlawed from doing so. Many of them are likely to seek UC’s guidance when it comes to developing new student outreach programs, refining their own holistic review processes and potentially investing more in admission staff, said Kristen Soares, president of the \u003ca href=\"https://aiccu.edu/\">Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll have a lot to learn from them,” Soares said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954788\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS31207_GettyImages-959667464-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A gigantic, prestigious brick and tan building is pictured on USC's campus. It's the Engemann Student Health Center. Trees surround the front of the building as it hovers over students seen down below entering its glass doors. 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For example, in fall 2022, UC’s incoming first-year students were 26.7% Latino. The state’s high school seniors in 2022 \u003ca href=\"https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/\">were 55.7% Latino.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the university maintains that holistic review, introduced in 2001, has allowed the system to make some gains. In the two decades from fall 2002 to fall 2022, the percentage of undergraduate Latino students enrolled across UC has increased from 13% to 25%, though some of that is likely also due to demographic changes in the state, as Latinos now make up a larger share of high school seniors.[aside postID=news_11954612 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/AP23180684729490-1020x680.jpg']The share of Black students has also increased from 3% to 4.4%, while the percentage of white students has decreased from 36.5% to 20.7%. White students made up 21.2% of high school seniors last year and Black students accounted for 4.9%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Holistic review can be a powerful tool to ensure that students are really getting a fair shot at being reviewed in a much more equitable fashion,” said Michele Siqueiros, president of the Campaign for College Opportunity, an organization based in Los Angeles that advocates for more equitable access to college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Supreme Court’s majority opinion issued Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts said universities can consider factors consistent with holistic review, such as a student’s socioeconomic status, status as a first-generation college student or an essay describing how their race or ethnicity has impacted their life experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One concern, however, is whether students of color will even apply to competitive universities now that affirmative action has been banned in admissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worry about how this might change the behavior of students and that students will be discouraged from applying to selective institutions,” said Maricela Martinez, the vice president of enrollment management at Occidental College, a selective liberal arts college in northeast Los Angeles.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Michele Siqueiros, president, Campaign for College Opportunity\"]‘I think there’s a lot that UC has learned, and can teach others across the country about admissions and how to do it in a much more thoughtful fashion.’[/pullquote]In UC’s case, the system has tried to deal with that by increasing its outreach programs aimed at students from lower-income families, such as its \u003ca href=\"https://eaop.universityofcalifornia.edu/about.html\">Early Academic Outreach program\u003c/a> aimed at students from underserved high schools. UC has a total of 13 of those types of programs, and they collectively reach more than 200,000 students, the university told the Supreme Court in the brief it filed last year. UC said those programs haven’t been particularly effective in reaching Black or Native American students, but that Latino students have benefited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC in 2020 also eliminated standardized test scores from admissions. That was followed by a big increase in applications to the university, including among Black and Latino students. 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Student loan interest will start accruing on September 1 and payments are starting in October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might seem tempting to just keep not making payments, but the consequences can be severe, including a hit to your credit score and exclusion from future aid and benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 40 million Americans will have to start making \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-payment-pause-end-642276f724b30890669a60ea2c0bbfd5\">federal student loan payments\u003c/a> again at the end of the summer under the terms of a debt ceiling deal approved by Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Millions are also waiting to find out \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-supreme-court-hearing-2128da75fc27ff3bcc0c3804ebd98aa7\">whether the Supreme Court will allow President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan\u003c/a> to go ahead. But payments will resume regardless of what justices decide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means tough decisions for many borrowers, especially those in already-difficult financial situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say that delinquency and bankruptcy should be options of last resort and that deferment and forbearance — which pause payments, though interest may continue to accrue — are often better in the short term.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens if I don’t make student loan payments?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Once the moratorium ends, borrowers who can’t or don’t pay risk delinquency and eventually default. 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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. In rare cases, patients can experience excess bleeding that requires surgery to stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, in loosening restrictions on mifepristone, FDA regulators cited “exceedingly low rates of serious adverse events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 5.6 million women in the U.S. had used the drug as of June 2022, according to the FDA. In that period, the agency received 4,200 reports of complications in women, or less than one-tenth of 1% of women who took the drug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting by Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press and by KQED’s Attila Pelit and Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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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.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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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"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. Virginia that prohibitions on interracial marriages were unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1958, when \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/354638/approval-interracial-marriage-new-high.aspx\">Gallup \u003c/a>first asked the question, just 4% said they approved of marriage between Black people and white people. 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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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>\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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The justices didn’t do that, but agreed to the administration’s fallback, setting arguments for late February or early March over whether the program is legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden’s plan promises $10,000 in federal student debt forgiveness to those with incomes of less than $125,000, or households earning less than $250,000. 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That’s the case that will now go before the Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moratorium on student loan payments had been slated to expire Jan. 1, a date Biden set before his debt cancellation plan stalled in the face of legal challenges from conservative opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new expiration date is 60 days after the legal issue has been settled, but no later than the end of August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Challenges to the plan were brought by conservative attorneys, Republican lawmakers and business-oriented groups who have asserted Biden overstepped his authority in taking such sweeping action without the assent of Congress. They called it an unfair government giveaway for relatively affluent people at the expense of taxpayers who didn’t pursue higher education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, a Republican, said in a statement following the high court order that the Biden plan “would saddle Americans who didn’t take out loans or already paid theirs off with even more economic woes.” Missouri is one of the six states that sued to block the plan, along with Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Carolina.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The program’s path to the Supreme Court\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration has argued that the loan cancellations are legal under a 2003 law aimed at providing help to members of the military. 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Allowing the cancellations to proceed before a definitive court ruling would have had an “irreversible impact,” the appeals court said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, issued a more sweeping ruling in the Texas case, finding that such a costly program required clear congressional authorization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about the pause on student loan repayments?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In March 2020, the Trump administration temporarily paused \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/covid-19/payment-pause-zero-interest\">student loan payments\u003c/a> and set interest rates to 0% for eligible federal student loans in response to the COVID pandemic. 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"content": "\u003cp>The sun shone down on Market and Noe streets on Saturday, cleared of cars and filled with smiling people. Vendors sold paintings of an idealized Castro neighborhood to passers-by. A drag queen in a yellow jumpsuit sashayed on a stage sporting signage behind her that read \"FAMILY PRIDE\" — this was San Francisco's first annual Family Pride block party. Parents held children on their shoulders and swayed to the beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Husbands Maple Chen and Collin Anthony Chen pushed their stroller through it all. But as their 6-month-old son Henry goggled, wide-eyed but calm, at the sights of his very first Pride weekend, a familiar worry were on his fathers' minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. 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To the contrary, the Court has linked it for decades to other settled freedoms involving bodily integrity, familial relationships, and procreation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those rights, the justices wrote, \"are all part of the same constitutional fabric.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown — the self-proclaimed \"Ayatollah of the Assembly,\" a political star-maker and long-respected political watcher — made a similar analysis to KQED on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're full of shit,\" said Brown in regard to the statements by conservative justices assuring people that the Dobbs decision would not affect same-sex marriage. (His opinion was phrased in what was \u003cem>perhaps\u003c/em> a more pointed fashion than that of the liberal Supreme Court justices.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked whether he thought Justice Thomas is alone on the court in his opinion, Brown replied, \"Not at all. 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