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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) ahead of the midterm elections on Oct. 8, 2022 in Phoenix. Hayes vowed not to enforce the state Supreme Court ruling upholding an 1864 law that bans most abortions. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

BY SHOSHANNA EHRLICH | Earlier this week, the Arizona Supreme Court revived an 1864 pre-statehood ban on abortion (although the law will not go into effect immediately). On Wednesday night, Arizona House Democrats and at least one Republican attempted to open discussion on a repeal of the 1864 abortion ban, according to the Associated Press. But Republican leadership quickly cut off the discussion and adjourned the session for the week, to chants of “Shame! Shame!” from outraged Democrats. 

“We’ve got the eyes of the world watching Arizona right now,” said Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton of Tucson, per AP. “We know that the Supreme Court decision yesterday is extreme. And we know that should the 1864 ban on abortion remain a law in Arizona, people will die.”

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President Joe Biden holds up an executive order related to childcare and eldercare on April 18, 2023. The 2024 rule from the Biden administration, also aimed at increasing access to childcare, requires every state to cap childcare co-payments so that families that receive subsidies pay no more than 7 percent of their income. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

BY CHABELI CARRAZANA | At the end of February, President Joe Biden’s administration announced it was going to require every state to cap its co-payments so that families that receive subsidies pay no more than 7 percent of their income towards childcare. 

This important move addresses the acute need among the lowest-income families, most of whom are families of color. With the change, more than 100,000 families are expected to save about $200 a month on average, according to the White House. The change could also encourage more providers to participate in the subsidy program because they know they’ll be paid consistently for serving low-income students in the same way they are for other children. The new rule is effective April 30. Some states will be able to make the changes quickly; others will need approval from their legislatures. All will need to be in compliance by 2026. 

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BY CARRIE N. BAKER | In her new book Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto, Hoffman shares her 50-plus year fight for abortion access, including co-founding the first professional organization of abortion providers in the U.S. in 1976, the National Abortion Federation, and in 1985 founding the New York Pro-Choice Coalition. Part memoir, part call to arms, Hoffman’s book offers an engaging and thought-provoking assessment of how we lost the right to abortion and what we need to do today to achieve “legal abortion on demand nationwide.”

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