On the day Floridian women saw their reproductive freedom severely curtailed with a six week ban on abortions going into effect, the Arizona State Senate, with uniamious Democratic support, repealed the Civil War era ban on reproductive freedom. Only Republicans Shawna Bolick and T.J. Shope supported the repeal. The repeal will go into effect 90 … Read more
Friday August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. “Women’s Equality Day, celebrated every August 26, commemorates the passage of women’s suffrage in the U.S. and reminds us of the hurdles overcome by the heroic women who faced violence and discrimination to propel the women’s movement forward.” It was first celebrated in 1971, then in 1972, the … Read more
With a COVID 19 pandemic relief program that fed, for free, all school-age children attending public schools, President Biden, Vice President Harris, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman, and the great majority of the rest of the Democratic Party want to extend a COVID 19 pandemic relief program that would expand free and reduced … Read more
Yesterday (July 8, 2022,) President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris and Health, Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, signed an Executive Order designed to: Safeguarding access to reproductive health care services, including abortion, emergency care during miscarriages, and contraception. Protecting the privacy of patients and their access … Read more
“This expected ruling marks a historic setback in the fight for our fundamental rights across the country. – Katie Hobbs Ladies and Gentlemen in the United States: Be afraid. Be very afraid. To quote the title of Sinclair Lewis’s work, “it is happening here.” The Republican Party, its agents in red-state governments, and the courts are … Read more