After decrying state supreme court ruling on ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, lawmakers ensure its potential to take effectAfter days of nationwide debate over the Arizona supreme court’s recent decision to uphold a near-total abortion ban from the 19th century, Arizona’s Republican-controlled statehouse has again quashed an effort to repeal the ban.Republicans, who hold a one-seat majority in both the Arizona house and senate, on Wednesday shot down a procedural measure in the...
After House Republicans repeatedly thwarted a bid to repeal the ban, two Senate Republicans backed a push in that chamber to move the repeal forward. By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror A bid to repeal Arizona’s near-total abortion ban that was written when Abraham Lincoln was president will move forward in the state Senate, while Republicans in the House of Representatives for the second week in a row blocked efforts to repeal the law. On Wednesday, two Senate Republicans supported a...
State Republicans blocked the repeal effort even after Donald Trump called for a more moderate solution
It was the third attempt to take up repealing the near-total ban, which was recently resurrected by a state court.
Republican Reps. Matt Gress, Tim Dunn, and Justin Wilmeth joined Democrats in voting to repeal the pro-life law – one of the strongest in the country – which the Arizona Supreme Court upheld earlier this month.
Arizona Republicans in the state House blocked a second effort to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortion which has sparked outrage nationwide.
Arizona State Senator Anna Hernandez joins Katy Tur to discuss Arizona Republicans blocking the repeal of the state's 1864 abortion ban that was reinstated.
PHOENIX (AP) — A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the
Arizona representatives voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions after a few Republicans joined Democrats in passing the bill.
Three Republicans join Democrats to support repeal of law first approved in 1864, with measure now heading to state senateLawmakers in the Arizona house have voted to repeal a controversial 1864 law banning nearly all abortions, amid mounting pressure on the state’s Republicans.Three Republicans joined with all 29 Democrats on Wednesday to support the repeal of the law, which predates Arizona’s statehood and provides no exceptions for rape or incest. Continue reading
A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the state House, clearing its first hurdle two weeks after a court concluded the state can enforce the 1864 law, which only offers an exception for saving the patient’s life.
Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs says, 'A law from 1864 written by 27 men cannot be allowed to govern the lives of millions of Arizona women'