Arizona’s Supreme Court opened a new front in the war on women’s reproductive rights last week when it resurrected an obscure 1864 law that bans abortion in almost all cases. Critics of the ruling say the court has thrown Arizona back into the 19th century. That isn’t entirely fair to the 19th century. The irony of last week’s reactionary ruling is that the author of the original law, William T. Howell, was a progressive by the standards of his time. The politics of Arizona’s current justices...
For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are attempting Wednesday to repeal the state's near-total ban on abortions, again spotlighting an issue that has put Republicans on the defensive in a battleground state for the presidential election. Republicans have used procedural votes to block earlier repeal efforts, each time drawing condemnation from []
Arizona Democrats attempt to repeal the state’s 19th century abortion ban
For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are attempting to repeal the state’s near-total ban on abortions after a court concluded the state can enforce the long-dormant law that permits the procedure only to save a patient’s life. Republicans have used procedural votes to block earlier repeal efforts after the court revived
When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to get an abortion in June 2022, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the court “should reconsider” other rights it currently recognizes – like the rights for same-sex couples to have sex and marry. If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on these and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life. This is what happened after the Arizona Supreme Court...
With anti-marriage equality laws still on the books in dozens of states, a Supreme Court decision to overturn Obergefell would be catastrophic. When the Arizona Supreme Court reinstituted an anti-abortion law […]
Arizona Republicans in the state House blocked a second effort to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortion which has sparked outrage nationwide.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Arizona moves closer to repealing 1864 abortion ban The GOP-controlled Arizona House voted Wednesday to repeal an 1864 ban on nearly all abortions, after three Republicans broke ranks to vote with all the chamber’s Democrats. © AP The
The Arizona Supreme Court has reinstated a criminal law from 1864 that nearly completely banned abortions in the state, resulting in a near-total ban that will be enforceable in 45 days.
Having only just found out she was pregnant, what she had really wanted was time to think, but that was a luxury she felt she could not afford."The laws in Arizona are really dicey right now, so I wasn't sure what would be available to me," said Piper, who wanted to use a pseudonym to discuss her choice about one of the most divisive issues in America.Piper, 30, fell pregnant unexpectedly -- her partner told her he had undergone a vasectomy, but he was keen to go through with the pregnancy."I...
April 24 (UPI) — Arizona’s Republican-controlled House voted Wednesday to overturn the state’s 1864 ban on nearly all abortions. The vote paves the way for a repeal that would revert Arizona abortion law to a 15-week ban. The measure, which now heads to the state Senate for a vote next week, passed Arizona’s House on Wednesday by a […] The post Arizona House votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Golden state expanded abortion access after Roe was repealed in 2022 while neighboring state is set to enact near-total banAs Arizona prepares for a near-total ban on abortion to go into effect in the coming months, providers in California are getting ready to welcome a surge of out-of-state clients and live up to the state’s reputation as an “abortion sanctuary”.California clinics have been treating patients confused by the legal framework in neighboring Arizona ever since the supreme court...