Arizona representatives voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions after a few Republicans joined Democrats in passing the bill.
by Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror After two weeks of thwarted attempts, the Arizona House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864, with three Republican lawmakers breaking from their party to join Democrats in striking it down. Earlier this month, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the 1864 law, which carries with it a mandatory prison sentence for doctors who provide an abortion for any reason other than saving a woman’s life, over a 15-week...
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...
It was the third attempt to take up repealing the near-total ban, which was recently resurrected by a state court.
Arizona Republicans in the state House blocked a second effort to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortion which has sparked outrage nationwide.
Court heard arguments over Idaho case on abortions in medical emergencies. Biden administration believes Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act trumps state abortion laws in some cases. It's the first case over a state abortion ban to go before the court since Roe fell. Pro and anti-abortion rights protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court
There is hope for a different future for abortion in the state even as Republicans flounder in their responseThe waiting room of the Acacia Women’s Center in Phoenix, Arizona, was calm and quiet on Friday. Patients sat with their mothers, friends or partners, paying no mind to the slapstick Tyler Perry movie on the TV and an arrangement of Vogue magazines resting on a table.It had been three days since the state’s highest court reinstated an 1864 law that would ban almost all abortions and send...
PHOENIX (AP) — A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the
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.
Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake said in an interview with an Idaho media outlet that "unfortunately," her state's near-total abortion ban dating from 1864 is not being enforced, flipping back on comments she made against the law earlier this month, when she called state legislators asking them to repeal it. In an interview with the Idaho Dispatch on Saturday, Lake described the recent court decision upholding the 1864 law: “The Arizona Supreme Court said this is the law of Arizona. But...
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. One iteration of the issue was back before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday for the second