The Arizona House of Representatives voted 32-28 in favor of repealing a law that prohibits performing abortions except in cases where the mother's life is in peril.The Arizona Supreme Court issued a decision this month that would allow for the law to be enforced, but the state attorney general, who is a Democrat, has claimed that the earliest it could be enforced would be June 8.Three state House Republicans joined Democrats in voting to repeal the law, reports indicate.The law reads, "A person...
A rematch of the 2020 Republican primary for a state House seat in Butler County had the same result. State Rep. Marci Mustello, R-Butler Township, defeated challenger Ryan Covert of Oakland Township by a wide margin for the party’s nomination representing the 11th state House District. Mustello received 5,263 votes
RedState previously wrote about Arizona's Supreme Court upholding a 123-year-old state law about abortion on April 9th:
Arizona state House Speaker Ben Toma (R) is facing a reckoning as he tries to navigate the fallout from Arizona's Supreme Court decision enforcing an 1864 abortion ban. Since the decision last week, Toma has twice helped block House Democrats’ efforts to repeal the ban on procedural grounds. Toma is facing pressure from
On their third attempt in three weeks, Arizona state House lawmakers voted Wednesday to pass a bill that would repeal the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the battleground state’s Supreme Court earlier this month. After a dizzying course of votes throughout the afternoon, three state House Republicans joined Democrats in approving a repeal of the Civil War-era law that made abortion a felony punishable by two to five years in prison for anyone who performs one or helps a...
Among the major broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC’s is often the likeliest to go into over-the-top campaign propaganda for Democrats holding power. Case in point, ABC Whirled News Tonight’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s Florida speech on abortion. Watch as anchor David Muir and Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce being a heavy dose of hopium to their abortion coverage: DAVID MUIR: We turn now to President Biden tonight, hoping to put the state of Florida back in play...
Among the major broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC’s is often the likeliest to go into over-the-top campaign propaganda for Democrats holding power. Case in point, ABC Whirled News Tonight’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s Florida speech on abortion. Watch as anchor David Muir and Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce being a heavy dose of hopium to their abortion coverage: DAVID MUIR: We turn now to President Biden tonight, hoping to put the state of Florida back in play...
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – The race for Delaware’s 14th District in the House of Representatives is proving to be a real contest. Marty Rendon is one of three candidates vying for the seat’s Democratic nomination. After decades working in Washington D.C. as a Congressional aide, the Rehoboth Beach resident tells our news department that he knows the legislative process very well.
To the editor: Regarding the abortion debate, I'd like to see personal choice foes follow their own logic. ("As a pregnant law professor in Arizona, I fear the abortion ban," Opinion, April 11) They say that abortion access is a matter of states' rights because the people of Texas or Arizona have different opinions than the people of California. However, it's also true that within Texas, the people of Austin feel differently than the people of another city, so shouldn't abortion laws be governed...
(The Center Square) – Arizona House Minority Whip Melody Hernandez is dropping her bid for state senate. The Tempe Democrat announced she would no longer seek the position, saying that there are “mistakes” that put her candidacy in jeopardy. “When it was brought to my attention this weekend that I had made mistakes impacting my ability to successfully run for election to the Senate in LD-8, I knew the only right next step would be to take the sole responsibility...
PHOENIX (AP) — A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the