• 3 Republican Arizona state House lawmakers vote with Democrats in favor of repealing abortion law

    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...

  • ICYMI: Arizona GOP has a new abortion trick, Republican House majority takes another lick

    House Republicans are officially down to a one-vote margin for error The chaos in the ranks of the House GOP is only getting more riveting. Biden wins on Ukraine as House GOP faces big decision about its future When Ukraine aid passes and Republicans are calling each other “scumbags,” you know all is right in the world. Cartoon: Freedom from speech Cancel culture, indeed. Trump's first criminal trial starts with opening statements We can’t wait for all the dirt that comes to light. ...

  • Arizona House Democrats Start Process of Repealing State's Abortion Law. Three Republicans Lend a Hand.

    RedState previously wrote about Arizona's Supreme Court upholding a 123-year-old state law about abortion on April 9th:

  • Arizona Republicans BLOCK attempt to repeal 1864 law that banned abortion and was reinstated by the state Supreme 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.

  • Arizona’s abortion U-turn points to Republican break from anti-abortion movement

    As support for abortion even in states as red as Kentucky and Kansas grows, the GOP appears to be breaking ranks with the hardlinersIn the two years since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, the 50-year-long partnership between Republicans and anti-abortion activists has steadily fractured as political backlash to abortion bans has mounted. But perhaps the biggest crack emerged on Wednesday, when Arizona’s Republican-controlled state legislature moved to repeal the state’s 1864...

  • Republicans break ranks on Arizona abortion ban

    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

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    Arizona outlaws abortion using law from 1864

    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.

  • Abortion in Arizona: Women race against the clock of an archaic law

    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...

  • Where Does Kari Lake Stand On Arizona Abortion Law? Depends Who She Is Talking To

    A local Arizona news outlet published a story last week highlighting remarks the Republican Senate candidate and election denier Kari Lake made to a crowd at an event put on by the Mohave County

  • Once again, Arizona Republicans block efforts to repeal the 1864 abortion ban

    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...

  • Arizona Republicans block repeal of 1864 abortion ban for second time

    State Republicans blocked the repeal effort even after Donald Trump called for a more moderate solution

  • Arizona's abortion ban could bring zombie laws back to life in other states

    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...