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...
Senate hopeful Ruben Gallego says repealing ban would have little effect because ‘the damage is done’Repealing the 1864 near-total abortion ban that Arizona’s state supreme court recently ruled was enforceable would have little effect because “the damage is done”, the Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego said on Sunday.“Any initiative they pass right now wouldn’t even take effect for quite a while,” the US House member and Senate hopeful told NBC News on Sunday, referring to the 90-day delay...
A bill aimed at reforming Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans customer bills passed in the Louisiana House on Tuesday, April 16.
Hawaii House and Senate leaders resolved their differences over spending priorities Tuesday evening, settling on a conference committee draft of the state budget bill that appropriates $19.2 billion for operations during the fiscal year beginning July 1.
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
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick gave State Senators 57 items to study on his list of interim charges.
Two bills grant broad immunity to the IVF industry, and HB 833 redefines the word 'embryo' to remove references to an 'unborn child.'
Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after being raped Honduras is being taken to a global human rights body for the first time over its total abortion ban, which campaigners say violates women’s fundamental rights and the country’s international commitments.The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Honduras-based Centro de Derechos de la Mujer (Center for Women’s Rights, CDM) filed a petition with the UN human rights committee this month on...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The House Transportation Committee took a significant step forward today by passing House Bill 320, which proposes designating a portion of OH-125 in Portsmouth, Ohio, as Al Oliver Highway. The bill sponsor, State Rep. Justin Pizzulli (R-Scioto County), announced this milestone in recognition of the Major League Baseball (MLB) legend. During his […]
(The Center Square) - The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would make illegal immigration a state crime after a heated debate where one Democrat called the bill "extremist legislation." House Bill 4156 makes “impermissible occupation” a criminal act, defined as a person willfully and without permission entering and remaining in Oklahoma without first obtaining legal authorization to enter the United States, according to the bill. It...
HB121, also called the “Given Name Act”, would require teachers and school staff to use the pronouns and name on a student’s birth certificate.
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...