• Arizona House votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban

    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.

  • Arizona House votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban upheld by the Supreme Court

    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...

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    Arizona Democrats vote to repeal controversial 1864 abortion ban, with help of 3 Republicans

    The repeal bill, pushed by Democrats, next heads to the state Senate where it could be taken

  • 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...

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    ‘This is about control’: Arizona lawmakers block repeal of 1864 abortion ban

    Arizona State Senator Anna Hernandez joins Katy Tur to discuss Arizona Republicans blocking the repeal of the state's 1864 abortion ban that was reinstated.

  • Arizona GOP scuttles attempt to repeal 1864 abortion ban

    The move highlights the deepening divide between the more socially conservative wing of the party, which opposes abortion on moral grounds, and the more populist, MAGA branch.

  • Arizona state House passes bill to repeal 1864 abortion ban

    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...

  • 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

  • Johnson County Board of Supervisors plan funding to Historic Poor Farm, nonprofits

    The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is planning on financially supporting nonprofit organizations, affordable housing, Historic Poor Farm projects in fiscal 2025. The supervisors unanimously approved the fiscal year budget, which starts July 1 and runs until June 30, 2025, on Thursday. The budget allocates $9.1 million to nonprofit partners and agencies, $1.1 million to

  • Arizona House Passes Bill to Scrap 1864 Near-Total Abortion Ban

    Arizona representatives voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions after a few Republicans joined Democrats in passing the bill.

  • Arizona house votes to repeal state’s near-total ban on abortion

    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

  • Kari Lake says 'unfortunately' Arizona isn't enforcing 1864 abortion ban, flipping again

    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...