• Trump could use the 1873 Comstock Act to ban abortion nationwide. Here’s how.

    Last week, in a bid to clarify his historically nebulous stance on abortion, Donald Trump said that if reelected, he intends to leave abortion rights “to the states,” seemingly contradicting his prior stance in favor of a 16-week national ban.  But Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis and leading abortion historian, thinks that […]

  • Abortion activists want to reverse Honduras’ pro-life laws by overturning its sovereignty

    Honduras passed one of the strongest pro-life laws in Latin America, and now international abortion activists are taking it to the UN to coerce Honduran politicians into declaring killing unborn children an ‘essential health service.’

  • 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.

  • TikTok creators react to Biden signing ban-or-sell law: ‘We don’t want a TikTok ban’

    TikTok creators weren’t surprised to hear that President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban, but they’re close to unanimous in their belief that the federal government is wrong to push the legislation forward. For almost four years, since July 2020, a potential TikTok ban has been under consideration by members of the federal government. A bipartisan bill to ban TikTok in the U.S. was first proposed in December 2022, and the version that was just signed into law has...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • Biden plans to keep using TikTok, even after signing a law that could ban it

    President Joe Biden, on Wednesday, signed into law a $95 billion national security package, which included a provision that could ban TikTok or force its sale. As that battle begins to play out, though, his campaign continues to use the social media service through the election. TikTok isn’t going away anytime soon. The bill’s language ensures the ban couldn’t happen before the 2024 election—and TikTok has made it clear it plans to fight the measure in court, which is likely to be 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...

  • Arizona Republicans uphold 1864 abortion ban, Democrats still seek repeal

    Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs says, 'A law from 1864 written by 27 men cannot be allowed to govern the lives of millions of Arizona women'

  • Arizona Republicans again block effort to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban

    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...