Arizona Republicans scuttle Democrats’ attempt to repeal Civil War-era abortion ban
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Democrats in both chambers will have to wait another week to try again repeal the 160-year-old law.
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The fight over a newly revived 1864 Arizona law criminalizing abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman's life is at risk has engulfed the state's lawmakers.
The law has stirred national controversy as it criminalizes abortion in all cases, including rape and incest, the exception being danger to the mother's life
A Republican in the state House of Representatives attempted to put up a bill for a vote Wednesday that would repeal the 1864 state ban on abortion procedures, leading to chaos on the House floor after the chamber went into recess instead of voting on the measure.
Arizona state lawmakers met on April 10 for the first time since the state's Supreme Court allowed a near-total abortion ban that dates back to 1864 to take effect. While some believe a vote to repeal the law will take place on Wednesday, that didn't happen.
Neither the AZ Supreme Court nor the Republican legislators imposed a ban on abortions. Those who have alleged otherwise either have not read the opinion, or are purposely misleading the public to advance their own position.
Republican lawmakers in Arizona are trying to fastrack ballot initiatives to counter an abortion amendment that will likely be in front of voters this fall.
Arizona Republicans are weighing their options to defeat a potential abortion rights ballot initiative this fall, including offering measures of their own that could draw support away from efforts to enshrine access to the procedure in the state constitution, according to a draft proposal obtained b…
Liberal activists are proposing a ballot measure that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state Constitution. Republicans in the State Legislature are considering plans to undermine it.
As abortion politics and policy clash in Arizona and threaten to sway the swing state, GOP lawmakers scramble to address the issue amid fallout from a ruling reviving an 1864 ban.
The head of a key anti-abortion group is warning lawmakers not to repeal the territorial-era law that outlaws all abortions except to save the life of the mother.
Providers at a Phoenix reproductive health clinic worry about they and their patients' futures after Arizona's supreme court ruled that an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions now stands.
The Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling last week to uphold the Civil War-era near-total abortion ban infuriated supporters of abortion rights, exhilarated abortion opponents, and set off a political firestorm in Arizona.
Abortion is top of mind in the state ahead of the November election. A coalition group of abortion rights advocates is backing an initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
Arizona lawmakers kicked off a legislative session amid mounting pressure on Republicans to repeal a near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the state’s Supreme Court.
Arizona Republicans celebrated Wednesday after swatting down Democrats’ fourth attempt in two weeks to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban, which the state Supreme Court upheld last week.
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.
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