As Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives devised and executed a plan on April 17 to block Democrats’ efforts to repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban, scores of opponents of abortion rights looked on from the gallery above them, eagerly cheering them on. “I anticipated the cheering. I was a little bit surprised to […] The post Normally quiet legislative proceedings were anything but last week appeared first on Arizona Mirror.
The Arizona House Republicans heading the Committee on Executive Oversight made some wild allegations against Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes during a Wednesday meeting. Among numerous other claims, some GOP members of the committee accused her of colluding with Planned Parenthood to drive more women to their clinics to obtain abortions in an effort to […] The post Republicans on oversight committee accuse AG Kris Mayes of ‘shilling’ for Planned Parenthood appeared first on Arizona Mirror
Abortion rights advocates turned in what appeared to be more than enough signatures to put a measure to protect reproductive rights on the ballot this November.
Polish lawmakers are due to vote Friday on whether to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe. The party of centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk wants to change the law to allow women to terminate pregnancies until the 12th week of pregnancy. Lawmakers spent six hours Thursday discussing four separate bills aiming to ease the country’s abortion laws.