The breakthrough came Wednesday when a second Republican joined all Democrats in voting to overrule the Republican House speaker, who has steadfastly blocked repeal.
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PHOENIX A proposed repeal of Arizona s near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House on Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump s campaign to return to the White House.
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 […] The post AZ House has voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban upheld by the Supreme Court appeared first on Daily Montanan.