A day after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to reinstate a near-total abortion ban from 1864, Republican lawmakers in the legislature blocked multiple efforts to repeal the law, saying they need more time to consider the repercussions of doing so. On Tuesday, the state’s high court overturned the decision of an appeals court that preserved […] The post Republicans thwarted attempts to repeal Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban, saying they need more time appeared first on Arizona Mirror.
Arizona Republicans in the state legislature sent a clear message Wednesday: They are ecstatic that the state Supreme Court outlawed virtually every abortion a day earlier when it ruled that an abortion ban written during the Civil War must be implemented.
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Democrats in Arizona attempted Wednesday to repeal a law banning nearly all abortions in the state that is set to take effect because of a state Supreme Court decision a day earlier, but they were blocked in both chambers by Republicans. The action took place in both chambers of Arizona’s Legislature. In the House, Phoenix…