Television companies and more, including comcast. Comcast is partnering with 1000 Community Center so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports cspan as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Next, Arizona House members debating whether to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. Lawmakers eventually voted to pass the motion, which will now head to the Arizona Senate for consideration. The debate is just over 45 minutes. Now, we are putting the first will the first reader please read the bill . I will recognize you after the votes, sir. Hb 2677, abortion bans repeal. Mr. President , i have a motion here. Senator, you are out of order. You are out of order, sir. Hb 2677, an act repealing arizona statutes referring to family offenses. You have heard of house bill 2677. Please proceed to vote. Quick senator, mr. Majority leader, senator kearns, how do you vote . Senator bolick, mr. Majority leader, senator hoffman, senator kern, how do you vote . S . Yes, mr. President , i senator bullock . Yes, mr. President , i rise to explain my boat. Please proceed. It isnt unusual for arizona to generate headlines. In mid november of 2022, phoenix, arizona made national headlines. In one news article, the headline read, body a preborn child set ablaze in phoenix homeless cant. Later we learned the body was a deceased child estimated to be between 20 and 24 weeks. As many people know, a child of this age born prematurely would have had a chance at survival. Yet, in january of 2023, the Current Governor threatened that she would line item veto support of pregnant women, like homeless pregnant Womens Services. Since 2018, the state budget included dollars for pregnant Womens Services that supports nonprofits like maggies place. Maggies place supports pregnant homeless women throughout their pregnancy and their childrens first year of life. Maggies place has four maternity homes throughout the valley and is a hub for resources in the central phoenix area. Some of these homeless pregnant women might have a Substance Abuse disorder, fleeing a Domestic Abuse situation, or are survivors of Human Trafficking. It cost about 26,000 per year to house one mom, what with inflation costs continue to rise, that has created challenges for this local nonprofit. Like other nonprofits in arizona, they are having a hard time keeping the food pantry stocked. Maggies place helps feed current women as well as graduates of the program. There is a huge demand from homeless pregnant women that need the resources provided by maggies place. In march of 2023 it was reported that maggies place receives 70 calls per week from women actively seeking resources and housing. Last years state budget that was passed in june did not include any money to help these most vulnerable arizona residents. Homelessness is often a complex issue, not always with one solution. The women who stay at maggies place emerge as strong and independent mothers. Maggies place was first awarded 100,000 annually, but the grant amount doubled in 20 22 200,000. This was something that was part of the state budget. Apparently, the reason why the Current Governor cut the funding was because the grant money could not be granted for abortion Referral Services or distributed to entities that promote, refer or perform abortions. Programs like maggies place were designed to help homeless pregnant moms maintain a healthy pregnancy and have a healthy birth and healthy baby. These women and families have chosen to parent over getting an abortion. They need special care. Our governor used to be a social worker. She should understand how critical it is for these homeless pregnant moms to get the care, nutrition and housing they need to thrive. What hobbs did last year was leave them homeless, instead of ensuring they had access to the tools to be competent and successful parents. Sadly, the Current Governor chose abortion over supporting those vulnerable homeless pregnant women as the previous governor had done for the proust the legislative sessions. Today, by way of explaining my boat i would like to share the chronicle of three pregnancies. Pregnancy number one, a time not too long ago, a young working woman felt like she was coming down with the flu. After two or three days of taking flu medication she decided to take a pregnancy test. Even though she looked at her calendar and it seemed too early to determine she might be pregnant, she drove to the store and bought a pregnancy test. The test was positive but she figured she would take a second test just to verify its validity. Two positive pregnancy test. She was both elated and nervous. Morning sickness became a real issue. She learned of her pregnancy around week three. Everything made her nauseous. How was she supposed to drive to work and carry on . She ended up carrying plastic garbage bags in her car in the event she felt the urge to vomit. She had trouble keeping down basic saltine crackers. She scheduled an appointment to see her obs initiative. Sadly, she ended up in the emergency room for severe dehydration before her first scheduled visit. The emergency room requested that she p into a cup to verify her pregnancy, and for nearly an hour, they pricked her arms to administer an i. V. They finally found a willing vein to cooperate. Both of her arms turned purple. She laid down on the emergency room bed watching the liquids from the i. V. Enter the plastic tubing and scented into her arm. They added antinausea medicine and she drifted off to sleep. A nurse brought her some ginger ale and two packets of saltine crackers. Around the sixth week of her pregnancy, she went to her scheduled appointment. Point of order. Please speak into your microphone. She checked in with the receptionist. Senator bolick, a point of order has been called. I major point of order. Im just asking if she would stick to the repeal of the bill. She is kind of going off into a number of other areas. I would ask that she stick to what is on the bill. Okay. The request, senator bolick, is that you make your comments remain to the bill. At her first buy, this young woman was given the option of having a transvaginal ultrasound. It was likely too early to detect the babys heartbeat, but at another appointment the doctor would order a trans abdominal ultrasound. A point of order has been called. Senator hoffman. Mr. President , this bill is to repeal a ban on abortion. The good senator from district 2 is not speaking to repealing an abortion ban. She is speaking to a number of other things. This bill is, specifically, to repeal the abortion ban. Senator bolick, can you explain how your comments are germane to the bill . I will continue. The doctor offered to write a prescription for an antinausea medication since the wristbands were not working. At the same appointment senator bolick. I needed to explain why your comments are germane to the bill. The comments are germane because not every pregnancy is the same. Okay. Received. At the same appointment, she had her doctor telling her that she needs to eat small bland meals and foods that would not trigger incessant nausea, so she drove to the Grocery Store and stocked up on rice, sourdough and bananas, and the next day she was admitted into the emergency room again for severe dehydration. She knew the routine of being admitted to the e. R. It was absolutely exhausting and not good for her overall morale. A few days later she went to her next scheduled appointment. The staff administered the ultrasound. She was told this type of ultrasound would help confirm her pregnancy by detecting a heartbeat and to confirm gestational age and due date. The technician inserted the transvaginal probe into her, and after a few minutes of probing, they detected the heartbeat and she wept with joy. After the appointment, she felt better. She shared the news with some Close Friends and family, even though it was very early in the pregnancy. When she got home from visiting her family the next day, she was feeling weak and exhausted. She was around the 11th week mark and getting very weak again. The next day, she woke up from severe cramping. She could barely move. She found herself trying to walk up the stairs of a two story home and did not have the strength to make it up the steps. She sat down at the bottom of the steps and began to cry. She made her best effort to contact the babies father, but there was a strike with the local Telephone Company so it was difficult to track him down. She mustered up enough strength and drive to the nearest emergency room. At this point, she felt like she needed a frequent visitor card and still had to submit a urinalysis even those they knew she was pregnant. She waited in the waiting room to be called. It felt like hours went by. She felt alone and was nauseous. After she was finished in triage, had her vitals taken, they set up in a single occupancy room. The oncall emergency room doctor ordered an ultrasound. She finally wheeled into a dark room with an ultrasound machine. She was asked to sit on the ultrasound table with her abdomen exposed, a cool gel was applied, and a nonspeaking muslim performed her ultrasound. This woman could not see her facial expressions because they were covered by her veil. Her head was covered and so was the rest of her face. The expectant mother asked questions but the medical professional did not speak english, so neither woman could communicate with one another and there was no interpreter or anyone else in the room. Since his medical professional did not speak english, it was harder to be in the same room together while she was being poked and prodded. Tears ran down this mothers face. This young mom had some of the questions and no answers. This young mother to be was in a lot of pain due to cramping. This medical professional was not being gentle as she probed into her abdominal region and typed on her medical keyboard. After this young lady was done having her ultrasound she was wheeled back into the sterile emergency room. She waited hours for the on call emergency room doctor to return to her room to give her the ultrasound results. The doctor said the baby is not viable and no longer has a heartbeat. She began to cry and slowly tune out the doctor, but the doctor said you need to have a d c. She said, what is a d c . The doctor replied bluntly, its like having an abortion. This young woman felt alone in her own body. This doctor is telling her to abort. The young woman said, i dont want an abortion, i dont want a dnc. The young womans partner made it to the hospital only to hear the unfortunate news. The doctor responded, you need to have this procedure and we need to get you back to having regular menstrual periods. This young woman felt the walls closing in on her, and she was having a panic attack. The emergency room doctor told her that she needed to get dressed and checked out of the hospital. She was told to go home and get some rest, all after telling her that dnc was like having an abortion. The hospital staff told her to expect a call from her ob to schedule surgery. Everyone was so clinical and matteroffact and she just lost her baby. She went home and cried. Later that night she spoke with her mother by telephone, who encouraged her to proceed. The next day she received a call from the ob office to schedule the dnc. They told her that they would test the fetal tissue for chromosomal abnormalities. Several months after she had the dnc, she received multiple medical bills. The medical bills were breathtakingly expensive. She had been in between jobs and had used cobra as her primary medical insurance. Pregnancy number two, a young woman had hopes and dreams in her new life, looking for adventure, she and her husband set eyes on a new chapter with the hope of one day having a family. After returning from a recent trip, the couple found out they were expecting. They were both excited about the prospect of starting a family. The expecting dad said, two kids would be perfect since i have two hands. As they made plans to welcome a baby, the expectant mother found herself hospital bound. She was losing weight, not gaining weight. Her diet was mostly canned peaches and lemon flavored luna bars during the first trimester along with vitamins. Any odor set her nausea in motion. A few weeks later she was t boned by large dodge ram. Since the driver hit the vehicle on the driver side, they ordered an emergency ultrasound to check on the baby and placement of the placenta. During the ultrasound the babys gender was revealed, but had to be verified at a later appointment. For the next few months, this couple spent time preparing for the baby together, and she prepared the babies nursery. A few months before her due date she attended child birthing classes and they wrote a birth plan. She said she wanted to bond with the baby by breast feeding. She wanted to master latching with her baby and did not want supplemental baby formula for her baby. She skipped the last class dedicated to csections. She had read several books for expectant parents and thought she didnt need to sit through a class to hear what she had already read. Near the end of the pregnancy that couples the couple switched hospitals. They thought the hospitals looked more like baby factories and birth centers. Her due date was approaching and she was sent to the hospital. The medical team determined that breaking her water would speed up her labor. She labored for many hours without an epidural. Her husband applied pressure to the lower back to ease contractions, but her husband was concentrating on eating ben jerrys ice cream as her contractions became more painful. He reassured her that they would get through this and the ice cream would help keep his strength up to apply pressure. Point of order [ screaming ] we cannot have any outbursts from the gallery, please. Of or. Ok. Its going to be for a while. A point of order has been called. What is the point of order . Okay. Senator bolick, can you please summarize your explanation of your vote . Sure. Somewhere in the middle of the night she used her call button to request pain medication. Vote or not vote. After hearing a woman down the hall screaming as if there were an axe murderer on the floor, the team of professionals had tried everything, and 20 hours later she was wheeled into the operating room for an emergency csection. They prepped her for the emergency surgery. Shortly after they prepped her abdomen, she could not see what was going on since there was a curtain blocking her from seeing her baby. The team of doctors shouted, this kid is ready for the third grade. Each medical professional panicked and asked if she had gestational diabetes. They whisked the baby along as she was sent to a recovery room. She finally got to meet her baby and he was everything and more. Number three, who knew a toddler could consume a moms world . She planned her days around learning and exploring the world. Her life came to a near stop when she found out she was pregnant again. About a month into the pregnancy she started to bleed. She was diagnosed with placenta previa. She was no longer able to pick up her toddler or do the normal shores she routinely did. After being in the hospital twice the emergency room staff decided the best course of action was to implant an i. V. Into her arm and send her home. She now had a nurse stop by her house once a week to check her vitals, to make sure she was using the i. V. Properly by cleaning the line. At a precaution she was ordered to bed rest. People around her and her husband said that the pregnancy would not be fair to the toddler. One during individual said the mom should get an abortion. 23 weeks of bed rest with a toddler in tow, the surviving mom one of these is roots, the other is wings. As her due date approached she went into fullfledged labor even though she was scheduled for a csection. The baby was born via a scheduled csection. This baby is loved by all and the world is her oyster. Many women do not have textbook pregnancies while many women wish they could have a baby. I know the chronicle of these pregnancies quite intimately because they are all my own, and my family lived and survived each one of them, including my miscarriage. I had morning sickness and was dehydrated the entire time, making it difficult to lose much. Having a doctor with a horrific bedside manner telling me that a dnc was an abortion, to come home with no baby. Through ups and downs and tears of sorrow and joy, life was created and my two kids were born into this crazy world. I love them so much. My son was 10 ounces 10 pounds 10 ounces at birth. He was far larger than my daughter when he was born. My kids are now young adults, ages 19 and 22. As you have heard, none of my pregnancies were easy and none wouldve been possible without the moral support of my husband. I experienced quite a few medical emergencies during my three pregnancies. Im thankful that i was blessed with two children as i had hoped when i got married. Some people say i have a milliondollar family because i have one boy and one girl. Mastercard would say that there are some things money cant buy. Having a dnc my first trimester because the baby was not viable was very tough. Would arizonas law have allowed me to have this medical procedure, even though my life was not in danger . One prolife individual who reached out to me wrote, is there a definition for, unless it is necessary to save her life . Maybe medical doctors could weigh in. I dont know. Over the years ive had the chance to meet individuals who survived abortions. Somehow permanent scars like missing limbs. Other people were told by their adopted families they were not there birth parents, but they were what made their families complete. Thankfully, these beautiful human beings were lovingly adopted into these families. Some have siblings, others might be an only child. We are blessed to have a family by way of adoption. In 2019 i saw the movie, unplanned, when it came out in movie theaters. Mind you, its very rare that i go to the movies. I could not imagine working in such a place like planned parenthood, or feeling like an expected mom that i have no other alternative but seeking an abortion. I have met individuals that work for planned parenthood. These individuals have dedicated their livelihoods to educating the communities of the horrors inside the abortion industry. Planned parenthoods planned parenthood, for instance, will not report suspected sexual abuse or statutory rape to Law Enforcement. The National Pattern has emerged showing planned parenthoods failure to report sex crimes against underage teens. With a rise ins in sex cases, we will never know the real numbe