The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives once again failed to advance a repeal of the state’s 160-year-old abortion ban Wednesday, days after the state Supreme Court roiled state politics by reviving the law.
A bill that would repeal Arizona’s 160-year-old abortion ban was successfully introduced in the state Senate on Wednesday after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to advance a similar effort.
William T. Howell, who copied the 1864 law from California, was a progressive by the standards of the state Supreme Court that resurrected his statute.
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesFor the second time in as many weeks, Arizona Republicans thwarted an attempt to kill a Civil War-era law that is poised to ban nearly all abortions across the battleground state.
Arizona House Republicans have blocked an effort to repeal the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban for a second time. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled last week to uphold the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban,
Arizona House Republicans have blocked another attempt to vote on the repeal of the Civil War-era abortion ban in the state. On Wednesday, the House voted and blocked the motion by a 30-30 roll call.
House Democrats failed to get lawmakers to consider a bill that would repeal the near-total abortion ban. Senators passed a motion allowing for a last-minute bill.