Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path Wednesday to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state Supreme Court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute.
Arizona lawmakers kicked off a legislative session amid mounting pressure on Republicans to repeal a near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the state’s Supreme Court.
Alicia Macklin and Rachel Zacharias of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman PC discuss issues over preemption and state bans on abortion as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in two consolidated cases involving the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
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.
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs reacts to GOP lawmakers blocking an effort to advance a repeal of the state’s 160-year-old abortion ban, days after the state Supreme Court revived the law.
Is it possible for us to get to the same place on gun safety that we’re getting to on abortion — where the people who make the policy feel pressure to be sensible?
A rizona’s controversial 1864 abortion ban will not be enforced until June 8, the state’s Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a letter to abortion providers Friday, after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle roundly criticized the state Supreme Court’s recent decision to enact one of the most strict abortion bans in the country.
Arizona law forbidding abortions, upheld by the State Supreme Court, also sets the age of consent for females at 10 years.” Arizona’s Supreme Court ruled to bring back an 1864 abortion law that is part of a larger set of laws called the Howell Code that governed the Arizona territory during the Civil War.
If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on these and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life. This is what happened after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9,
This November, there could be over a dozen states that consider an abortion referendum, which would be a record number of ballot measures that have long-lasting implications for abortion policy in
A Republican bill recently introduced in the Ohio Legislature seeks a prohibition of state funding for abortion-related services, for which similar statutes and regulations already exist. State Rep. Josh Williams,
Arizona’s Supreme Court judges just joined others in a line of states taking foolish measures to roll back abortion rights, reasserting an 1864 law banning the procedure outright. Meanwhile, groups
Just months away from a presidential election that could decide the future of reproductive rights, congressional Democrats and abortion rights groups are not on the same page. Many Democrats are warning that the right wing plans to revive the Comstock Act,
Abortion remains mostly legal in 27 states, though there are varying restrictions based on gestational age. In some cases, states have added new protections for abortion since the Dobbs ruling by enshrining the right into their state constitutions.
If women and their health care providers are going to be criminally charged in some states for seeking an abortion, then the men that caused the whole situation in the first place should be similarly charged ( “Democrats clear path to bring proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total abortion ban to a vote,
Lake also posted a video on X in which she claimed that a “total ban” was “out of line” with the way Arizonans feel about abortion, and that she herself viewed abortion as a “personal and private issue” — sounding rather like a pro-choice candidate.
Of the nearly dozen states with citizen-led initiatives to enshrine abortion rights on the ballot this fall, Colorado has the most liberal abortion laws. It is one of the few states with no gestational limits.
Attorney General Kris Mayes' promise that she won't prosecute doctors for violating the soon-enforceable abortion ban likely isn't enough to persuade doctors to break the law, Arizona abortion providers tell Axios Phoenix.
Last month, this flagship bipartisan program to combat HIV and AIDS abroad was given a one-year reprieve in a spending bill passed by Congress.Critics have raised concerns about how the funds are being used overseas.
The Arizona State Legislature did not repeal an abortion law created in 1864 banning nearly all abortions on Wednesday for the second week in a row. However, the Senate did begin the process on a new bill Wednesday.
For the media, abortion is the wedge issue supreme and will give them fodder for animated discussion all the way through November. For pro-abortion activists, and the Democratic Party alike, this is an opportunity to motivate their electoral base to action in light of an incumbent president who is drooping in the polls.
"With large pro-life Republican majorities, if House bill 3013 doesn't pass the Senate, it will show the weakness of the so-called Republican supermajority," say .
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"Even if we have a restrictive law here," Lake tried to assure the concerned crowd, "you can go three hours that way, three hours that way, and you're going to be able to have an abortion." Continue reading The comment is confounding in multiple ways,
Arizona House Republicans blocked an attempt Wednesday to repeal the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban, the second time in as many weeks Democrats were unable to get a vote on their repeal bill. The move came despite pressure from prominent conservatives including former President Trump and a top Trump ally,
Few issues in American politics are as contentious as the issue of abortion. Since the Dobbs decision, many state governments have imposed various restrictions on abortion access, but none can compare to Arizona's 1864 law,
Georgia’s upcoming May primary has one unusual statewide race that one candidate wants to make a referendum on abortion rights. A state supreme court race is technically nonpartisan. But, this is an oddball race that has become classically partisan in spite of the fact that there is no "D" and no "R" attached to either candidate.
An abortion rights supporter holds a sign saying “My body, my choice,” and “November is coming,” on the west steps of the Capitol in Denver on April 18, 2024, during a press conference to celebrate the delivery of signatures to the Secretary of State’s office with the goal of putting an abortion rights constitutional amendment before voters this November.
The high court approved a ballot initiative to enshrine the right to "reproductive freedom" in the state Constitution. But the group behind that effort is still moving forward with a narrower version instead.
Kelly Clarkson talked about her difficult pregnancies with Hillary Clinton as they discussed the Arizona Supreme Court ruling that effectively banned abortion.