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The state has been in turmoil since its Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban dating back to the Civil War.
By Elizabeth Dias and Kellen Browning
April 17, 2024 | Updated 4:25 p.m. ET
State House Republicans in Arizona on Wednesday scuttled another effort to repeal the state’s 1864 law banning abortion, defying pressure from prominent Republicans, including former President Donald J. Trump, who had urged them to toss the ban that many voters viewed as extreme and archaic.
“The last thing we should be doing today is rushing a bill through the legislative process to repeal a law that has been enacted and reaffirmed by the Legislature several times,” House Speaker Ben Toma, a Republican, said as he blocked an effort to vote on the repeal.
The Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling last week to uphold the Civil War-era near-total abortion ban infuriated supporters of abortion rights, exhilarated abortion opponents and set off a political firestorm in Arizona.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/us/arizona-abortion-ban-repeal.html
Yes, great news for the Democrats. We saw what happened to the Republiscums/QAnon "red wave" in Nov 2022, after the Dobbs decision enabled the Democrats to perform spectacularly well in the midterms, barely losing the House
and keeping the Senate. News like this will help to ensure a repeat this coming November.
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