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Democrat Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs quickly signed a bill on Thursday repealing an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions — just a day the SenateTwo Republican state senators joined Democrats to advance the repeal on Wednesday, which passed 16 to 14. The Senate vote came a week after three Republicans“Today, we did what 23 governors and 55 legislatures refused to do and repealed the 1864 Civil War-era total abortion ban,” Hobbs said in a post to X.
I will do everything in my power to protect our reproductive freedoms, because I trust women to make the decisions that are best for them, and know…The Arizona Supreme Court issued a historic decision on April 9, ruling that the state must abide by the 1864 law, which restricts all abortions — except to save the life of the mother — and carries a prison sentence of two to five years for abortionists.
Republican lawmakers in the state are reportedly considering putting their own abortion-related proposals on the November ballot as alternatives to the one being pushed by Democrats,
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