Arizona House votes to repeal Civil War-era abortion ban.
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Source: Washington Post. By Caroline Kitchener and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez. April 24, 2024 at 3:22 p.m. EDT
The 1864 abortion law, which took effect briefly after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022 but was soon blocked by the courts, was revived by the state’s highest court on April 9, inciting a national uproar and political panic among Republicans who worry that the ban will hurt their chances of winning elections later this year, including the presidential contest.
GOP anxieties about the politics of a near-total abortion ban have led to an unlikely, albeit temporary, alliance between Democrats, a small number of Republican lawmakers mostly in swing districts and allies of former president Donald Trump — including Senate candidate Kari Lake, who recently reversed her position on the ban and has been making personal appeals to GOP lawmakers, urging them to repeal the law.
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Three Republicans in the House crossed party lines Wednesday to vote with all of the chamber’s Democrats. Even if the bill to repeal the 1864 law is approved by the Senate and signed by the governor, the near-total abortion ban could still take effect for several months. Bills typically take effect 90 days after the legislative session ends.
The legislation now moves to the state Senate, where it needs votes from at least two Republicans in addition to all of the chamber’s Democrats. The Senate is already moving forward with its own identical version of the repeal bill, signaling that it could have the GOP support needed to pass the bill approved by the House on Wednesday. The earliest that the Senate could vote on the House version is May 1, based on the chamber’s current schedule, according to legislative staffers.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/24/arizona-abortion-ban/
It seems some of them are falling over themselves to retrench and react to the pushback against the 1864 law they so sanctimoniously celebrated just weeks ago. How the worm has turned.
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