Arizona Senate votes to repeal Civil War-era near-total abortion ban
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Arizona Senate votes to repeal Civil War-era near-total abortion ban
The Arizona Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal the state’s 160-year-old near-total abortion ban, three weeks after the state Supreme Court revived the law and thrust reproductive rights into the political spotlight. Two Republicans – Sens. Shawnna Bolick and T.J. Shope – voted with the chamber’s 14 Democrats to advance the repeal, which passed 16 to 14. The vote comes a week after three Republicans joined with all 29 Democrats in the state House to repeal the law, which bans abortion at all...
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Florida, where a six-week abortion ban took effect on Wednesday. Delivering her remarks in Jacksonville, Harris blamed former President Donald Trump for the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 and said the state’s new, more restrictive law is “the new reality under a Trump abortion ban.”
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Kari Lake flips yet again as she hits opponents of Civil War era abortion law
Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake appears to have changed her position on the state's Civil War era total abortion ban — again.Immediately after the Republican-controlled state Supreme Court allowed the ban — which was passed decades before Arizona even became a state and makes no exceptions other than to save the life of the pregnant woman — to be enforced, Lake came out with a statement condemning the decision, saying, "it is abundantly clear that the pre-statehood law is out of step with...