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Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push to repeal the state's long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions that a court said can be enforced.

Discover how the Arizona Senate's verdict on Wednesday overturned the state's 1864 abortion ban, which was on the threshold of enforcement in a few weeks.

Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate on Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on abortions that the state's highest court recently allowed to take effect. Voting wasn't complete but the Senate had the 16 votes it needed to advance the bill. Fourteen Democrats in the Senate were joined by two Republican votes…

A 160-year-old abortion ban written before Arizona became a state that punishes doctors with prison time is now one step away from being repealed after a pair of Republicans in the state Senate on Wednesday crossed party lines to join Democrats in voting it down. On April 9, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a […] The post The AZ Senate has repealed the 1864 abortion ban, after 2 Republicans join Dems appeared first on Source New Mexico.

Law enforcement officers have moved into a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban.