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ban written before Arizona became a state that punishes doctors with prison time is now one step away from being repealed after a pair of Republicans in the state Senate on Wednesday crossed party lines to join Democrats in voting it down. On April 9, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a […] The post The AZ Senate has repealed the 1864 abortion ban, after 2 Republicans join Dems appeared first on Arizona Mirror.

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.

The Arizona Legislature has approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions. The vote to undo the 19th century law sent the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie

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.

Fourteen Democrats in the Senate were joined by two Republican votes in favour of repealing the Bill.