AZ House Committee passes bill banning abortions after 15 weeks
Arizona moved a step closer Wednesday to enacting new abortion restrictions amid charges by one supporter that the laws are "close to genocide" for Black children.On a 6-4 vote, with only Republicans in favor, the House Judiciary Committee approved SB 1164. It seeks to make it a felony, with a possible one-year prison term, for a doctor to terminate a pregnancy after 15