Arizona Senate votes to repeal Civil War-era near-total abortion ban
The Arizona Senate on Wednesday casted a ballot to rescind the states 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 Conservatives Sens. Shawnna Bolick and T.J. Shope casted a ballot with the chambers 14 liberals to propel the cancelation, which passed 16 to 14. The vote comes seven days after three conservatives got together with each of the 29 leftists in the state House to cancel the law, which boycotts fetus removal at all phases of pregnancy but to save the existence of the mother and compromises early termination suppliers with two to long term jail sentences. The bill next heads to Vote based Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is supposed to sign it. It would make room for the states 15-week breaking point to remain state regulation. That limitation, sanctioned in 2022, does exclude exemptions for assault and interbreeding. Conservatives, who hold one-seat dominant parts in
