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Hundreds gathered last week in Flagstaff to express frustration at the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow a Civil War-era abortion ban to take effect.
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The Arizona Legislature devolved into jeering Wednesday as Republican lawmakers shut down discussion on a proposed repeal of a newly-revived 1864 law criminalizing abortion.
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A near-total ban on abortions is set to take effect in Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court says the state can enforce its long-dormant law making abortion illegal in all cases except when a mother’s life is at stake.
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The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a Civil War-era near-total ban on abortion in the state is enforceable. The 1864 law pre-dates Arizona’s statehood and criminalizes all abortions except those in which the pregnant person’s life is at stake.
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Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema is among a group of bipartisan lawmakers who’ve reintroduced a bill to codify Roe v. Wade into law nearly eight months after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision from 1973.
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President Joe Biden is promising that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year will be one that codifies Roe v. Wade — if Democrats control enough seats in Congress for Biden to sign abortion protections into law.
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Abortions can take place again in Arizona, at least for now, after an appeals court on Friday blocked the enforcement of a pre-statehood law that almost entirely criminalized the procedure.
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Flagstaff will take part in a nationwide women’s march in support of reproductive rights this Saturday.
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Reproductive rights groups in Arizona are condemning last week’s court ruling allowing a pre-statehood abortion ban to go into effect that would effectively outlaw nearly all abortions. The law was blocked for five decades until the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade this summer.
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Planned Parenthood has asked an Arizona judge to put on hold a ruling that allowed prosecutors to enforce a Civil War-era law banning abortion in nearly all cases.