Arizona House Votes to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, Sending Bill to State Senate

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Three Republicans joined Democrats in repealing the law.

The Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill on April 24 to remove the stateโ€™s strict abortion prohibition. The vote comes two weeks after a judge ruled that the state could enforce the 1864 legislation, which contains an exemption only for cases in which the motherโ€™s life is in danger.

On the day of the vote, three Republicans joined all 29 Democrats in repealing that legislation, which does not include any exceptions for rape or incest and was passed before Arizona became a state.

The Republicans in the battleground state House were under increasing pressure for weeks leading up to the vote to override the GOP House speaker, who has continued to oppose the repeal.

President Joe Biden has made his support for abortion central in his reelection campaign, and each time Republicans have leaned on checks and balances to defeat prior repeal efforts, the president has weighed in to support repealing the law.

On April 24, Democrats and the Biden campaign convened a news conference to maintain their pressure on Republicans and former President Trump for the severe restrictions on abortion.

โ€œMake no mistake, Arizonans are living in 1864 now because Donald Trump dismantled Roe v. Wade,โ€ Democratic state Sen. Priya Sundareshan of Tucson said.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the Arizona Houseโ€™s decision, saying that keeping the law in place would have โ€œhurt women.โ€

She went on to assert that the state is โ€œmoving forward in the right direction,โ€ and the Biden administrationโ€™s belief that in 2024, โ€œwe should be protecting our freedom [and] a womanโ€™s right to make her own personal decision.โ€

Bidenโ€“Harris Campaign Visit

Shortly after the state Supreme Courtโ€™s April 8 decision to uphold the pro-life law, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a pro-abortion rally in Tuscon, Arizona, on April 12.

Ms. Harris spoke at the โ€œreproductive freedomโ€ rally about the court ruling, calling it โ€œone of the biggest aftershocks yetโ€ since the 2022 overturning of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade.

Byย Savannah Hulsey Pointer

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