Arizona Republicans Face This Week Renewed Efforts To Repeal Civil War-Era Abortion Ban

‘I’m almost sure they’re going to reintroduce it again,’ a Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee spokesman tells the Sun.

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Protesters at Phoenix shout as they join thousands marching around the Arizona state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. AP/Ross D. Franklin

Arizona Republicans are expected to face renewed efforts from the state’s Democrats to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban when they reconvene this week. State Republicans blocked efforts to repeal the ban three times already.

The most recent refusal to roll back the law came just last week, when Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to repeal the law after the state’s Supreme Court ruled to allow the 150-year-old law to be enforced. 

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