Arizona state senators successfully passed a measure to repeal the state’s near-total 1864 abortion ban following a heated and emotional voting session.
by the state Supreme Court in April and came into effect due to a complicated sequence of legal events, supplanting a measure enacted in 2022 that would have precluded the procedure after 15 weeks of gestation.Two femalesenators shared their poignant miscarriage stories that each shaped their vote in different directions on the measure.
Because the 1864 law only had an exception for the immediate life-threatening condition of the mother, Bolick said she could not support the 1864 abortion ban that left in question whether the emergency care that she received would be legal. State GOP Sen. Justine Wadsack also said on the Senate floor that her second pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage and that the traumatic experience prompted her to vote against the repeal effort.
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