Arizona Supreme Court Approves Law to Repeal 1864 Sweeping Abortion Ban

The State Senate of Arizona approved legislation Wednesday that is expected to repeal an 1864 state law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion In this state.

With the support of two Republican senators, Democrats managed to approve the measure that eliminates the controversial law reinstated after the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court on April 9th.

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After long debate, the project that overturns the measure at the time of Civil war which made abortion a serious crime, punishable by two to five years in prison for the woman who aborts or whoever helps her.

The only exception allowed allows abortion when the pregnant woman is at serious risk of losing her life.

The proposal approved this Wednesday should eliminate the old legislation and replace it with another that was approved in 2022 by the same state legislature that allows the abortion up to the first 15 weeks of pregnancy and establishes exceptions for rape, incest or danger of death to the mother.

The measure now heads to the governor’s desk. Arizonathe democrat Katie Hobbswhich was shown today “happy” for seeing that the Legislature responded to his request, and said in a message on X that he will sign the law soon.

The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harrisalso applauded in a statement the achievement of his party’s legislators in Arizona, a state with a Republican tradition.

“Democrats have been working to clean up the devastating mess created by (Donald) Trump and his extremist allies, the state’s existing ban, with no exceptions for rape or incest, remains in effectHarris warned.

And the 1864 law could still be enforced for only a few weeks, since the new legislation would not take effect until 90 days after the current legislative session ends and Hobbs signs it.

In this sense, the Arizona prosecutor, Chris Mayers, asked the Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow a three-year period before the law was passed before Arizona became a state and women could vote to take effect. “Rest assured that my office is exploring all available options to prevent this outrageous 160-year-old law from going into effect.“, he said this Wednesday in a statement.

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The restoration of this measure represented a blow to women’s reproductive rights in this state, but it also became an obstacle for some Republican candidates to avoid losing potential voters.

O American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Arizona said today that despite the recently passed law “Other abortion restrictions remain in place,” including a 15-week ban that criminalizes service providers and offers no protection to rape survivors or patients with health risks.

Currently groups that defend women’s reproductive rights, including ACLUare collecting voter signatures to take to the polls in November a law that aims to eliminate restrictions on abortion rights in the state.

Source: Elcomercio

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