#Medical societies say it’s wrong to characterize emergency #contraceptive pills, a #BirthControl method used w/in days of unprotected sex, & IUDs, which are long-acting & reversible, as causing #abortions bc NEITHER END AN EXISTING PREGNANCY.
You wouldn't think that someone with an established history of #rape, and paying for back-door #abortions would be clamoring to impose an absurd, and likely unconstitutional ban on #contraception. But, here we are.
The vote came after it narrowly cleared the AZ House last wk. The bill is expected to be signed by Gov Katie Hobbs.
The 1864 #law, which predates AZ’s statehood, permits #abortion only to save the patient’s life—& provides NO exceptions for survivors of #rape or #incest.
The law also states the age of consent for a “woman” is 10 yrs.
#Democrats in the #Arizona Legislature made a final push Wed to repeal the state’s long-dormant #ban on nearly all #abortions, which the state’s supreme court said can be enforced.
Voting wasn’t complete but the Senate had the 16 votes it needed to advance.
14 Dems in the Senate were joined by 2 Republican votes in favor of repealing the bill
“Democrats in the #Arizona Legislature made a final push Wednesday to repeal the state’s long-dormant ban on nearly all #abortions, which a court said can be enforced...Senate had the 16 votes it needed to advance the bill.
14 Dems in Senate were joined by two GOP votes in favor of repealing the bill, which narrowly cleared the Arizona House last week and is expected to be signed by Dem Gov. Katie Hobbs” https://apnews.com/article/24578e546b69ca087e01034bcaf4aa01
Monte Francis speaks to Elizabeth Sepper, a law professor at the University of Texas and a nationally recognized scholar of religious liberty, health law, and equality, about #Florida 's ban on most #abortions after six weeks of #pregnancy, which went into effect Wednesday. She says that women across the socio-economic spectrum are going to find that in crisis their lives and #health will be put at risk because of the ban.
👉🏼The #Arizona House voted Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on nearly all #abortions that is set to take effect as early as June 8. The measure now heads to the state Senate, which could grant final passage next week. https://wapo.st/3xRELds
#SCOTUS is hearing arguments on whether hospitals must provide emergency #abortions in states w bans.
At issue is a nearly 40-yr-old fed law that requires hospitals that receive fed funds to stabilize or transfer all emergency patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Biden admin invoked the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to argue that the federal government has the power to penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions even in states with strict bans.