Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is overjoyed that the Legislature repealed what she called “this insane 1864 abortion ban,” but she is not celebrating. Not yet. Because the brutally arcane law isn’t dead yet, and it has fallen to Mayes to finish it off. The repeal of the abortion ban did not include an emergency […]
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a repeal on Thursday of a controversial Civil War-era abortion ban that the state’s Supreme Court ruled could take effect on June 27. But Hobbs warned that the repeal would not go into effect until 90 days after the end of the Legislature’s current session at the end of June. […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats in the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push Wednesday to repeal the state’s long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions, which a court said can be enforced. Fourteen Democrats in the Senate are hoping to pick up at least two Republican votes to win final approval of the repeal […]
In the two years since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, the 50-year-long partnership between Republicans and anti-abortion activists has steadily fractured as political backlash to abortion bans has mounted. But perhaps the biggest crack emerged on Wednesday, when Arizona’s Republican-controlled state legislature moved to repeal the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. After […]
A secret grand jury of Arizonans has indicted 11 Republicans and seven top advisers to former President Donald Trump on charges they conspired to keep Trump in power by forging official documents they sent to Congress in 2020. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, announced the indictment on Wednesday, the culmination of a 13-month […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state’s highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute. Although no vote was taken on the […]
Donald Trump has said an Arizona law that criminalises nearly all abortions goes too far and the former US president called on Arizona legislators to change it, while also defending the overturning of Roe v Wade that cleared states to ban the procedure. “It’ll be straightened out and as you know, it’s all about states’ […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade that cleared states to ban the procedure. “It’ll be straightened out and as you know, it’s […]
On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to ban abortions except in the case where it would save a mother’s life, creating a path to prison for providers. Critics call the ruling, which upholds an 1864 law, a blow to reproductive rights in a state that already enforced a 15-week abortion ban after Roe v. […]
Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake speaks with reporters after leaving the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Capitol Hill on March 6. Kent Nishimura via Getty Images When Arizona’s state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a near-total abortion ban on the books since 1864, Kari Lake, the leading GOP candidate for Senate […]
By Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Arizona’s top court revived a law dating to 1864 on Tuesday that bans abortion in virtual all instances, another setback for reproductive rights in a state where the procedure already was barred starting at 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled 4-2 in favor of an […]
For six years running, the Arizona Kosher Food Pantry in Scottsdale has played a vital role in the community, offering kosher meals, groceries, supplies, and essential services to hundreds of families across the Valley. Now, the nonprofit is seeking help themselves as they struggle to remain afloat. Management reports that the food pantry, situated at […]