Arizona Republicans denounce revived 1864 abortion ban in sudden reversal

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11. They originally DID have a law in 2022 pending what the SCOTUS would do

March 30, 2022 / MODIFIED MAR 30, 2022 4:45 P.M.
Arizona governor signs bills limiting abortion, trans rights

Among legislation signed Wednesday is a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.


by AZPM staff and Associated Press


Gov. Doug Ducey has signed a series of bills targeting abortion and transgender rights. The governor's signature Wednesday puts Arizona on a growing list of GOP-led states pursuing a conservative social agenda. The measures will outlaw abortion after 15 weeks if the U.S. Supreme Court allows it, prohibit gender confirmation surgery for minors and ban transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams.

Ducey is an abortion opponent who has signed every piece of anti-abortion legislation that has reached his desk since he took office in 2015. He said late last year that he hoped the Supreme Court overturns the Roe v. Wade decision that enshrined the right to abortion.

And in signing Senate Bill 1164 on Wednesday, he nodded to the high court case that is expected to decide the fate of 15-week bans, like Arizona's.

“In Arizona, we know there is immeasurable value in every life – including preborn life,” Ducey said in a signing letter. “I believe it is each state's responsibility to protect them.” Opponents said the ban would disproportionately impact women with the least access to health care.

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https://news.azpm.org/p/newsc/2022/3/30/208434-arizona-governor-signs-bills-limiting-abortion-trans-rights/

Once Roe was overturned, they decided to get the state Supreme Court to resurrect and grandfather-in a provision that was enacted when AZ was not even a state (the existence of that which should have been invalidated right off the bat).