Arizona abortion ruling upends legal and political landscape from Phoenix to Washington
Arizona abortion providers are vowing to continue service until forced to stop
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona abortion providers vowed Wednesday to continue service until they're forced to stop, a pledge that comes day after the state Supreme Court cleared the way for enforcing an 1864 law criminalizing abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman's life is at risk.
The court decision rocked the state as women, including physicians, grappled with how to respond to a law that comes without exceptions for rape or incest.
State legislators convened as pressure mounted from Democrats and some Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, for them to intervene. House Democrats and at least one Republican tried to open discussion Wednesday on repealing the 1864 ban, but GOP leaders, who command the majority, shut it down twice and quickly adjourned. Outraged Democrats erupted in chants of “Shame! Shame! Shame!”
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs earlier called on the Legislature to repeal the ban.
