Republicans in the Arizona state House repeatedly blocked attempts to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban, bucking calls from the biggest names in their party to kill a law first enacted in 1864.
However, the legislative battle to repeal the pre-state law is far from over.
“We need Republicans with a backbone to vote for the right thing, even if they stand alone against their party. I don’t know if we have any in this chamber,” Democratic state Rep. Consuelo Hernandez of Tucson told NOTUS.