On Wednesday, Arizona Republicans halted a motion to vote on a bill that would overturn the nearly total ban on contraception from 1864, which the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this week is “enforceable.”
” Despite many people in their own party calling for an end to the law, GOP officials in the Legislature, which is controlled by conservatives, said they will been’ carefully reviewing’ the judge’s ruling and listening to components to determine the best course of action”, ABC News reported.
Arizona Democrats” seized on the selection” and tried to push payments to overturn the moratorium following the Tuesday decision, the New York Times reported.
” But Republican leaders in the Senate removed one act from the day’s plan on Wednesday,” according to parliamentary assistants. In the House, a Republican lawmaker who had called for striking down the law made a motion to vote on a Democratic , reform bill that has sat stalled , for month” , , according to the report.  ,” But Democratic leaders swiftly scuttled that energy by calling for a corner, and afterward adjourned until second Wednesday”.
Republican state representative Matt Gress (R-Phoenix ), who later” joined other Republicans to temporarily adjourn for recess before they could vote,” reported ABC News.
According to the report, state representative Teresa Martinez ( R ) criticized her Democratic colleagues for trying to obstruct a vote the day after the ruling.
In a floor speech, she said,” We do not want to repeal the pre-Roe law without first having a conversation about it.” There is no justification for rushing on this crucial subject. We must talk to all beliefs completely. When our coworkers act in the same manner as they did this morning, we ca n’t do that.
The Senate leader and House speech, both Republicans,  , issued a joint statement , stating that the decision probably would not take effect for days as the legal battle over the legislation continues in a lower court for more claims over its validity.
Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma said in a speech to ABC News that” the Supreme Court has made its decision, and it was one that was purely based on the text of the law.”
” During this time, we will be carefully reviewing the prosecutor’s decision, talking to our people, and listening to our components to determine the best course of action for the legislature”, the state Senate leader and House speaker said.
Senate candidate Kari Lake and previous governor Greg Abbott are two important Arizona Republicans who have somewhat distanced themselves from the Supreme Court’s decisions. Doug Ducey. After past president Donald Trump made a public statement that he believed that the state should finally decide on the abortion issue, the decision was also made. Trump claimed to believe the 1864 rules is very extreme and that he thinks it is.
” It’s all about state’s rights, and that’ll be straightened out”, Trump said. ” I’m certain that the government and everyone else are going to bring it back into purpose, and that’ll be handled, I think very immediately.”
Trump stated in his statement regarding abortion that Republicans had “also win elections to restore the culture” even though the issue is frequently a deeply spiritual choice for some voters in some way or another. Liberals, as well as President Joe Biden’s strategy, have been greatly banking on driving voter turnout around the topic of pregnancy,  , using the issue , to color Republicans as “extreme” and a danger to women.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruling has drawn the ire of Democrats, including , Biden, who blamed the decision on the “extreme agenda” of Republicans. On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Arizona to promote “reproductive health.”
In the upcoming presidential election, Arizona is regarded as a swing state. In 2020, Harris and President Joe Biden beat Trump in the state by less than half a percentage point”, The Arizona Republic , reported. The White House has increased its presence in Arizona in response. The president, vice president, both of their spouses and several other campaign surrogates have visited Arizona since the beginning of March”.
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The abortionists are also subject to a two to five-year prison sentence under the 1864 law, which prohibits all abortions unless they save the mother’s life. Justices heard arguments in the case,  , Planned Parenthood of Arizona v. Mayes/Hazerigg, in December, and were asked to answer whether Arizona’s 15- week abortion limit passed in March of 2022 overrides the older law.
While the court did not rule on the constitutionality of the 1864 law, the court issued a 4- 2 , decision , with one recusal on Tuesday, finding that the 1864 law is “enforceable” over the newer 15- week limit.
We consider whether the Arizona Legislature enacted a law prohibiting doctors from carrying out elective abortions after fifteen weeks of gestation, or whether the law was repealed or otherwise restricted. ” This case involves statutory interpretation—it does not rest on the justices ‘ morals or public policy views regarding abortion, nor does it rest on]the old law’s ] constitutionality, which is not before us”.
” Absent the federal constitutional abortion right, and because]the fifteen- week limit ] does not independently authorize abortion, there is no provision in federal or state law prohibiting]the 1864 law’s ] operation. Accordingly, ]the 1864 law ] is now enforceable”, Lopez continued.
In the end, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to overturn an injunction against the nearly total ban while halting the law’s total enforcement for 14 days to allow for parties to decide how to proceed with additional action. Additionally, the state’s high court remanded the case to trial court to be looked at for any remaining constitutional challenges.
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The state supreme court decision comes as pro-choice activists are moving forward with a proposed amendment that would grant Arizona a constitutional right to abortion.
Arizona for Abortion Access — a , coalition , of groups including ACLU of Arizona, Affirm Sexual and Reproductive Health, Arizona List, Healthcare Rising Arizona, NARAL Arizona, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona — said last week that they had amassed more than 500, 000 signatures, well past the 383, 923 required for the proposed amendment to qualify for the ballot in November. A simple majority would be required to pass the abortion measure if it were to be cast on the November ballot.
Arizona is one of nearly a dozen states where pro- abortion activists are  , working , to codify the right to kill the unborn.
For Breitbart News, Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter. You can follow her on X , @thekat_hamilton.
