Arizona lawmakers expected to push repeal of Civil War-era abortion law through state House

The Arizona House of Representatives is expected to have enough Republican votes to push through a repeal of the state’s Civil War-era abortion law, a Republican source has told CNN.

As of Wednesday morning, there appeared to be enough votes to overcome a procedural hurdle to consider the repeal bill on the House floor and then repeal the 160-year-old near-total ban, according to the source.

The expected legislative action comes after two failed attempts by state lawmakers to bring the bill to the floor last week in a blow to reproductive rights, as well as GOP candidates in competitive races, who have been scrambling to distance themselves from the Arizona Supreme Court decision that roiled state politics earlier this month.

In its ruling, the court revived the 1864 abortion law, saying that the US Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 left nothing to block it from being enforced.

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