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Eugene

(61,938 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 03:42 AM Mar 2015

Arizona lawmakers approve abortion bill, send to governor

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Arizona lawmakers on Wednesday passed a controversial measure blocking women from buying insurance that includes abortion coverage through the federal health care exchange.

The fiercely-debated bill also requires doctors to tell women they could possibly reverse the effects of a drug-induced abortion, a claim that critics called "junk science."

The legislation was approved by an 18-11 vote in the Republican-controlled Senate, with two Democrats voting for it. House lawmakers on Monday approved the bill by a 33-24 margin.

It now goes to Arizona Republican Governor Doug Ducey, who has not indicated whether he will sign or veto the bill. He has said he is opposed to abortion.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-usa-congress-abortion-idUSKBN0MM0BH20150326



BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
PHOENIX Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:17am EDT
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Arizona lawmakers approve abortion bill, send to governor (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2015 OP
Oh, Arizona. AngryDem001 Mar 2015 #1
Two Dems voted for it, great. haikugal Mar 2015 #2
Kick these 2 fuckers out of the Party. Let them go back to the GOP from whence they came. blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #3
The Vichy Dems strike again Kelvin Mace Mar 2015 #5
What a bunch of crap davidpdx Mar 2015 #4
Ducey is actually worse than Brewer phantom power Mar 2015 #7
How dare you? How dare you push your stupid beliefs about a gawd in the sky sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #6
Dare? Who's gonna stop them? phantom power Mar 2015 #8
Let's kope we don't need to start calling him Governor Doug Douchey! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #9
My in laws live in Arizona and are livid about the state going so hard right kimbutgar Mar 2015 #10

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
4. What a bunch of crap
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 06:20 AM
Mar 2015

I've heard the new governor is just as batshit as the old one. I hope someone takes this to court.

sinkingfeeling

(51,469 posts)
6. How dare you? How dare you push your stupid beliefs about a gawd in the sky
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 08:58 AM
Mar 2015

onto other people? How dare you prevent women from obtaining the medical insurance and the procedures they need to live THEIR lives? How dare you bastards?

kimbutgar

(21,177 posts)
10. My in laws live in Arizona and are livid about the state going so hard right
Thu Mar 26, 2015, 11:32 AM
Mar 2015

My 84 year old mother in law calls the governor a douche bag ( I was shocked she said it) my sister in law can't wait for her youngest who is 14 to finish high school and she 's leaving the state and the other sister in law is selling her house because she can't keep up with the upkeep ( she can't afford a new air conditioning system) and survive on her $12 an hour job at age 56. This wonderful right to work keeps her living paycheck to paycheck. She finally admitted to me that GOP policies are hurting her and her family. Her adult children though are still right wingers because their Dad my sister in laws ex raised them on Rush Limbaugh dumbf&$k university talking points. It's so sad to see them all struggling. One nephew is scared of me because I ask him hard questions and he get flustered so he stays away from me when we visit.

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