Arizona state House lawmakers voted on Wednesday to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions after a few Republicans joined Democrats in passing the bill.
The vote was the third try in three weeks to repeal the abortion restriction, after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a decision earlier this month upholding the Civil-War era law over the state’s newer 15-week abortion limit, NBC News reported.
“Amid mounting pressure” three GOP state representatives — Matt Gress, Tim Gunn, and Justin Wilmeth, joined 29 Democrats to repeal the law, which makes performing an abortion or helping a woman obtain one a felony punishable by two to five years in prison, according to the report.
The passage in the House comes after members of
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