2 May 2024
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2024-05-02 10:32
Legislators in Arizona's upper house voted Wednesday to repeal an 1864 law banning abortion, a month after the state's Supreme Court said the Civil War-era rule was valid.
That law, which was drafted long before Arizona became a state and before women had the right to vote, made it a criminal offense for anyone to carry out an abortion, and allowed for prison sentences of up to five years for anyone convicted.