Tensions high at Arizona capitol after abortion ruling

 After Tuesday’s Arizona Supreme Court ruling essentially banning all abortions in the state, the state legislature adjourned on Wednesday despite attempts to get a motion to repeal the 1864 law up for a vote. 

 Hobbs, as well as other Democrats and a handful of Republicans, have called for the legislature to repeal the law in order to allow for the current 15-week law to remain in place for the time being. Many Democrats have also been critical of the 15-week abortion law, but have said that it’s preferable to the alternative, which only allows abortion if a mother’s health is at risk regardless of number of weeks into a pregnancy.

 

On Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gress, R-Phoenix, motioned to bring Rep. Stephanie Stahl-Hamilton's, D-Tucson, House Bill 2677 that would repeal the abortion ban law up for a vote by bypassing committee and going straight to a floor vote. However, another Republican then motioned to go to recess, which ended up passing through a voice vote. 

 

However, this recess let to a tense moment on the House floor, in which Democratic lawmakers chanted phrases such as “Save women’s lives.”

 

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