For a third straight week, Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are attempting Wednesday to repeal the state’s near-total ban on abortions, again spotlighting an issue that has put Republicans on the defensive in a battleground state for the presidential election.
Republicans have used procedural votes to block earlier repeal efforts, each time drawing condemnation from Democratic President Joe Biden, who has made his support for abortion access central to his campaign for reelection.
Arizona Republicans have been under intense pressure from some conservatives in their base, who firmly support the abortion ban, even as it’s become a liability with swing voters who will decide crucial races including the presidency, the U.S. Senate and the GOP’s control of the Legislature.
The vote comes a day after Biden said former President Donald Trump, his presumptive Republican rival, created a “healthcare crisis for women all over this country,” and imperiled their access to health care.
Hong Kong schools ban books, warn teachers not to get 'political' — Radio Free Asia
Guideline unveiled to make public use of autonomous driving vehicles safer
Maine is latest state to approve interstate compact for social worker licenses
Conference highlights human rights advancement in Xinjiang
No Giannis? No Leonard? No problem just yet for the Bucks and Clippers in the postseason
Embroidery cooperative dedicated to inheritance of Kirgiz embroidery in NW China's Xinjiang
Hannah Elizabeth puts on a VERY busty display in a white tweed co
Tsitsipas sweeps aside Ruud to win Monte Carlo Masters for the third time, and then weeps
Wondrous Xinjiang: Xinjiang's mobile bazaar blooms ahead