A Civil War-era abortion ban in Arizona was repealed on Thursday.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, signed a bill on Thursday that will repeal the state's 160-year-old abortion ban.As reproductive rights continue to be a hot-button issue after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, which lets individual states decide how to handle abortion, Arizona repealed a near-total abortion ban that was enacted in 1864.
We do not have guarantees that the basic right to contraception or access to IVF are protected even as threats mount.'Hobbs continued: 'Today we should not rest, but we should recommit to protecting women's bodily autonomy, their ability to make their own health care decisions and the ability to control their lives.'Despite the repeal, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said the near-total abortion ban will still go into effect as early as June 27.
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