Arizona House Republicans Vote Against Hearing Bill to Repeal Abortion Ban by Jacob Burg – US Politics News

Arizona’s Republican-led House of Representatives declined to discuss a bill on April 17 that would repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban after the state Supreme Court upheld the controversial law a week prior.
The lawmakers voted not to discuss the measure on the House floor after two previous attempts were also unsuccessful. The law has heightened political tensions in the state since the Supreme Court’s April 9 ruling, with Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake reversing her previous support for the law after former President Donald Trump said it went too far in recent comments.
Votes on whether to discuss the bill to repeal the abortion ban were evenly split between both parties. The chair made the tie-breaking vote, preventing the bill from reaching the floor….