Arizona House Republicans Repeatedly Blocked Attempts to Repeal the State’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

It’s the second time since the state court enforced the ban that Republicans have blocked a repeal, despite Donald Trump calling for one.

Arizona state representatives convene on House floor at the Capitol

Arizona state representatives mingle on the House floor in Phoenix on, April 10. Matt York/AP

Republicans in the Arizona state House repeatedly blocked attempts to repeal the state’s near-total abortion ban, bucking calls from the biggest names in their party to kill a law first enacted in 1864.

However, the legislative battle to repeal the pre-state law is far from over.

“We need Republicans with a backbone to vote for the right thing, even if they stand alone against their party. I don’t know if we have any in this chamber,” Democratic state Rep. Consuelo Hernandez of Tucson told NOTUS.