towards modern day women. Damn.

for women alone to decide their reproductive futures.

Make a new law that protects them.

But, they won’t…

Action, you want action? Hey, they are Repugs, they just complain and dither. They are the NAP---- NO Action Party.

There is no appealing to federal court because it's a state law.

I guess the only things the feds could do is determine whether a pre-statehood law is valid, but I doubt they would take the case.


The reason I doubt the feds would take it up is because many states might have pre-statehood laws on their books. It would probably put on "undue burden" on many states to dig up old laws and remove them from their books.

I expect the federal courts to take a hard pass on that.

The state legislature is going to somehow have to invalidate that pre-statehood provision explicitly.

HOWEVER, there is an amendment to the state Constitution that is being promoted where they supposedly have enough signatures to put it on the ballot as an initiative, so that might do the trick depending on how it's worded and if it is anticipated to overrule any previous provision (state law or pre-state "law" ).

(Not that I favor a 15 week ban, but hey it's better than the 1864 law)

Also here is some info on the AZ Constitutional Amendment -

Republicans lost the last person of courage when McCain died.

As he hyped himself for being.

It was a bunch of self-hype in his case.

Part of the 2022 law actually stated that if roe was overturned, the 1864 law would take precedent over the new law.

This was intentionally written into the law.

Ducey signed it knowing that.

It was by design.

shred it like you dogs have dreamt about.

republicans don't seem to be very smart.

Apparently it was quite dramatic with members speaking in tongues and rolling on the floor.

Hope this doesn't give them ideas!!1

"I'm incredibly thrilled that we are going to have a great law that's already on the books...it will prohibit abortion in Arizona except to save the life of a mother. And I think we're going to be paving the way and setting course for other states to follow."

Democrats, this is what can be accomplished when we organize public opinion against our enemies.

What a surprise!!

Too late, GOP!

what they want. Unfortunately for them it shows exactly who they are.

is a Republican tactic to force a 'compromise'. They just want to be in the genecologists examination room, not necessarily in the bedroom. But, if people keep 'acting up' they will just have to force open that bedroom door. Conservatives are zero sum thinkers and they only accept compromise when it's the other side doing it.

If anti-abortion AZ justices and lawmakers had a Time Machine
Would they go back to the 1940s and abort Joe Biden?

... and flop sweat when they realize their signature go-to hard core anti-abortion stand has blown entirely up and in their faces.

Should roe be overturned. It was always part of the bill that this would happen.

It's been tied up in the courts and the sc was the last hurdle.

But it was by design. Dicey knew it when he signed the bill.

They all knew it.

It was one of those Roe "trigger" things when the leak came out.

But AZ does have enough signatures for a Constitutional Amendment referendum this November that would expand access to 24 weeks, plus other provisions - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3223485

What did they think would happen when they elected reactionary dumwits?

I am hopeful of a solid blue outcome on this travesty of a court ruling. Please take this issue DEEP into your heart, mind and soul and vote for your democrat candidate. We can’t preserve democracy by just talking about it. We can only preserve democracy by voting for it. Help your family, neighbors, friends by GETTING OUT THE VOTE.

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With the same brush.
This is what they wanted.

stopped lying so much....

They've been gunning for this for DECADES. Now that they have succeeded and realized how unpopular that position is, they're suddenly about moderation??

MSM need s to be calling them out for this.... of course they won't...

Knows they have stepped into it.

They engineered it, and now it's blown up in their faces.

I'm picking up a pattern here.