Arizona’s 1864 Abortion Law Officially Repealed, New 15-Week Law in Force

The near-total abortion ban in Arizona has ended as Gov. Katie Hobbs’ recently signed law took effect on Sept. 14. On May 2, the governor signed H.B. 2677 into law, officially repealing the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. This repeal is now in effect, replacing previous restrictions that were triggered into effect upon the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. While signing the law, Hobbs denounced the previous regulation, saying, “a ban that was passed by 27 men before Arizona was even a state, at a time when America was at war over the right to own slaves, a time before women could even vote.”...