phoenix — Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate on Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on abortions that the state's highest court recently allowed to take effect.
Voting wasn't complete but the Senate had the 16 votes it needed to advance the bill.
Fourteen Democrats in the Senate were joined by two Republican votes in favor of repealing the bill, which narrowly cleared the Arizona House last week and is expected to be signed by Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs.
The near-total ban, which predates Arizona's statehood, permits abortions only to save the mother's life — and provides no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest. In a ruling
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