Ray Stern of The Arizona Republic reports that the two houses of the legislature are so closely divided that Democrats would throw out the 1864 ban on abortion with the help of only a few Republicans. Even Trump crony Kari Lake is embarrassed by the 1864 ban.
Arizona Democrats, aided by a pair of Republicans in each chamber of the Legislature, appear to have the votes to pass a bill repealing the state’s 1864 abortion ban.
Almost anything is possible with a vote of 31 out of 60 in the state House, or 16 out of 30 in the state Senate.
Lawmakers say they expect to see a vote on the repeal when they return to work on Wednesday, even though the Legislature’s leaders don’t want it. The process almost started last week but stalled when Republicans didn’t get behind it.
Republicans hold one-seat majorities in the House and Senate, but Democrats can reach a majority with help from a few Republicans. Rules normally require that bills get heard by committees and move along the process according to set timelines, but a majority of members can vote to waive the rules.
The public reaction against the 1864 ban has been so intense that some Republicans might vote to overturn it. But there may be some Democrats wondering if they should take the issue off the table before November.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
I want the blue wave in 2024, to be so huge, it floods Traitor Trump’s MAGARINO barbarian horde so those fascists drowned politically and never recover.
And, that Traitor Trump ends up in prison for the next four years before the election from a guilty verdict for falsifying business records to hide the hush money he spent bribing a porn star to keep quiet about the fact that he paid her for sex. He did not want that to come out before the election.
This trial is not a hush money case. The Traitor has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide what he did to keep the porn star quiet.
Still, I think it’s strange that the first source I found that reported the news about this case and pointed those real facts out, is not a US based media source.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/15/in-trumps-new-york-hush-money-case-prosecutors-push-election-angle
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“There may be some Democrats wondering if they should take the issue off the table before November.”
Let’s not be cynical. Lives are at stake. Refusing to vote is from the Republican playbook — scream about the border, but don’t provide increased funding for the Border Patrol. Besides “some may be wondering” sounds so like a Washington-insider pundit. The unspoken part of the statement is “I couldn’t find one, but there may be.”
If power for its own sake becomes the Democratic mantra, all hope is lost.
SteveA
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Agree.
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I agree, SteveA.
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Lives are at stake. Exactly. Also, this issue NEEDS TO BE on the table, and loudly and frequently discussed, before the election. This issue alone could tank The Idiot.
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Leaving the abortion issue up to every state means that Trump bears responsibility for every ban.
That would be akin to leaving other rights up to the states. Should women’s right to vote be left to the states? Should the right of interracial couples to marry be up to the states?
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In other news, Mississippi governor celebrates slavery and racism with statewide holiday:
Reeves Proclaims Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi (mississippifreepress.org)
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