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Arizona statehouse Republicans blocked an effort on Wednesday to repeal an 1864 abortion ban for the second time.
The block of the repeal comes despite several major Republicans in and out of the state, such as former President Donald Trump, having called for a more moderate solution.
Many voters, including some who back the Republicans, see the law as antiquated and an extreme effort to restrict the rights of women.
But the Republican Speaker of the Arizona statehouse, Ben Toma, said on Wednesday that “The last thing we should be doing today is rushing a bill through the legislative process to repeal a law that has been enacted and reaffirmed by the Legislature several times,” according to The New York Times.
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