Republican lawmakers in Arizona blocked an effort on Wednesday to quickly repeal a 160-year-old law prohibiting nearly all abortions after the state’s high court upheld it this week.
A motion by state Rep. Matt Gress, a Phoenix-area Republican, to begin the repeal process got waylaid by a GOP motion to recess, according to local NBC affiliate KPNX. That’s when some Democrats, the minority in the chamber, began shouting, “Shame on you.”
🚨JUST IN—Democrats in the Arizona state house have hijacked the legislative session shouting “SHAME” and “BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS” at Republicans following yesterday’s Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion. pic.twitter.com/0ztaRFhkOd
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 10, 2024
Democrat State Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, who is the top sponsor of a one-line bill that would repeal the abortion law, brought the motion to the floor again in the afternoon, but the House adjourned until next Wednesday on a roll call vote.
The Associated Press reported Gress is one of three GOP legislators who openly oppose the ban. He said the near-total ban “is not reflective of the values of the vast majority of our electorate, regardless of political affiliation. …