The Arizona GOP-controlled state Senate voted on Wednesday to pass a repeal of the 160-year-old law protecting unborn children from nearly all abortions after the state’s Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect last month.
Two Republicans joined 14 Democrats to give the repeal enough votes to pass the state Senate after three Republicans voted with Democrats in the state House last week to approve the legislation, the Associated Press reported. The final vote tally in the state Senate was 16–14.
State Sen. Jake Hoffman blasted his Republican colleagues who joined with Democrats in passing the repeal.
“It is disgusting that this is the state of the Republican Party today,” Hoffman said.
Meanwhile, Arizona Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes said the vote is “a win for freedom in our state.”
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