Abortion rights advocates said passage of a constitutional ballot initiative this November was still needed.
On Thursday, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) signed a bill into law that repeals a 160-year-old anti-abortion statute that was first enacted when the state was just a territory. The 1864 law was re-implemented last month after the state Supreme Court ruled that it was still enforceable. The law forbids abortion at any stage of pregnancy and makes no exceptions for rape, incest, or to protect a...
