PRESS RELEASE: 'Not the people's House after all' -- House Democrats respond to outrageous retaliation for hosting drag story hour #azleg

'These are people’s lives we’re talking about. If it’s only 2%, I will fight like hell for them. It doesn’t take away the need to have abortion as health care for somebody who needs it.” azmirror.com/2024/04/30/abo…

In addition to passing anti-LGBTQ+ laws, GOP state legislators are also deploying the tactic of inaction, refusing to repeal outdated anti-sodomy laws and same-sex marriage bans that could once again kick in should SCOTUS reverse its previous decisions. bit.ly/3PY9g7P

Great to get the endorsement from Common Good. We need all our legislators to abide by these principles.

Rep. Rep. Oscar De Los Santos and Rep. Analise Ortiz ferociously defended our reproductive freedom, and now the GOP is retaliating against them for it. We're grateful for our courageous champions in #azleg willing to speak truth to power for all of us.

HERstory: Arizona State Representative Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (Stephanie Stahl Hamilton) & House Democratic Leader Lupe Contreras watched as the State House reached the necessary votes on the bill to repeal the 1864 abortion ban. (via the The New York Times) Arizona House Democrats

BREAKING: Two current sitting state senators, Anthony Kern and Jake Hoffman, have been indicted following an investigation into the fake electors scheme. Thank you AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes, for holding these anti-democracy actors accountable.

What a day!

BREAKING: Arizona prosecutors have charged 11 fake electors for their roles in efforts to subvert the 2020 election. mcusercontent.com/cc1fad182b6d6f…

DYK the Arizona abortion ban is older than Yuma’s territorial prison?

Sen. Brian Fernandez explains how the Civil War-era ban will hurt rural Arizonans and why we must #repealtheban

Today Speaker Pro Grantham removed Rep.Rep. Oscar De Los Santos from his committees as a way to intimidate Democrats. We won’t be silenced, we will NEVER stop fighting for Arizonans.

“We won’t be silenced. I’m not intimidated.” Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. Oscar De Los Santos after Speaker Pro Grantham retaliated against him by removing him from the House Rules and Appropriations committees after today’s successful vote to repeal the 1864 total abortion ban (now

The Arizona House of Representatives has voted to REPEAL the 1864 abortion ban. Dems led the way in repealing this ban and delivered for Arizonans. Now we look to November to flip the leg and ensure that anti choice Republicans can never dictate laws for the rest of us ever again

Flipping the AZ House & Senate in 2024 isn't a priority – it’s a necessity.

Republicans in the state are too extreme and out of step with voters, & it’s never been more important to flip the legislature and elect true champions of reproductive justice. bit.ly/3W8juq2

MAGA Republicans in the state legislature continue their attack on our reproductive healthcare. Flipping the legislature and gaining the majority has never been more critical.

SHOCKING: MAGA Republicans are attempting to allow any Arizonan to bring forward a lawsuit against doctors and nurses for providing reproductive care.

Disgusting.

Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton argues against a substitute motion to put her 1864 repeal bill into Committee of the Whole where it can be amended with Republican poison pills. We are arguing for a clean repeal. Eyes on GOP Rep. Matt Gress. Does he stick with clean repeal or indulge this

NEW: MAGA Republicans in Arizona are attempting to stop Democrats from repealing the 1864 abortion ban.

They are now attempting to add an amendment allowing ANY person to sue medical providers who provide reproductive care. Despicable.

SB 1734, Senator Anna Hernandez’s bill to repeal Arizona’s 1864 total abortion ban went through a second read in the AZ Senate today and is ready to be voted on next week! We are slowly but surely making progress on protecting our fundamental rights in Arizona.

“The decision to get an abortion, or seek any type of reproductive healthcare belongs on the hands of patients, their families and their providers, not politicians.” Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. Oscar De Los Santos before we head to floor to once again move to repeal Arizona’s cruel