“'We are deeply disturbed that Rep. Smith has withdrawn instead of defending his actions on the allegations of such serious and concerning fraud,' committee co-chair Sen. Priya Sundareshan said in a statement.' Story by Mary Jo Pitzl: azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

“Women’s health and lives are less important than falling out of favor with House Speaker Ben Toma and his merry band of anti-abortion zealots.”

The AZ legislative majority could have stopped the 1864 near-total abortion ban. They didn’t.

Today, the current House majority voted for the 3rd time since last week’s Supreme Court decision NOT to repeal the 1864 ban.

State legislative races are critically important. #LD17

READ: Rep. Austin Smith withdraws from the 2024 Primary. Read our full statement here ➡️ adlcc.com/blog/press-rel…

Enormously proud of Sen. Eva Burch as always

All eyes are on Arizona. Thank you Sen Eva Burch for continuing to be an advocate for abortion access. We are grateful to you for using your personal story to educate and amplify the need to repeal the 1864 ban.

State Sen. AZ Sen. Priya Sundareshan, the co-chair of the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the state legislature, called the vote “a perfect example of why we need to flip” control of the two chambers.

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LIVE: Democrats respond to Republican legislators voting AGAIN to upholding the draconian 1864 abortion ban ⬇️

HAPPENING NOW: Arizona Democrats are speaking out against Republicans refusal to repeal the 1864 ban. Everyday this dangerous and archaic law stays on the books, more patients become at risk.

Athena Salman Rep. Oscar De Los Santos Rep. Analise Ortiz

At the 1st committee hearing in 22 on the “15-week” ban Cathi Herrod from Center for AZ Policy makes it very clear the law Doug Ducey signed & Shawna Bolick, T.J. Shope & the GOP voted for was explicitly & clearly designed to put the near total ban back into law if Roe fell & they knew it.

READ: An elections complaint alleged that Rep. Austin Smith (R-LD 29) personally forged nomination signatures. Read more ➡️ adlcc.com/blog/press-rel…

Read more about it here: azdem.org/another-day-in…

After attending today’s #StopTheBanAZ rally, sign up to volunteer and help elect a new legislative majority! mobilize.us/ld4democrats/

Rep. Matt Gress voted to UPHOLD the 1864 ban, lied about it on national television, and was just caught.

Pack it up, we will see ya in November.

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We agree, these are most vulnerable Republicans in the Arizona legislature. Thats why we have our sights set on defeating them in November.

We will elect a Democratic majority for the first time since 1966.

🧵 on who we’re challenging:

We cannot allow political extremists to make laws for the rest of us. We cannot allow Republicans to backtrack. We must elect a Democratic majority in the legislature to stop attacks on our abortion once and for all.

Find out where you can donate to elect Dems ⤵️

Arizona Republicans did this. It didn’t just happen.

These three flip-floppers are in the most competitive districts in Arizona.

Democratic challengers are ready to defeat Sen. T.J. Shope, Sen. Shawnna LM Bolick, and Rep. Matt Gress.

Help us get them over the finish line: secure.actblue.com/donate/protect…

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