Content Warning: Pregnancy Loss 

Indivisibles,

At 23-weeks, an Arizona mother received the devastating news her pregnancy
was not viable. But the law was clear: She could not get an abortion. The
state required her to carry the fetus to term, to go into labor, to
deliver a child her doctors knew could not survive more than a few painful
hours. 

Another woman was given the same shattering news, though early enough that
she was allowed to terminate the unviable pregnancy. But Arizona law
required her to get an invasive, medically unnecessary procedure and be
counseled about alternatives like adoption -- alternatives that obviously
did not apply to her tragic situation. 

An Arizona pharmacy denied a 14-year-old her life-saving medication, one
she’d been taking for years, because in large enough doses, it could be
used to terminate a pregnancy. 

This is the cruel reality of Arizona’s abortion ban. Not the draconian
1864 law that’s dominated recent headlines, but the ban the Republican
legislature passed in 2022 that rips reproductive choices away from
families and doctors, forces people to carry pregnancies against their
will, and increases their risk of long-term injury and death. 

Today we are genuinely relieved that a couple Republican lawmakers in
Arizona’s GOP-controlled Senate joined with Democrats to repeal the 1864
ban. The repeal will save lives. 

But we need to be clear on a few things: 

* Republicans have blocked repeal more than 10 times in the past few
weeks, and their refusal to act earlier will mean that the total
abortion ban will likely become enforceable at some point -- possibly
for months -- before the repeal law takes effect. 
* Only five GOP lawmakers voted for repeal. 42 voted in favor of the
Civil War-era law! 
* When the 1864 repeal goes into effect, Arizona will still have a 2022
abortion ban on the books for which Trump and Arizona Republicans are
responsible.

Republicans may think today’s repeal will placate voters. They are sorely
mistaken. Indivisible activists will not rest until abortion rights are
enshrined in Arizona’s Constitution, and anti-choice lawmakers -- from
their state legislators to Donald Trump -- pay a steep political price for
stripping away our freedoms. 

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There’s only one reason that Arizona Republicans allowed the repeal of the
total 1864 abortion ban many of them recently supported and Senate
candidate Kari Lake called “amazing” only two years ago: They are
terrified by the pro-choice groundswell coming for them this November. 

They’re right to be scared. After the Arizona Supreme Court reinstated the
1864 abortion ban weeks ago, Indivisibles held massive rallies across the
state. The demonstration in Scottsdale was one of the largest in the
city’s history. 

Events collecting signatures to get the Arizona Abortion Access Amendment
on the ballot this November have been packed with community members.
Volunteer signups shot up by 50% overnight. 

National Republicans and the state GOP hope that taking this 1864 law off
the books will blunt this momentum and make their brand less toxic come
November. They’re already seeing political fallout, with election experts
downgrading Arizona’s Senate race from toss up to leans-Dem and a must-win
House race from leans-Republican to toss up. 

But we aren’t slowing down. We’ll take a moment to celebrate the repeal of
the 1864 ban, because it is truly a ghastly piece of legislation, but as
we celebrate we’ll be reminding voters of a few things that’ll be on their
ballot this November: 

* Two judges who voted to reinstate the 1864 ban are up for election.
* The state lawmakers who backed the 1864 ban and the 2022 ban will be
up for reelection.
* There are two Republican members of the US House who cheered the end
of Roe serving in districts Biden won. Flipping those seats could help
us retake the House. 
* There’s a vital senate race between anti-abortion extremist Kari Lake
and pro-choice Democrat Ruben Gallego this November. A Gallego win
could not only protect our Senate majority, but help us repeal the
filibuster and codify abortion rights nationally. 
* There’s a presidential contest this November where the guy who ended
Roe (and brags about it) has virtually no chance at reelection without
Arizona’s electoral votes.
* Thanks to the work our activists and allies are doing, we’re nearing
our signature goal for our abortion rights ballot initiative.

We know we email about what’s going on in Arizona a lot, but this list
shows why: Turning out our coalition in this one state could help restore
our Democratic trifecta nationally. And Republican extremism -- be it the
1864 ban or the 2022 ban that’ll replace it -- has given our coalition a
very good reason to turn out and vote in record numbers. 

Republicans have stepped in it big time, and we have a chance to make them
pay for their extremism and cruelty in a big way. 

But Republicans being Republicans, they’re not going to make this easy for
us. They’re going to challenge every signature they can in court, and
they’re also telegraphing their plans to put competing measures on the
ballot to confuse voters -- really sinister stuff that sounds like it
protects choice but actually just preserves the ban they have in place. 

So we’ve got to keep collecting signatures. We’ve got to keep talking to
every single voter we can so they’re informed about the stakes. We’ve got
to win up and down the ballot in Arizona so we can put an end to MAGA
attacks on reproductive rights in all 50 states. 

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please chip in today. Let’s demonstrate our momentum won’t be blunted:
We’re in this to win. 

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