Last week, the Arizona Democrats in the Legislature passed a repeal of the 1864 near-total abortion ban, and Gov. Hobbs already signed it.
But before Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban was making headlines, and before Roe was overturned by the Supreme Court, Raquel knew that our fundamental rights were not as secure as people liked to believe.
That’s why when she was in the Arizona Legislature, she carried the bill that would have repealed the 1864 abortion ban. She knew what was at stake in Arizona, and what is still at stake in many parts of the country.