In Arid Zone-ah, the sandstorm of regressivism continues.
The old (abortion ban) law was first enacted among a set of laws known as the Howell Code adopted by the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1864. Legislative researchers said it remained in the penal code in 1901 and was readopted in subsequent rewrites, including in the 1970s.
The GOP candidates got real quiet. Their sweaty brows, no doubt, knitted in concentration as to how to not sabotage their campaigns. I trust that Arizona Democrats are smart enough, owing to the relentless challenge of, er, being Arizona Democrats, to exploit this moment to the max.