‘The damage is done’: Ruben Gallego says repealing Arizona’s near-total abortion ban now would be too little, too late

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ruben-gallego-says-repealing-arizonas-total-abortion-ban-now-little-la-rcna147734

28 comments

  1. It’s so weird getting worked up over a baby that hasn’t been conceived yet if you ask me.

  2. The Republican party has made their intentions crystal clear. If they get into power, they will strip away a woman’s right to choose. Every single time. And they won’t stop there.

    Vote accordingly.

  4. I’m voting for this guy but c’mon. It would be enough for now, but the republican legislature won’t bring it up.

    This situation has been baked into the cake since the day the 2022 law passed. He’s making hay while the sun shines, and he should, but damn if politics hasn’t become dumbed the fuck down to the lowest informed voter now a days. The voting valley has heard about 1864.

  5. In 1899, The Cleveland Spiders lost 134 times against only 20 wins, making them the biggers losers of any era in Major League Ballball.
    Trump is an even bigger loser.

  6. Repealing it now could only be a short term solution to a long term problem: Republicans. The suffering, the widespread outrage may be needed to wipe the state clean of those fuckers.

  7. Maybe politically, but it would have very real outcomes for Arizona families.

    And that should matter. Disappointed to see a dem talking like a sociopath.

  8. I don’t know if it’s really too late for it to matter, but it seems like repealing it would be better than not repealing it.

  11. “The only protection we really, really have is to codify this and put this on the ballot and enshrine Roe and protect abortion rights,” he said.

    Gallego argued a repeal through the state is just the first step in rectifying what he sees as injustice. “They just need to put the bill on the floor, overturn this and codify Roe, which you can do right now at the state level,” he said of what Republicans in the Legislature should do next in the wake of the 1864 ban.

  13. They’re not interested in molding laws to suit the people’s needs. Even though that’s their job. They want to create a train wreck to sow discord.

  14. Vote them out at every level! Make sure you are registered

  16. No. It’s not too late.

    You flat out don’t want women to have any freedom.

  17. Is the Arizona GOP also working on an erection ban? Would make sense after all their women bashing laws. Erections lay at the heart of all their abortion troubles after all.

  18. Look at it this way. The women the GOP are attacking, by stripping away their rights. Will not vote Red. Nor hopefully will the partners. This could and should lead to a Blue voting surge. If the women and their families actually do care about women and women’s rights.

  19. Wait I thought laws can be changed? You know the law that was changed then unchanged then changed again ?

  20. This is what happens when a major political party capitulates to a bunch of religious wackos in their insatiable quest for power. Power to lead? Nope. Power to rule over others. Yep

  21. >But Gress’ timeline may conflict with the one set forth by Republican Speaker Ben Toma, who said in a statement Wednesday, “We as an elected body are going to take the time needed to listen to our constituents and carefully consider appropriate actions, rather than rush legislation on a topic of this magnitude.”

    Yeah. When the Speaker is talking out of both sides of his mouth like this, I don’t think Rep. Gress is going to get this football very far. Two yards and a cloud of dust. I’d love to be wrong.

  22. A ballot measure also burns the GOP at the polls. That’s cold comfort for women suffering from sepsis due to non-viable pregnancies,but we live in the world we have, not what we want. Of course, the Republicans could wake up and fix this, any thing is possible.

  23. Next step ,if a woman has had an abortion, even if it was years ago the GOP will want to take away our right to vote .
    Think this is far fetched, think again .

  27. Repealing it will save lives. It’s never too late for that.

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