Arizona abortion limits go to Senate
A bill to add numerous restrictions to abortions in Arizona, including banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday and now goes to a vote of the full Senate.
But it took some creative tactics to get it this far.
The original abortion bill, House Bill 2838, did not have enough support to garner a vote in the House committee to which it was assigned. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, worked with Sen. Steve Yarbrough, R-Chandler, to paste the contents of that bill into her House Bill 2036, an unrelated bill that had already passed the House and had been assigned to Senate Judiciary.
This new bill would still have to get final approval by the House if it passed the Senate, but it would not need a House committee hearing.
House Bill 2036 would make numerous changes to abortion laws, including banning abortions after 20 weeks except in a “medical emergency,” allowing doctors to prescribe medication abortion pills only through the seventh week of pregnancy and requiring clinics to perform an ultrasound 24 hours before an abortion instead of the current requirement of an hour before.
more: http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2012/02/27/arizona-abortion-limits-go-to-senate/
