Burr DemingAs the judicial abolition of abortion rights in Arizona results in political whirlwind, historian Heather Cox Richardson delves into the 1864 law on which the decision was based, and its context.
That context includes other Arizona laws of that time – ranging from ridiculous to outright racist.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-9-2024
April 9, 2024
Yesterday, former president Trump released a video celebrating state control over abortion; today, a judicial decision in Arizona illuminated just what such state control means. With the federal recognition of the constitutional right to abortion gone since the Supreme Court overturned