Ruben Gallego says repealing Arizona’s near-total abortion ban now would be too little, too late: ‘The damage is done’
PHOENIX — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego argued this week that a potential repeal of Arizona’s 1864 abortion law is not a viable long-term solution to secure abortion rights for the women of Arizona.
“The damage is done,” Gallego told NBC News of a possible repeal of the 1864 ban, which the state’s Supreme Court ruled last week was enforceable, effectively banning the procedure statewide.
“Any initiative they pass right now wouldn’t even take effect for quite a while,” he…
