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That was 160 years ago. Last week, that same 1864 provision was resurrected by the Arizona Supreme Court, which upheld the near-total ban on abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest, a decision in one of the nation's most important presidential battleground states that quickly rippled across the political landscape.
The Arizona Territory, colloquially referred to as Confederate Arizona, was an organized incorporated territory of the Confederate States of America that existed from August 1, 1861, to May 26, 1865, when the Confederate States Army Trans-Mississippi Department, commanded by General Edmund Kirby Smith, surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, sentiment in the territory was in favor of the Confederacy.Territorial secession conventions called at Mesilla and Tucson in March 1861 adopted an ordinance of secession, established a provisional Arizona Territory with Owings as its governor, and petitioned the Confederate Congress for admission.
In 1861, Lieutenant Colonel John Baylor recognized the Arizona Territory and established a provisional Confederate government with Mesilla as the capital. [2] [1] On January 18 1862, the Arizona Territory was officially organized by the Confederate States of America. [3] Two militia companies organized under the Confederate territorial government.
Arizona House Republicans have blocked an effort to repeal the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban for a second time. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled last week to uphold the state’s Civil War ...
Arizona officials are scrambling to address a near total abortion ban revived by the state’s Supreme Court this week, before the Civil War-era law almost completely halts access to Arizona’s ...
The governor signed a bill repealing the Civil War-era law, but the new statute won't take effect for months, potentially allowing for enforcement of the old one. Arizona Supreme Court pushes back ...
Company A, Arizona Rangers; Active: 1862–1865: Country Confederate States: Allegiance: Arizona Territory: Branch Confederate States Army: Type: Cavalry: Size: Company: Part of: Herbert's Battalion, Arizona Cavalry: Engagements: American Civil War. Battle of Mesilla (1861) Capture of Tucson (1862) First Battle of Dragoon Springs; Second Battle ...