¶ Exceptions
2022: Barto Sponsored A Bill To Ban Abortions After 15 Weeks, With No Exceptions For Rape Or Incest. Barto was the original sponsor of SB 1164, which, according to NPR, “The Arizona Legislature on Thursday joined the growing list of Republican-led states to pass aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years. The House voted on party lines to outlaw abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, mirroring a Mississippi law now being considered by the nation's high court. The bill explicitly says it does not overrule a state law in place for more than 100 years that would ban abortion outright if the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that enshrined the right to abortion in law. […] Barto's bill would make it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion after 15 weeks but would prohibit the prosecution of pregnant people for receiving one. Doctors could face felony charges and lose their license to practice medicine. There is an exception for cases when the mother is at risk of death or serious permanent injury, but not for instances of rape or incest.” [SB 1164, passed 2/15/22; NPR, 3/24/22]
- Barto’s Bill Would Prosecute Doctors Who Performed Abortions After 15 Weeks. Barto was the original sponsor of SB 1164, which, according to NPR, “The Arizona Legislature on Thursday joined the growing list of Republican-led states to pass aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years. The House voted on party lines to outlaw abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, mirroring a Mississippi law now being considered by the nation's high court. The bill explicitly says it does not overrule a state law in place for more than 100 years that would ban abortion outright if the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that enshrined the right to abortion in law. […] Barto's bill would make it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion after 15 weeks but would prohibit the prosecution of pregnant people for receiving one. Doctors could face felony charges and lose their license to practice medicine. There is an exception for cases when the mother is at risk of death or serious permanent injury, but not for instances of rape or incest.” [SB 1164, passed 2/15/22; NPR, 3/24/22]
¶ Reaction to Dobbs
Barto Celebrated The Supreme Court’s Decision In Dobbs. According to Nancy Barto’s twitter,
[@NancyBarto, 6/24/22]
Barto Compared Abortion To Slavery. According to Nancy Barto’s twitter,
[@NancyBarto, 5/26/18]
¶ Six Week Ban
HEADLINE: “At Least One Arizona Lawmaker Is ‘Seriously Considering’ Pushing A Texas-Style Abortion Ban” [Phoenix New Times, 9/9/21]
Barto Said She Was “Seriously Considering” Introducing A Version Of Texas’ Abortion Ban In Arizona. According to the Phoenix New Times, “Now, at least one anti-abortion Arizona lawmaker is thinking about mimicking the Texas law. State Senator Nancy Barto, a Republican who backed Senate Bill 1457 — a controversial new law, signed by Governor Doug Ducey earlier this year, that bans abortions based on genetic abnormalities and threatens abortion doctors with jail time — tells Phoenix New Times that she is thinking about introducing a local version of the Texas law during the 2022 legislative session. ‘I am seriously considering it, yes, but I can’t say for certain at this point,’ Barto wrote in an email. ‘We will be watching closely to see what happens in the courts with the Texas law and other pro-life laws moving through the federal courts, including Arizona’s new law prohibiting abortions of unborn children like those diagnosed with Down Syndrome.’” [Phoenix New Times, 9/9/21]