Reid: A 19th Century Law Where Marrying a 10-Year-Old Is Legal Now Dictates Women’s Reproductive Rights in Arizona

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REID: "So, in 1864, a legislature of 27 white men created a body of laws that discriminated against black people and people of color and made girls as young as 10 available for sex and marriage, and they mandated that any woman who became pregnant by any means must give birth. Well, today, the Arizona state Supreme Court has ruled that that 160-year-old law almost completely banning abortion in the state shall be enforced. Let that sink in for a moment. A 19th century law, from a time when interracial marriage was illegal but marrying a 10-year-old was perfectly legal, now dictates life in the 21st century. Women and doctors in Arizona now have 14 days, just two weeks, to prepare for this violent assault on reproductive rights and they’re absolutely terrified."