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The Huffington Post reports:
State Rep. Teresa Martinez [photo] kicked off Arizona’s 2022 legislative session by introducing H.B. 2483, titled the Arizona Heartbeat Act. Similar to the Texas legislation, the Arizona bill bans abortion around the six-week point (a period in which most people don’t yet know they’re pregnant) and financially incentivizes private citizens to sue anyone who aids or abets a pregnant person trying to get an abortion after that point.
If the bill passes, any private citizen can bring a civil suit against a physician who performs an abortion after the six-week point, or against anyone who helps a pregnant person get an abortion, which includes “paying for or reimbursing the cost of an abortion,” according to the bill text. If a person in Arizona successfully sues under H.B. 2483, they could receive a bounty of at least $10,000 and have all of their legal fees paid for by the opposing side.
Read the full article. Martinez’s Twitter feed is mostly retweets of QAnon nutbags and GOP extremists such as Paul Gosar, for whom she once worked.
Arizona is the sixth state to introduce an S.B. 8 copycat bill that bans abortion around six weeks and deputizes private citizens to enforce it. https://t.co/snPpzCX6TM
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) January 18, 2022
Rep. Teresa Martinez has been a conservative warrior fighting for our values in the GOP for many years and now gets a chance to shine as a state representative. I couldn’t be more proud. She is a great friend and I am very excited to have her endorsement!#Karizona pic.twitter.com/VU6p31CNXB
— Kari Lake for AZ Governor (@KariLake) January 10, 2022
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— Teresa Martinez (@HispanicRepCo) January 9, 2021
Thank you! https://t.co/IbOOdmjcjJ
— Teresa Martinez (@HispanicRepCo) January 4, 2021