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Republican Sens. Kate Brophy McGee, left, and Heather Carter, confer May 10, 2019, on the state Senate floor in Phoenix. Brophy McGee and Carter were responsible for the defeating a bill setting up a program to dissuade women from seeking abortions pushed by Cathi Herrod, who leads the powerful social conservative group Center for Arizona Policy. (Bob Christie/AP, file)

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A powerful social conservative group that pushes anti-abortion bills in each session of the Arizona Legislature struck out this year after a last-minute proposal to fund a program designed to dissuade women from seeking to terminate their pregnancies hit a roadblock in the state Senate.

By BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press June 8, 2019