Hours after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total ban on abortion is enforceable, numerous Arizona Republicans who previously celebrated the end of federal protections for the procedure sought political cover by distancing themselves from the ruling. Republicans in the state issued a wave of statements in opposition to Tuesday's ruling, which came a day after former President Donald Trump said that abortion laws should be decided by states. Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, who two...
(The Center Square) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled in a 4-2 decision on Monday that the 1864 ban on abortion altogether will take effect in two weeks, instead of keeping a 2022 law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. “Absent the federal constitutional abortion right, and because [the law] does not independently authorize abortion, there is no provision in federal or state law prohibiting [the law’s] operation. Accordingly, [the 1864 law] is now enforceable,” the court’s...
Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Arizona to promote the killing of the unborn following a historic ruling from the state supreme court upholding an 1864 law that bars nearly all abortions.
After pressing for abortion restrictions, Arizona Republicans distance themselves from a state Supreme Court ruling on a 160-year-old ban. The ex-assistant principal of a Virginia school where a 6-year-old student shot his teacher is charged. And the EPA limits ''forever chemicals'' in drinking water. Here’s what to know today. Arizona Republicans distance themselves from ruling on near-total abortion ban Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, pictured above, once called a Civil War-era statute...
The 1864 law mandates prison time for abortion providers and only allows
Trump’s demand for the state to ease its abortion law came just days after he said abortion rights should be left to the states to decide.
Trump’s demand for the state to ease its abortion law came just days after he said abortion rights should be left to the states to decide.
Trump’s demand for the state to ease its abortion law came just days after he said abortion rights should be left to the states to decide.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump urged Arizona lawmakers on Friday to swiftly “remedy” the state Supreme Court ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near—total abortion ban that he declared anew “went too far.” Trump has repeatedly expressed pride in his role in overturning the national constitutional right to an abortion by appointing […]
Arizona Republicans are blasting the state Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that upholds a Civil War-era near-total abortion ban, claiming the decision goes too far in a state where abortion rights will likely weigh heavily on the outcome of the 2024 election. The Arizona Supreme Court ruling bans abortions with no exceptions for rape or […]
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins takes a look at Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake and other state politicians who have seemingly changed their views on abortion or spoken out after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state must adhere to a century-old law banning nearly all abortions.
In a historic decision Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state must adhere to a 123-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life. The law, which can be traced to as early as 1864 and was codified in 1901, also carried a prison sentence of two to five years for abortion providers. There is a 14-day stay on the law. Arizona’s near-total abortion ban will be one of the strictest in the nation, placing it alongside Texas,...