The Arizona Supreme Court was preparing to rule on the enforcement of an 1864 near-total abortion ban.
President Biden blamed the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to uphold an abortion law that is older than half a century on an “extreme” GOP agenda. “Millions of Arizonans will soon li
By any fair measure, the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion rights was a policy and political bombshell. Republican-appointed justices ruled that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban — first adopted before Arizona was even a state — is enforceable. As we discussed soon after, once Republican-appointed justices on the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it was common to hear reproductive rights advocates talk about rolling back the clock a half-century. The Arizona ruling rolls...
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) took aim at GOP lawmakers who criticized a court ruling Tuesday that held up an 1864 law that made performing an abortion a felony in the state. Hobbs said in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that the decision was “very harmful” for the state, noting that Arizonians are “reeling”
Kari Lake she ‘oppose[s]’ the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the state’s pro-life law, which she slammed as ‘out of step with Arizonans,’ and vowed not to support abortion bans if elected to the US Senate.
The Arizona governor, Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, called for an Arizona supreme court ruling to be repealed that permits enforcement of an 1864 law banning almost all abortions. Speaking at a press conference the governor said: 'The near total civil war-era ban that continues to hang over our heads only serves to create more chaos for women and doctors in our state.' First passed when Arizona was still a territory, the ban only permits abortions to save a patient’s life and does not make exceptions...
(The Center Square) - After Tuesday’s Arizona Supreme Court ruling essentially banning all abortions in the state, the state legislature adjourned on Wednesday despite attempts to get a motion to repeal the 1864 law up for a vote. Gov. Katie Hobbs, as well as other Democrats and a handful of Republicans, have called for the legislature to repeal the law in order to allow for the current 15-week law to remain in place for the time being. Many Democrats have also been critical of...
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The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Civil War-era ban that blocks nearly all abortions in the state is roiling the Senate race to replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). The Tuesday ruling upholding an 1864 abortion law that bars patients from receiving an abortion in nearly all cases also jails physicians who illegally perform
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...
Opinion: With the return of an 1864 law banning abortion, Republicans now face a five-alarm fire, one that could consume their grip on Arizona.
Former President Donald Trump told reporters that Arizona will be brought "back into reason" after the state's Supreme Court ruled that the state's 160-year-old near-total abortion ban can be enforced. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor analyzes Trump's reaction to the ruling.