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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...
Political blowback from both sides of the aisle came swiftly in Arizona on Tuesday following the electoral swing state's Supreme Court ruling that reinstates an 1864 law banning all abortions except in cases when the mother's life is at risk. The ruling immediately thrust Arizona — which swung for President Biden in the 2020 election — to the center of the national debate over how abortion will motivate voters in the 2024 rematch between Biden and former President Trump. The decision came one...
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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.
For the second spring in a row, Arizona basketball's starting point guard has entered the transfer portal.
Arizona Republicans put Donald Trump on notice last month that he hadn't exactly sewn up the state in November, casting nearly 18% of their ballots for his drop-out rival Nikki Haley and leaving the presumptive GOP nominee short of 80%. Meanwhile, Trump's general election opponent, President Joe Biden, secured just under 90% of the state’s Democratic vote. In short, Trump, who in 2020 became the first Republican presidential candidate to lose the state since 1996, has a ways to go in terms of...
Vice President Kamala Harris lashed out at former President Donald Trump and pledged to restore Roe v. Wade during an abortion-focused speech in Arizona. “This fight is about freedom,” Harris said. “And the freedom that is fundamental to the promise of America. … That includes the freedom to make decisions about one’s own body and […]
Donald Trump has distanced himself from a revived 1864 law that would ban most abortions.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday placed the blame squarely on Donald Trump as she went on the offensive over abortion rights in Arizona and across the country. In the wake of an Arizona Supreme Court ruling this week banning abortions in almost all cases, Harris headed to Arizona to mobilize voters who see November’s election as a referendum on women’s rights, one of the Biden campaign’s key issues in the upcoming election. The vice president has become a go-to voice for the campaign on...
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. A long-dormant abortion law that was revived in Arizona has engulfed lawmakers inside the state’s legislature this week. The Republican majority blocked two attempts at discussions about repealing the 160-year old, pre-state law that only accepts termination to save a mother’s life. The move sent Democrats into a frenzy – and sparked much reaction and […]
Far-right US Senate candidate joins Republicans who have decried state supreme court ruling but who blocked appeal effortKari Lake, the far-right US Senate candidate and Donald Trump ally, denounced Arizona’s abortion ban on Thursday, arguing that the strict legislation she previously praised does not have the support of the state’s residents.“This total ban on abortion the Arizona supreme court just ruled on is out of line with where the people of this state are,” she said in a video on...